Even today less than 1 in 4 surgeons worldwide are women .
Do you think surgery still feels like a male- dominated field? Why is that so and what can we do to change that ?
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Yes and that is mostly because of lack of work life balance in surgical fields
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Yeah, this could be the potential reason behind this. Along with that I think, even most of the women itself think it as a male dominating field. So this mentality shift is important.
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In my opinion, women tend to not go for surgery due to the slight impossibility of balancing work and family life.
It is far more different for a women to drop everything she takes care of at home-kids, family etc- and rush to the hospital for an emergency lap chole/appendectomy etc.
Having said that, there are still way more women in surgery this year than there were 5 years ago too.
The stats are turning gracefully in the direction of women off lately.
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it needs more representation, mentorship, and inclusive opportunities now.
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Work-life balance and still a bit of gender discrimination could be the reasons
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True, this shift will happen gradually. We will have women taking up surgery and becoming successful in the near future.
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Main reason is the work life balance issues. Women cannot imagine leaving their children and running to ot for a surgery midnight.. A male surgeon would hardly marry a female surgeon for the same reason ..
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Yes, surgery still feels like a male-dominated field—and the numbers and lived experiences of women in the profession back that up. Despite women now making up about half of medical school graduates globally, fewer than 25% of surgeons are women, and the disparity is even more pronounced in certain surgical subspecialties
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Work-life balance is the main issue
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Because male are groomed to do outside work only but for female is a whole different story
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That may be because of the Fixed mentality that its a man’s job like that, or may be the wore like balance. And I am sure the 1 in 4 surgeon is also will be from OG!!!
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Absolutely agree. The demanding hours, gender stereotypes, and lack of mentorship often discourage women from pursuing surgery.
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