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How kindness in disguise is holding women back in academic medicine

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Sexism in the workplace is often associated with overt hostility, harassment, insults, discrimination, or intimidation. But what about the subtler, seemingly well-intentioned behaviors that can still hinder women’s advancement? Our study explores benevolent sexism (BvS) in academic medicine and how it may quietly limit women’s careers, even in environments committed to gender equity. What is Read more… How kindness in disguise is holding women b…
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For centuries, the male body has been considered a norm in medical research and practice, while women have been considered a variant of it. Studies on which treatment of diseases is based have been carried out almost exclusively on men – with significant effects on the medical care of women. Gender medicine or gender-sensitive medicine, which began in the 1970s, began to deal with the differences between men and women in the field of precaution,…

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KevinMD.com broke the news in on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
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