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Why would you be embarrassed? Most doctors are male, this is a fact. I'm ashamed that your ashamed of this. Sexism is bad but to be ashamed of this, which is cl

Why would you be embarrassed? Most doctors are male, this is a fact. I'm ashamed that your ashamed of this. Sexism is bad but to be ashamed of this, which is clearly not sexism is embarrassing and emasculating.

elliekelly 8y ago
> emasculating. I think you've meant this as an insult by insinuating my comment somehow made me "less of a man." Swing & a miss. As you can clearly discern from my username, I'm a woman, so I don't much care about your opinion of my "manliness." Perhaps you should ask yourself why you feel the need to attack someone's "masculinity" when you disagree with something they've said rather than discussing your disagreement on the merits.
- crimsonalucard 8y ago
  No i did not mean to be insulting at all. I mean that its emasculating to all men to consider such an assumption that is statistically valid to be shameful. Assuming that someone is a he instead of a she no matter the circumstance is not in any way shameful. Neither is it the other way around but you'll never hear someone being ashamed that they assumed a doctor was a she instead of a he. It's only in certain places and modern times where people have to be so careful about non-issues. A mistaken pronoun is a non-issue made into an issue by fear of sexism.
  - elliekelly 8y ago
    I was (and still am) embarrassed that I assumed any gender at all but I think I understand your point a bit better. You might be interested to know that there have been several studies that demonstrate how gendered comments like mine do impact gender bias & inequality. We're increasingly discovering that our thoughts shape our language and our language shapes our thoughts. A very thorough explanation of the research can be found here.[1] [1]http://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-470 http://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780...

elliekelly 8y ago

> emasculating. I think you've meant this as an insult by insinuating my comment somehow made me "less of a man." Swing & a miss. As you can clearly discern from my username, I'm a woman, so I don't much care about your opinion of my "manliness." Perhaps you should ask yourself why you feel the need to attack someone's "masculinity" when you disagree with something they've said rather than discussing your disagreement on the merits.

crimsonalucard 8y ago
No i did not mean to be insulting at all. I mean that its emasculating to all men to consider such an assumption that is statistically valid to be shameful. Assuming that someone is a he instead of a she no matter the circumstance is not in any way shameful. Neither is it the other way around but you'll never hear someone being ashamed that they assumed a doctor was a she instead of a he. It's only in certain places and modern times where people have to be so careful about non-issues. A mistaken pronoun is a non-issue made into an issue by fear of sexism.
- elliekelly 8y ago
  I was (and still am) embarrassed that I assumed any gender at all but I think I understand your point a bit better. You might be interested to know that there have been several studies that demonstrate how gendered comments like mine do impact gender bias & inequality. We're increasingly discovering that our thoughts shape our language and our language shapes our thoughts. A very thorough explanation of the research can be found here.[1] [1]http://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-470 http://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780...