This , this , this !
When I joined my surgical residency the first question I was asked : why are so many girls taking surgery now ?
After being placed in one of the toughest units I was told “don’t worry the chief doesn’t like girls he’ll mostly swap you for one of the boys “ https://twitter.com/thesadfad_/status/1259946054591459332">https://twitter.com/thesadfad...

It was four of us and the only other girl killed herself. Those three years of surgical residency were some of the toughest years of my life . I had everything to prove. I left no room for error and went above and beyond what was asked of me, because if I succeeded it would be -

because I was a good surgeon , if didnt it would be another thread in the tapestry of “why are so many women in surgery these days “. There’s a common conception that women don’t work as hard , cannot stay late for emergencies , cannot be authoritative enough-

and don’t have leadership skills needed to be a surgeon. In my CTVS rotation I literally had my prof tell me “I think plastics would be good for you , there’s no way women will be able to reach anywhere in cardiac surgey, you need to be tough” sir , I went 72 hours without sleep

Scrubbed four cases back to back, took casualty calls, wrote my thesis and wrote your paper for you. What do you think I am ? All my life I wanted to be a surgeon , only to be called sister right from internship and be told I need to balance family life and that I cannot pick -

demanding superspecialities. I worked hard enough that my chief didn’t swap me. I’m lucky enough to have had chiefs and professors who gave me equal chances but that’s almost not always the case. I’m sorry it’s a long thread but can you tell it’s something I’m passionate about ?