My medical emergency had nothing to do with my transness. The doctor still asked invasive questions.
My medical emergency had nothing to do with my transness. The doctor still asked invasive questions.
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I don't want to delegitimize this person's experience, but they do this to cis women as well. They don't trust what you say, what you have experienced, and even what your labs say sometimes. Basically, you're only safe in our healthcare system if you are a cis white male.
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Cishet white male here: what makes you think they believe us? They assume we are lying about Viagra, illicit drugs, alcohol, caffeine, past diagnoses. We're treated like we are too stupid to be alive, we're seeking drugs, and trying to commit insurance fraud.
I'm not rich enough to donate a new wing; they don't believe anything I say.
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Statistically, doctors are more likely to believe men and take them seriously than they are women. Doctors are more likely to treat pain in men appropriately than they are women. Doctors are far likely to take white men at face value and believe what they're saying than they are black women.
The fact that you've had bad luck doesn't mean that this is true systemically for all men, or even for the majority of men.
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I have a genetic disorder. Some doctors wanted me to do some physical tests, just to satisfy their own curiosity. Nothing to do with why i visited them.
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