Female Surgeons Harassed in the OR: Medicine's #MeToo

Female Surgeons Harassed in the OR: Medicine's #MeToo
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Sexual harassment against women in medicine has been studied for decades: A 1995 study found 52 percent of all women in academic medicine said they had been sexually harassed.

But unlike Hollywood and other industries where allegations against powerful men have recently shined a light on inappropriate behavior, medicine has yet to have its #MeToo moment. Nonetheless, women in the field are hopeful that that is about to change.

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