r/comics • • Jun 19 '26

OC Why didn't you say so?

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

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u/warrenao Jun 19 '26

It wouldn't surprise me if something like this actually has happened.

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u/Big_Luv_Hubs Jun 19 '26

Happens to my wife all the time. We do exactly this pretty often. She says something, people ignore her. I repeat what she just said, people take it seriously.

It’s fucking disgusting, and not limited to doctors, or even men. Female leaders ignore other women regularly.

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u/LunchRight686 Jun 21 '26

Same thing happens at work. A guest will be arguing with one of my female coworkers and I’ll just walk up to them and say the exact same thing they’ve been saying the entire time and suddenly the guest will magically understand what they’ve been saying.