Having it All? How Men can Manage a Career in Medicine and Fatherhood: A Satire

Author’s note: The Amazon Prime show The Power, based on Naomi Alderman’s book, flips the gender power construct 180 degrees. By doing so, the show (and book) show us how when certain things happen to men, they become shocking and unbelievable. Whereas for women, it’s just our day-to-day lives. I wrote this piece as an imaginary conversation between a male doctor and a male medical student to show through satire the ridiculous things society has conditioned women physicians to put up with daily....