I am a woman who has been to the doctor. I get asked “Are you pregnant or breastfeeding,” all the goddamn time.

Weird you think disagreement is an insult.

Countless men who have never been a woman in a doctor’s office don’t get it. Lemmy is about 73% men. They’re missing the point for the same reason this comic exists, because women’s experiences are minimalized in healthcare.

All the panels are related, that’s how a narrative works. A lack of media literacy doesn’t make it wrong, because women get it without needing an explanation. Unless the guys in the comments are actual doctors, they’re just a large volume of unsupported opinions. It is not routine to ask about a period in an emergency, the medical emergency is the context.

Again, the comic isn’t about pregnancy, it’s about dismissing women’s pain and blaming problems on hormones.

Source

…women in pain are much more likely than men to receive prescriptions for sedatives, rather than pain medication, for their ailments. One study even showed women who received coronary bypass surgery were only half as likely to be prescribed painkillers, as compared to men who had undergone the same procedure.

Another source

Women are more likely to encounter scepticism regarding the severity or legitimacy of their symptoms as a result of gender biases and cultural norms ingrained in the medical discourse about women’s bodies and diseases over centuries.

Yet another source

Despite medical advancements, women frequently face underdiagnosis and inadequate treatment of pain (Pieretti et al., 2016). Healthcare providers often dismiss or minimize women’s pain, labeling it as “emotional” or “psychosomatic” rather than physical (Samulowitz et al., 2017).

edit: You know, as a mod of a community, I can see all the votes there, right? I’m just glad you found a healthy outlet.