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[+] -6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

“Bloody vomit and passing out with a 43° fever? Bitch youe BMI is 33 what do you expect?”

What? What are you referencing here?!?! That's beyond medical malpractice, holy crap...

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    It's a common stereotype (I can confirm anecdotally) that whenever a woman goes to the doctor for any reason, the doctor will do one or more of the following:

    1. ask when their last period was, regardless of the presenting issues
    2. tell them to lose weight
    3. order a pap smear
    4. dismiss their distress as insignificant due to period/hysteria/any-BMI-higher-than-a-supermodel/just being a woman.

    This happens a lot. I don't know the stats but it's happened enough times to women I know to actually cause them to avoid medical treatment.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    No, I mean, I know that, but I was thinking they were referencing a specific case or something, because that sounded very extreme.

    I was under the impression that high BMI was often used to dismiss health concerns regardless of gender, though; and that hysteria was soooo last century, but I guess not :C

    According to a review I read, Scandinavian countries are better at this. Perchance we all move to Sweden.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    I do believe 1. Is because everything changes as soon as a woman is pregnant and they have to stop doing any treatments that haven't been tested on pregnant women for liability issues. Doesn't really justify the others though.

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