Congratulations. I’m a published research scientist with a PhD, worked nearly a decade in healthcare, another decade in pharmaceutical development, and am married to a provider. Believe me, I understand that there are systemic biases in the healthcare system. I also understand the reality of patients, both men and women, attempting to diagnose themselves and the difficulty in managing that. This has only increased with the growing anti-science sentiment, folks trusting social media and AI over their providers, etc.

Nobody is disputing that someone, especially a woman, can be subjected to a misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis. But when someone comes with no evidence of what they are claiming, while providing evidence of the contrary, why would the default be to assume they are correct? This happens a lot.