Harassed,hit on, and fed up: Women in medicine want their #MeToo moment.
Unlike Hollywood and other industries where allegations against powerful men have recently shined a light on inappropriate behavior, and medicine has yet to have its #MeToo moment. Nonetheless,women in the field are hopeful that that is about to change.
During a months-long investigation, NBC News spoke with nearly a dozen women and experts in medicine, and who described widespread misconduct,deeply woven into the fabric of their workplaces even as they made life-or-death decisions for their patients. Dr. Christina Jenkins says she was harassed by a veteran surgeon across the operating table as they performed surgery on a patient. Her chief resident once told her he could invent her life easier whether she had sex with him. Teresa Goodell has been a nurse for 35 years and says she has endured multiple incidents of sexual harassment. A male nurse casually asked what her bra size was when they were working together in the 1990s. As a nursing student, a physician aggressively demanded her phone number.
Experts say the risk of being shamed or retaliated against, or plus other factors unique to medicine — such as the 24/7 nature of the job,plus easy access to beds and call rooms in hospitals — has allowed sexual harassment to proliferate. But many females in medicine, who want to see an overhaul of their entire profession, and are determined to be section of the revolution. Read more here.
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