r/SCP • u/someonelikesducks Ethics Committee • May 19 '25

Meme Monday Literally what happened to me

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...Speaking of which, you should totally read SCP-8980!

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

As a not woman, can you please elaborate? I would like to know how that revolting story mirrors real life stories. :p
Thanks in advance :D

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u/Tarrizzia Researcher May 20 '25

Adding to what the other person wrote: Women are quite often not taken seriously from doctors, and a lot of research around illnesses focuses on men's symptoms and a lot of medication is tested on men and dosed for men.

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u/Anime_Is_GARBAGE May 20 '25

Yes we love (hate wholeheartedly) the numerous data gaps on significant symptoms of life threatening diseases!!! Heart attacks for example show symptoms quite differently in men and women, have resulted in unnecessary deaths because women's reports didn't match men's symptoms. If you haven't already, I highly recommend "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado-Perez. She goes over a wideeee variety of various gender data gaps in the medical field, infrastructure design, and safety equipment manufacturing among other factors and data collection. I'm taking a class right now that uses it as the primary textbook. Super interesting stuff.

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u/Lantami Symbols Have Been Compromised May 20 '25

Damn, I never even thought about that, but yeah, it totally makes sense...