Why didn't you say so?

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

[u/veshume]

What the hell... I'm very well aware of medical sexism but I cannot comprehend how they didn't give her rabies shots. I'm not calling bullshit on you, I just can't imagine a doctor would hear anyone saying they were bitten by a feral animal and not immediately become concerned about rabies. She is so incredibly lucky to survive this!

[u/FrostyCat13 → u/veshume]

Because there's a lot of "women are hysterical" in the medical field leading to people acting like a woman saying it has to be something dangerous being taken as an exaggeration while men are often seen as only seeking help when absolutely needed, so if a man is at the hospital, it has to be something serious...

Some teachers in the medical field still teach these sort of things today...

[u/veshume → u/FrostyCat13]

Thanks, like I said, I'm very well aware of medical sexism, and I understand how it works and why. It's mere existence (and its manifestations), though, is baffling sometimes, because it's so nonsensical.

[u/saltedsnail2 → u/veshume]

Antibiotics for a feral animal bite is completely insane. That doctor needs to get bit or quit the profession.