Medical misogyny - women are being systematically dismissed...

[JustineMumsnet]

Hi all,
For years on Mumsnet, women have been describing the same experience when they try to get medical help.
Pain dismissed as “normal”.
Symptoms blamed on stress or hormones.
Concerns waved away before anyone investigates properly.
Any one story can be written off as bad luck. But when tens of thousands of women describe the same thing, year after year, it points to something bigger.
That’s why we’ve launched a Mumsnet campaign to tackle medical misogyny: the systemic dismissal, minimisation or disbelief of women’s symptoms in healthcare.
Earlier this month we published a report analysing nearly 100,000 first-person posts on Mumsnet between 2015 and 2025. The same patterns appear again and again: dismissal, delays, and women feeling they have to fight to be taken seriously.
We’ve already shared the report with Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and over the coming months we’ll be using the evidence gathered on Mumsnet to push for change. In the meantime, please do keep sharing your own experiences here and share the campaign wherever you can. The more noise we make, the harder this is to ignore
Thanks,
Justine

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to this thread and shared their experiences. Some of the stories are truly harrowing and shocking. I’m very grateful to those of you who have been willing to speak so openly, especially when the experiences themselves have been so painful.

I’ve written about the thread, and the wider culture problem in the NHS, in you so much to everyone who has contributed to this thread and shared their experiences. Some of the stories are truly harrowing and shocking, and they show just how deeply medical misogyny can affect women’s lives, health and trust in the system. I’m very grateful to those of you who have been willing to speak so openly, especially when the experiences themselves have been so painful. I’ve written about the thread, and the wider culture problem in the NHS, in my latest Substack here: mumsnetfrontline.substack.com/p/the-nhs-has-a-culture-problem-it Thank you again my latest Substack Hopefully if we keep making enough noise, we can make a difference.