Not My Problem Podcast

2.2 Sexism in Healthcare

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We discuss how sexism manifests itself in the health sector. We expose major inconsistencies in medical research studies with respect to sex and gender and how they negatively impact women. We deconstruct the idea of a "gendered brain" and share personal experiences of sexism in healthcare. 


  • READ: The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain  - Professor Gina Rippon
    • Brain Storm: The flaws in the science of sex differences (Harvard University Press 2010) - Dr Jordan-Young
  • LISTEN: FoodMedic Podcast - Season 4, Episodes 4 (Women are not small men with Dr Stacy Sims) & 5 (The female brain with Dr Sarah McKay)
  • WATCH: Alok’s interview with Dr Rebecca Jordan-Young (the author of The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences)
    • Why Medicine often has dangerous side effects for women by Dr Alyson McGregor
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    Not My Problem PodcastBy Sephora Madjiheurem & Annika Schoene