Working in medicine is often a hostile experience for women, Dr. Shirlene Obuobi writes in the Washington Post. Obuobi, a cardiology fellow in Chicago, describes being held to a different standard than male coworkers, and being attacked with dismissive and rude comments—and occasional physical accostment, like butt slaps—from patients, other doctors, and nurses. Some of the verbal attacks Obuobi—and other female doctors she spoke to—had to suffer through centered on appearance or pitch of voice; others were condescending remarks about how a woman could possibly juggle a medical career and a family. |
