This is a very controversial essay, but I am going to express how some women physicians, like myself, feel at the VA hospital.
I came home one day after my clinic and was perturbed. I called my significant other and the emotion of the day unraveled. I was reporting an uncomfortable interaction I had with an older male patient. During this patient encounter, his tone and comments became sexually charged and suggestive. In the residency clinic, we report to an attending physician. After my encounter earlier that day, I blurted out that I was feeling uneasy to my attending. His quick response was, “You are an attractive resident, you can expect to get hit on by your patients.”
I paused in disbelief. I am expected to work in a sexually charged environment without much support. All of the feelings of the day and my lack of support was articulated to my significant other. He was sympathetic to my plight; however none of us had a solution.
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