we're not all the same
Too true. We should also recognise the medical bias that consistently under appreciates women's pain, as in this new Scientist article from way back in 2021:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033400-100-the-gender-pain-gap-has-gone-on-for-too-long-its-time-we-closed-it/
and this one from Nature:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03005-0
its still happening, often even if the Doctor is a woman...
Yup, and it's not just the pain but lots of medecines that don't work or work but barely above placebo on women yet they work fine for men.
Too true. We should also recognise the medical bias that consistently under appreciates women's pain, as in this new Scientist article from way back in 2021:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25033400-100-the-gender-pain-gap-has-gone-on-for-too-long-its-time-we-closed-it/
and this one from Nature:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03005-0
its still happening, often even if the Doctor is a woman...
Yup, and it's not just the pain but lots of medecines that don't work or work but barely above placebo on women yet they work fine for men.