These kind of overt microaggressions may be less common these days, or at least easier to brush off in an era when women have more power. But it is the more subtle stories that are more pervasive—and more dangerous, because the gender bias they reflect is harder to pin down if you see each story only in isolation. The doctor who didn’t listen—but perhaps that’s just how he is with everyone? The time your symptoms weren’t taken seriously—but, in retrospect, maybe you could have done more to advocate for yourself? The many misdiagnoses of “stress” that you can’t really imagine a male patient
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