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Gym thinks only men can be Drs

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DrElizabethPlimpton · 18/03/2015 18:21

I've just seen a link to a Daily Fail article (I won't link obviously) about a gym in Cambridgeshire

A paediatrician joined and she found that her electronic key wouldn't allow her access to the female changing room. The 'glitch' was explained by staff - apparently her title Dr automatically defaulted to the assumption she was male.
I'm currently speechless.

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kim147 · 19/03/2015 19:10

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mariamin · 19/03/2015 18:33

This is why I rarely post in feminism. Everything that is about women gets derailed into being about transgender or gender queer. Very boring.

BuffyEpistemiwhatsit · 19/03/2015 18:25

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PetulaGordino · 19/03/2015 17:59

A surgeon in the UK may be called Dr if they have an MD and choose to use it (Ms/Mrs/mr is still correct obv)

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 19/03/2015 17:48

I saw it on Twitter earlier.

JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:44

Grin I love that, puffins.

I hope my cousin's wife doesn't know that - she's a woman surgeon and I think she rocks.

BuffyEpistemiwhatsit · 19/03/2015 17:35

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PuffinsAreFictitious · 19/03/2015 17:35

Traditionally surgeons use Mr (and presumably the feminine epithet of their choosing) in order to remind them to remove their caputs from their rectums and remember that they are basically barbers with letters after their names. Grin

shit Latin

Only disrespectful to surgeons with no sense of humour

kim147 · 19/03/2015 17:34

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JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:31

hula, is it true surgeons also don't use Dr? I could be wrong but I think so.

JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:29

I think you are very confused about how this all works if you think I have the slightest control over whether you continue posting or not.

I admit, I'm in doubt of your ability to 'not go on' based on past experience, but, like I said, I do hold out hope.

Hulababy · 19/03/2015 17:29

I find the argument re hard work and the title change being used interesting.

Doctors use the term; but then if they do even more work and move up to consultant they then stop using doctor and become Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms - why is that?

kim147 · 19/03/2015 17:28

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JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:27

You seem to post on here quite a bit, as do many others.

You didn't like me suggesting you moved on, I notice, but you seem fine dishing it out.

Why is that, I wonder?

kim147 · 19/03/2015 17:26

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JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:25

Actually, that's sarcasm. Wink

kim147 · 19/03/2015 17:25

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JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:24

I don't think you've ever apologized and moved on from anything in the world, and I don't hold out much hope of you starting now.

I cross posted with you: I've already taken issue with someone else conflating programme and programmer. But don't let the facts get in the way of your righteous anger, will you?

JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:23

Already did, kim. You should read upthread, shouldn't you?

kim147 · 19/03/2015 17:23

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kim147 · 19/03/2015 17:22

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JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:22

That sounds hopeful, EBear.

EBearhug · 19/03/2015 17:21

Yes, and so databases and programs are usually set with default values, which are more likely to be M than F.

Thank god that degree in computer science was useful for something. Not to mention all the unconscious bias training. Although the problem there is that most of the people on unconscious bias courses are not usually those who most need it. (I am going to be pushing for it being compulsory training at all levels at work, not just senior managers and above, as I have made some useful contacts today which might mean it could happen.)

JeanneTheRabidFeminist · 19/03/2015 17:21

kim, I have already clarified which post I was talking about.

This is really tedious.