“I'm too used to it”: A longitudinal qualitative study of third year female medical students' experiences of gendered encounters in medical education

Babaria, Palav; Abedin, Sakena; Berg, David N.; Nuñez-Smith, Marcella

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.043

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“…This is mainly through fear of the consequences of protest or whistle-blowing on women’s careers 5. Women expect their experiences of abuse to be disbelieved, dismissed as exaggeration, blamed on their own behaviour and appearance, or told they are an understood condition of career progression in their specialty 6. The personal and professional effects on them may be severe and enduring.…”

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Sexual harassment of women in medicine: a problem for men to address

Launer¹

2018

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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Sexual harassment of women in medicine: a problem for men to address

Launer¹

2018

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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“…In a longitudinal, qualitative study of female medical students, Babaria, Sakena, Berg, and Nunez-Smith [1] found that women altered their clothing to ''hide their womanhood,'' enabling them to minimize unwanted sexual encounters with male patients and to mask their gender identity (i.e., they appeared more androgynous) making it easier to perform the role of physician. In a similar vein, the women in our study discussed how clothing, specifically BDUs and PT gear, provided them with a pathway to demonstrate their identities as soldiers; an identity that they perceived as neutral and one that facilitated ''blending'' into the larger group.…”

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Servicewomen’s Strategies to Staying Safe During Military Service

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Numerous studies have documented high rates of sexual harassment and sexual assault among servicewomen during military service. In this study, we qualitatively explore the strategies United States servicewomen employed to reduce their risk of violence exposure during their military service. Based on the analysis of 14 focus group discussions conducted from 2007 to 2010, we found that women used a number of protective strategies, including accessing networks of support, capitalizing on their status (linked to rank, age, or prior deployment experience), and wearing non-feminine clothing to minimize violence exposure keeping themselves and others safe. Although the women describe strategies they perceive as reducing the immediate threat of sexual harassment and sexual assault, they do not directly challenge the social hierarchy of the military environment, rape myths, or sexualized images of military women. Through an in-depth analysis of the women's experiences and perceptions, we provide insights on the importance of better understanding issues related to environment and safety among women in the military-a relatively understudied area. In light of the context-specific risk women face in the military, we believe that our work provides a foundation for future efforts designed to prevent the occurrence of sexual assault during military service.

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“…Further, female physicians experience additional stressors, like discrimination, lack of role models and support, and the challenge of balancing career and family spheres. Medical students have experiences of gender discrimination which result in resignation, influencing professional identity and choice of specialty among new female physicians [27] . Although the proportion of females among new cohorts [7] -including female professors-is increasing, they are still under-represented among positions in medical leadership [28] .…”

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Latent gender inequalities in the well-being of physicians according to payment method for practicing medicine: a cross-sectional study

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Bermedo-Carrasco

2013

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Background: Female physicians face extra challenges in their career development and tend to choose salary or other forms of alternative payment plans (APP). Fee-for-service (FFS) and APP may affect the well-being of female and male physicians differently. Three measures of well-being are: levels of career satisfaction, professional equity, and daily distress. The objectives are to identify differences in the levels of career satisfaction, fulfillment-recognition equity, and daily distress of physicians by gender and payment method, and to assess interactions between these two factors. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011 with physicians practicing in the Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatchewan, Canada. Resident physicians were excluded from the study. Eligible physicians completed a survey, assessing levels of daily distress, fulfillment-recognition equity, and career satisfaction as dependent variables. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), using the Wilks' Lambda criterion, was conducted to study differences among the dependent variables by remuneration method and gender. Multiple comparisons were performed as post-hoc tests.Results: Nearly half (382) of the 794 eligible physicians completed the questionnaire; 37.2% were female. Half were remunerated by FFS, a quarter by APP, and the remainder by blended forms. Career satisfaction and fulfillmentrecognition equity were positively correlated to each other and daily distress was negatively correlated with both. According to the MANOVA results, the dependent variables were affected by gender but not by payment method, and there was no evidence of an interaction effect between payment method and gender. Women reported lower levels of career satisfaction (p=0.01) and fulfillment-recognition equity (p=0.01), and higher levels of daily distress (p=0.03). Conclusion:Female physicians reported poorer well-being than male physicians. In contrast, no differences in the well-being were found among physicians paid by APP, blended methods, and FFS schemes. Further cross-national studies are recommended to study potential effects of APP on the identified gender inequalities.

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“I'm too used to it”: A longitudinal qualitative study of third year female medical students' experiences of gendered encounters in medical education

Cited by 145 publications

References 35 publications

Sexual harassment of women in medicine: a problem for men to address

Sexual harassment of women in medicine: a problem for men to address

Servicewomen’s Strategies to Staying Safe During Military Service

Latent gender inequalities in the well-being of physicians according to payment method for practicing medicine: a cross-sectional study

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