How sexist stereotypes mean doctors ignore women's pain

Mode1961 · 2017-08-29T08:51:23+00:00

I might be wrong but anytime that a study uses the words "a new study suggests", I ignore that study. If the study doesn't prove something but merely suggests it imho it means the person interpreting the study is putting forward their own opinion on the data.

aokusman · 2017-08-29T09:37:45+00:00

So a trained male Dr ignores womens pain while a man on the street will risk life and personal bodily harm to save a female stranger. Something does not add up. Maybe its unique to male Dr but not male firemen, policemen and other emergency male workers.

fengpi · 2017-08-29T10:01:43+00:00

And if doctors took women's pain more seriously, it would be trafficking in stereotypes of women being weaklings who can't handle the slightest hardship.

Whatever the difference is? Women are absolutely fucking maimed by it. No exceptions.

RapeMatters · 2017-08-29T16:37:08+00:00

I propose that this is because there's a perception that if a man's complaining about pain, it's worse, because men are taught never to complain about pain and to "man up" and "take it", while women are allowed to complain of pain freely.

It may not in any way be true (I dunno), but that's the stereotype, and people act based on stereotypes all the time.

Title	How sexist stereotypes mean doctors ignore women's pain
Author	TheAndredal
Upvotes	6
Comments	8
Date	August 29, 2017 8:43 AM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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