This Woman Doctor Thing

A woman psychiatrist (physician) told me a long time ago :

“A woman doctor is a nice thing to be. Most patients liked their mothers, so they will usually be nice to you.”

Sure.

I’m not alone here. Quite a few medical schools in the U. S. tipped the scale at over 50% of medical students being female quite a while ago.

Yet every patient whose mother comes into the office with her child spends most of the visit fighting with me.

And I only see people aged 18 and over.

They fight, wanting to know about how I raise my babies. I have none.

I spent a lot of time taking care of folks, and do it competently,

Yet I am often trivialized.

Don’t ask me what this picture means.

We are different. We are nice. More friendly and informal, maybe. Try us….you may actually like us.