Bloody hell! So my friend's 3yo daughter told her GP she wanted to be a doctor ...

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BellaBearisWideAwake · 03/09/2011 21:06

and this is what happened:

"So, DD has got really interested in bones, muscles, what's in the body etc last few weeks. Yesterday we got lots of great books with pictures out of the library and she decides she wants to be a bone-fixing doctor, sawing up bones and pinning them together. Brilliant. Today she volunteers this to the GP, who tells her most orthopedic surgeons are men and it's much too difficult for women to make it. FFS"

I mean, really??!!! What sort of message is this?!

Anyway, I asked my friend if I could post this here as I am really interested in what other people have to say about it.

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SybilBeddows · 03/09/2011 21:14

I assumed it was woman who feels bitter about the discrimination she came up against and is pissed off that everyone pretends to you when you are a kid that opportunities are equal.
If so I am sympathetic but 3 is too young to teach them about discrimination, really....

create · 03/09/2011 21:14

Really? Much too difficult or much more difficult? GP's not wrong...doesn't mean that can't change

mousymouse · 03/09/2011 21:13

do you mean the grandparents? have stern word and tell your dd that 'times were different back then'.

HeidiHole · 03/09/2011 21:12

was the GP male? If so I would strongly suggest a complaint on grounds of sexism to the surgery.

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BellaBearisWideAwake · 03/09/2011 21:11

Ha! Interesting. A woman, although most people commenting on the FB status assumed a man.

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DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 03/09/2011 21:09

:( I despair sometimes.

Best I can advise is that your friend keeps encouraging her DD to do whatever she wants to do (within reason) in her life. She may change her goals, but don't let it be because of that GP's words.

SybilBeddows · 03/09/2011 21:07

was GP a man or a woman?

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