Voices are being raised to denounce sexist violence in society, and the surgical community is far from spared.
Sexist phrases, inappropriate gestures, intimidation. The surgical environment in certain hospitals in Belgium seems plagued by department heads who adopt inappropriate gestures towards students and nurses on a daily basis, but the omerta and their expertise prevent them from being worried.
“The world of surgery is a small bubble in which certain renowned surgeons will allow themselves everything under the pretext that they are experts who will be difficult to replace. Some take themselves for demi-gods and believe themselves untouchable”castigates Lina, assumed name, medical student who has worked in several hospitals in the ULB network as well as in Wallonia.