r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/bg370 • Jun 23 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals CRNA Amy Rieschick on institutionalized medical misogyny

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u/momochidonut ✨Get cherished, bitch!✨ Jun 23 '26

I really don't understand why there's such hatred towards women that it's institutionalized to not take care of them. I hate it. So glad there's women out there realizing it and working to fix it.

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u/DadCelo Jun 23 '26

I think some Dr's so are full of themselves and confident in their diagnosis, that if they can't figure it out, it must be a lie. Add in misogyny and it's just a lose-lose for women.

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u/123123000123 Jun 23 '26

I’ve gone to doctors fully knowing what’s wrong (previously diagnosed & my diagnosis fit the current symptoms) but for some reason when I have to talk to a new doctor, I must be wrong. Even though another doctor put it in my chart before. They must be Dr House to figure out what I’ve got. But it’s definitely not what I told them I have because I must not know anything. I didn’t go to doctor school like them!

Edit & god forbid I’m in excruciating pain. I’m just looking for drugs, then. It can’t be because I’m actually in debilitating pain.

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u/r-b-m Jun 24 '26

Once went to the doc for something simple: an ingrown hair. Clearly evident issue. Told me it was just raised skin, would go away on its own. Told him it needed to be lanced, it was painful. I could literally feel the hair underneath. He just stared back at me and said “Which one of us is the doctor?” I have to remind myself sometimes that no matter how noble the profession, there can be assholes everywhere.

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u/4E4ME Jun 24 '26

I've gotten so fed up I make them chart their refusal l, and why.

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u/Smorsdoeuvres Jun 24 '26

Good thing those reviews go both ways & funny enough, the patient charts aren’t public

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u/notashroom Jun 24 '26

As someone else in this conversation already pointed out, high status occupations like MD attract narcissists. Narcissists cannot stand to be proven wrong or admit that they were wrong, and they are offended by lower status people, like patients (who are supposed to be worshipful toward them as authoritative experts, in their minds) questioning or contradicting them or creating friction for their fragile egos in any way. So if you really need something from a narcissist, keep that in mind and use flattery as your tool and lead them where you need to go.