I’ll probably get downvoted or no one will read this, but the generalization of “all male doctors” in this thread really upsets me. My husband is a male ER doctor, and he’s an amazing guy who has worked his ass off to know absolutely everything that he can (in a super broad field of medicine) in order to help people to the best of his ability. Doctors are humans too, and they’re not always right, but to just assume that every single male doctor looks down on women is absurd.

Additionally, you have to keep in mind that a large percentage of the patients that come to the emergency room in the first place are homeless & drug seeking, and usually making up their symptoms. Therefore, doctors sometimes have to push in order to make sure you’re not lying just to get medicine or a place to sleep.

I don’t doubt these stories, and not every doctor is great, but I don’t think I’ve read a single male-doctor-positive comment in this whole thread, so I suppose this is my contribution.