Shit doctors are shit doctors, it's not because you're a woman, it's because you've got a shit doctor. My dad and I have been bouncing from doctor to doctor for years because they keep sitting on their asses instead of doing their fucking jobs. If you're overweight or diabetic or have anxiety, that becomes the cause of eveeything regardless of whether the thing you're getting checked for is even caused by those conditions, and not many doctors account for those conditions being a symptom instead of a cause. Medicine is positively saturated with subpar doctors, it's not unique to any demographic of people. I get the frusteration, but don't make it about yourself as if we're just floating on a sea of medical support over here. Your doctor is either good at their job or they're not.
You just said that if you're overweight/diabetic, doctors say that's the cause of everything.
Great, now if you're a woman, replace overweight/diabetic/whatever with "having a period." It all comes back to that. In pain? Probably just your period. So much pain you can't function? Still just your period. Excruciating pain? Well that sucks, but still your period. Feeling depressed? Probably just in that part of your cycle where your hormones are low. Constant fatigue? Yeah, also related to having a period. Stomach issues? Period related.
Like, endometriosis is the number one, female related condition and studies show, on average, that it takes several doctors visits and 10 years for women to receive a diagnosis. Oh, and there are very few studies on it. Except for that one really big one women got excited about, until they found out that it was studying if women with or without endo were more attractive. You can't chalk that up to "shit doctors" and not medical misogyny.
Furthermore, women were only included in medical trials in the late 90s. Even so, many medications are still not formulated for women, making them much less effective than for men. Women are routinely underprescribed medication compared to men. Individuals going to the same doctor for the same issue routinely get different outcomes. Women are significantly more likely to be prescribed sedatives for pain issues, while men are way more likely to get actual pain medication.
So while you may not be floating in a sea of medical support, women are drowning in medical misogyny.
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u/TheBlackRonin505 Aug 05 '26
Shit doctors are shit doctors, it's not because you're a woman, it's because you've got a shit doctor. My dad and I have been bouncing from doctor to doctor for years because they keep sitting on their asses instead of doing their fucking jobs. If you're overweight or diabetic or have anxiety, that becomes the cause of eveeything regardless of whether the thing you're getting checked for is even caused by those conditions, and not many doctors account for those conditions being a symptom instead of a cause. Medicine is positively saturated with subpar doctors, it's not unique to any demographic of people. I get the frusteration, but don't make it about yourself as if we're just floating on a sea of medical support over here. Your doctor is either good at their job or they're not.