article_snippet: Surgeon Dr Gabrielle McMullinsays sexism is so rife among surgeons in Australia that young woman who want a career in medicine would do best to 'comply' Female surgeons are only tolerated in Australian hospitals if Female surgeons are ‘single, childless and pretend to be men
article_snippet: a female doctor has claimed, as dozens of women in the male-dominated profession open up about dozens of women in the male-dominated profession experiences of sexism.
article_snippet: Following controversial comments by a female senior surgeon who told aspiring female doctors to go along with sexual abuse at work for the sake of aspiring female doctors careers, more women have claimed sexual harassment is a ‘major issue’ in the medical profession.
article_snippet: Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, one female doctor said one female doctor was told by a male colleague women were ‘f***ing useless’.
article_snippet: A consultant surgeon instructed one female doctor to ‘get some knee pads and learn to suck c**k’ and another senior colleague ensured that one female doctor was shunned when one female doctor stood up for one female doctor after one female doctor inappropriately touched one female doctor.
article_snippet: They think They own you, a lot of these guys,’ one female doctor said.
article_snippet: Other female surgeons, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals, told how a ‘boys club’ mentality within the medical profession led to women being ostracised when Other female surgeons, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals complained about sexual harassment.
article_snippet: In an ABC radio interview on Friday, Dr McMullin, said sexism is so rife among male surgeons in Australian hospitals that young women would do best to grin and bear it.
article_snippet: one female doctor comments follow a warning one female doctor issued to young women at Sydney's Parliament House on Friday, during the launch of a book one female doctor co-authored on gender equality. '
article_snippet: What I tell my trainees is that, if you are approached for sex, probably the safest thing to do in terms of your career is to comply with the request,' one female doctor said.
article_snippet: But giving in to unwanted sexual advances is easier than pursuing perpetrators, one female doctor warned, because the sexism is so entrenched.
article_snippet: Dr McMullin told ABC's AM program the story of Dr Caroline Tan, a young doctor who won a sexual harassment case in 2008 against a surgeon who forced himself on one female doctor while one female doctor was training at a Melbourne Hospital.
article_snippet: Dr McMullin didn't tell anyone what had happened until a surgeon who forced himself on her while she was training at a Melbourne Hospital started giving one female doctor reports that were so bad anyone threatened the career
article_snippet: one female doctor had worked so hard for.
article_snippet: Despite that victory, one female doctor has never been appointed to a public position in a hospital in Australasia,' one female doctor said of the case. 
article_snippet: one female doctor career was ruined by this one guy asking for sex on this night.' '
article_snippet: And realistically, one female doctor would have been much better to have given himself a blow-job on this night.'
article_snippet: Female surgeons, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals, have told how a 'boys club' mentality within the medical profession led to women being ostracised when Female surgeons, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals complained about sexual harassment .
article_snippet: the medical profession is not exempt from this maxim.'
article_snippet: This behaviour is not limited to surgeons, This behaviour pervades so many professional fields,' writes one Facebook user. '
highlights_snippet: A dozen female doctors have opened up about A dozen sexist experiences .
  
highlights_snippet: One said she was told to 'get some knee pads and learn to suck c**k'
  Many female doctors