“I know that at some point, I will be confronted with it, and it can come from anyone, at any time”.
Sexist reflections, even outright sexual assault, if there is one sector in which the #MeToo movement has yet to denounce almost systematic excesses, it is that of health!
Some men - patients as well as doctors - allow themselves to go beyond the legal limits, according to testimonies collected among the female medical profession: "It's easy to put a hand on your buttocks in the operating room", underlines one of them. .
“Are you completely naked under your blouse?
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And, even without taking action, the men maintain a deleterious work atmosphere: "While I was a medical student, a 55/60-year-old radiologist began to introduce me to everyone as " his new wife "", indignantly a caregiver.
Another says that she is regularly asked if she is naked under her blouse, to which she replies: "No, I wear compression stockings and a tank top because nurses naked under their blouses are in the movies. porn!
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Worse, as in all toxic environments, the female medical profession refuses to bring up the subject: "I'm afraid that during the internship, I'll be given thankless tasks, that people will talk to me badly, that they'll denigrate me or belittles, "explains a voluntary anonymous medical student.
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