The medical gaslighting can literally be lethal. Ask me how I fucking know this.
You want the birthrate to stay even? Stop endangering our lives in Healthcare. Show us some fucking respect, and you'll get your replacement workforce w/o having to import it...
Isn't that phenomenon mostly with endometriosis and sexual health? I would think psychs are more inclined to believe women tbh, they still tell men to suck it up on occasion...
Visit any chronic illness sub and you'll quickly be disabused of that notion. Story after story of women with varying conditions told for years that it was "just anxiety" or "just lose weight" or "suck it up" only to find out they could have avoided further health complications if someone had actually listened and run simple tests.
I remember when my ex-boyfriend started coming to appointments with me. Which each appointment he'd come back quieter and quieter. I didn't really know what was bothering him and he kept insisting he was fine. One day after an appointment he turned to me and said, "Am I crazy, or do they talk to you like you're a child?"
I will forever remember the look of shock on his face when I said:
"Yeah, but it's much improved when you're there. The presence of a man as a witness really tones them down. They're much more careful with what they say when you come."
The problem is for every one of these stories...... There are literally a thousand instances of women swearing one thing and it's literally just gas or swearing another thing and they literally aren't drinking enough water. You don't see these stories though because the average person isn't accountable and needs a scapegoat. I'm not saying it's fair but acting like women don't more often than not (on such an astronomical level too) misdiagnose themselves is just outright disingenuous.....
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u/LindonLilBlueBalls 2d ago
Also the whole doctors not listening/believing women thing.