A young female doctor has bravely penned a blog post exposing the daily sexism she faces within the medical industry and admits she 's scared she will now lose her job for going public . Melbourne doctor Ashleigh Witt revealed in the online post the varying degrees of sexual harassment she and other women have experienced following a Sydney surgeon 's controversial comments last week . Vascular surgeon Dr Gabrielle McMullin suggested young women in the field should 'just accept unwanted sexual advances ' because sexism was so rife among doctors . She was referring to a woman named Caroline who won a case against a doctor accused of sexually assaulting her , but was then unable to get work at any public hospital . Melbourne doctor Ashley Witt has bravely penned a blog post exposing the daily sexism she faces within the medical indudstry . Dr Witt admits she is concerned her career could be jeopardised by her decision to speak out about sexism . 'Her career was ruined by this one guy asking for sex on this night . And , realistically , she would have been much better to have given him a blow job on that night , ' Dr McMullin told ABC radio on Friday . Dr Witt said in her blog post the Sydney surgeon was n't the problem . 'She is simply the messenger . The problem here is a system where reporting sexual harassment is vehemently discouraged , ' she wrote . The Melbourne-based trainee doctor , who describes herself as a moderately pretty blonde , said medicine 's secret catchphrase was : 'Keep your mouth shut and you 'll be fine . ' 'We all have stories about sexual harassment at work - some of them subtle , some of them shocking . And yet person after person ( mostly men , although I ca n't imagine why ) , have stood up and said sexual harassment is not a problem in medicine . Vascular surgeon Dr Gabrielle McMullin has suggested young women in the field should 'just accept unwanted sexual advances ' because sexism was so rife among doctors . The Melbourne-based trainee doctor , who describes herself as a moderately pretty blonde , said medicine 's secret catchphrase was : 'Keep your mouth shut and you 'll be fine ' 'Perhaps we are n't understanding what sexual harassment is . Perhaps we 're associating it with only the extreme example of rape , when it encompasses so much more than unwanted physical touching , ' Dr Witt said . She then went on to list the varying degrees of sexism she has faced . 'Sexual harassment is every time you call me 'blondie ' or 'barbie ' , every time you make a joke about my choice to wear a skirt not pants , every time you comment on my appearance rather than my skillset , every time you call me a 'lady doctor ' instead of a 'doctor ' . 'Sexual harassment is two weeks ago when I lead a code blue which saved a woman on the labour ward and my male colleague arrived after the fact and said 'they should n't send you up here , you 're too clucky ' . 'It 's the consultant who commented that I 'd 'obviously gotten to where I was at a young age because I was pretty ' . 'It 's the surgical registrar who told me if I wanted to be taken seriously I needed to dye my hair dark . ' Ms Wit wrote in her blog that a surgical registrar told her if she wanted to be taken seriously she should dye her hair dark .
Ashleigh Witt wrote a blog exposing daily sexism in medical industry . Trainee doctor was responding to Sydney surgeon Dr Gabrielle McMullin . Dr McMullin suggested women should 'just accept unwanted sexual advances ' because sexism was so rife among doctors . Dr Witt 's post hits out at industry that she claims discourages reporting sexual harassment .