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Could you trust a doctor who denies that biological sex matters?

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TwistedEyeOfHorus · 16/07/2020 21:31

Fortunately not mine... I'd be out of there like a shot! But a doctor I know of on Twitter who is trans shares very little about women and anything about trans issues. And this week he basically said that sex was a construct and gender the superior quality. It's not H, but is another one in the North West.
Would you trust a doctor who says there's no biological difference between transwomen and women? It worries me that he places his ideology ahead of his professionalism.

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PronounssheRa · 16/07/2020 21:42

No. A doctor who doesn't believe biological sex matters could end up misdiagnosing and mistreating.

Common conditions like asthma can only be understood and treated if we take sex into account.

Could you trust a doctor who denies that biological sex matters?
EmbarrassingAdmissions · 16/07/2020 21:38

There's a professor at LSHTM with a speciality in sexual and reproductive health who has bought into the sex is a construct piffle and she's not the only medic in a comparable position to espouse this.

Chiochan · 16/07/2020 21:37

Sure, not problem. You could trust them about as much as you could trust a doctor who insisted that crystals cure cancer.

Highwind · 16/07/2020 21:36

Well I would certainly go to him if I wanted my prostate examined. He might have some difficulty finding it, but I am sure it is there somewhere. If he doesn’t find it then he is clearly transphobic.

DianasLasso · 16/07/2020 21:34

No.

Would not want to have as a GP someone who clearly could not pass a basic anatomy exam and knew nothing about genetics. I wouldn't consider him to have the basic competence necessary to do his job.

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