A Male Doctor

Once upon a time, there was a boy, a man to be exact. He went by the name of Frank.
Just like any other, he had dreams and goals. His biggest one, ever since he was a child, was to become a doctor.
He applied to a university, finished at the top of the class and found a job.

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Frank never spoke of his achievements.
He always said how one should never seek someone else’s approval for one’s successes.

One day, a wounded woman arrived at the hospital requesting urgent care.
She had been shot it the abdomen three times; each bullet could cost her life.
They needed to be removed quickly.
As Frank walked into the operating theater, the woman, on the verge of death, said to him:
“A man? A doctor?
Please, find me somebody else, he doesn’t seem trustable, he’s probably a warlock!”
Frank was shocked at her words.
A woman on a death bed, whose life depended on him, asking for another doctor because he was a man???
Frank, as he was getting ready for the surgery, explained to the woman that there was no time
and that she could be sure he was not a warlock.
A nurse also reassured her that Frank was the best doctor in the entire hospital and that she shouldn’t worry.
The woman still refused and wanted a female doctor.
So, she got what she wanted, a doctor with a little less experience, but a female. Her life was saved.
She was thankful. She was, as she wanted, operated by a female doctor.

Frank had never felt more oppressed, saddened and just rejected.
Had he forgotten about his own words???
Could it be that with all those diplomas and all the knowledge he possessed he was less valuable???
However, the other side of him knew that –
if he lived for people's acceptance, he would die from their rejection!

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This is a daily situation women all around the world go through.
Even with all the knowledge and all the experience they have, they are still being looked down on.
Male privilege is real and that is what we should be concerned with.

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