Does Your Doctor Listen?
John Oliver just released a segment about Medical Bias, discussing different segments of society not getting heard when seeing the doctor. I watched another video about conscious vs unconscious medical bias that you can view here . My friend Peggy spoke about her experience here at Straight Up . Previously, I mentioned a problem I had. It is not uncommon for women's concerns to be dismissed as "emotional" or "hormonal" or even dismissed without an explanation. Most of us have discussed the issues we have had with doctors with other women, who can usually confirm their similar experiences, but now there are studies that prove it so. About 18 years ago, I went to my Gyno for a yearly exam. When discussing overall health I expressed to him a problem with, not just low libido, but nonexistent sex drive. Zero Zilch Nada. I also let him know about a particular problem with dryness. I was perimenopausal at the time. He did listen...and the answer I got was that...