My mind was all muddled up and everything went topsy-turvy inside it. Yet, I remained still and silent. No one would ever imagine how I was feeling. There wasn't the cool atmosphere around me, nor the usual tranquility outside. My heart was pounding fast. I could hear the voice of my doctor saying that I had cancer and I could only live for a month. My heart was simply ripped apart. I could not believe it at first, but I knew I had to. After all these wonderful years and enthralling moments, I finally have to face God's greatest challenge. My mind wasn't as messy as before anymore and I couldn't even think of what to think. It seemed as if I had nothing to worry about, nothing to do, nothing to say. I was trapped inside this room waiting for the Grim Reaper to reap my innocent soul. Day by day, I remained silent in my bed thinking of nothing but my imminent death. I never spoke, consumed anything, nor stood up. I was totally weak. I was literally dying. I woke up suddenly one day, I had been disturbed by the sound of the television someone had switched on. I heard a soft sweet voice coming out of the TV later. It was a little girl's voice but wasn't a distinct one. I could only hear a word, which was the last word of her mesmerising speech. And that was "Live!" Live. Just as simple as that, "Live". Live, it kept ringing in my head for the next few hours. I never expected I would get addicted to thinking this word over and over. I forced my dry mouth to open. It was like trying to pull open a lift stuck on the highest floor, and it ached too. I desperately told myself to refrain from the pain and just rip the door of the lift apart. Aaargh! It was futile. Totally, extremely hopeless. Again, my heart sank. As I recalled the word, "Live", I forced myself to open my mouth and utter that petty word. I tried very hard indeed. And yes, I made it. I merely blurted out that word, "live"! I was emotionally filled with joy. I could hardly believe it,those lazy days of lying in my bed doing nothing had been counteracted by a simple word, "live"! I knew I had to regain my joyful and enthusiastic spirit, so I started off with stretching my legs and arms.
Women have struggled to battle sexist sentiments in all aspects of their lives. The medical field has been a key front for women as they fight for an end to sexism and has thus harbored feminism. Bell hooks’ definition of feminism states that “feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression,” which have all been problems within the medical field. Women have historically been limited to live within the domestic sphere with all of their contributions remaining within the house. This made the prospect of women showing the ambition and ability to go into the medical field preposterous to many. Considering these stigmas, it makes sense that feminism was necessary to promote change. Influential women have worked hard to
...d if it may be resolved in the near future. The perception of females becoming surgeons usually is seen as rare and respected but the weight of the negative stigma also marks boundaries that keep females in, limiting the power of females and restricting medical advances surgically. It through this research that I will explore the gap of why the social norm has made it difficult for women who are equally as qualified to fulfill surgical positions and roles in the hospitals as well as their male counterparts. Based on the research I’ve done so far, I will argue that society and the field of surgery is primarily responsible for generating the glass ceiling that females struggle to overcome. However, in regards to the public view and their response, I also believe that the world of medicine needs to desperately expand and progress to accommodate females.
I would shut my eyes because I knew what was coming. And before I shut my eyes, I held my breath, like a swimmer ready to dive into a deep ocean. I could never watch when his hands came toward me; I only patiently waited for the harsh sound of the strike. I would always remember his eyes right before I closed my own: pupils wide with rage, cold, and dark eyebrows clenched with hate. When it finally came, I never knew which fist hit me first, or which blow sent me to my knees because I could not bring myself to open my eyes. They were closed because I didn’t want to see what he had promised he would never do again. In the darkness of my mind, I could escape to a paradise where he would never reach me. I would find again the haven where I kept my hopes, dreams, and childhood memories. His words could not devour me there, and his violence could not poison my soul because I was in my own world, away from this reality. When it was all over, and the only thing left were bruises, tears, and bleeding flesh, I felt a relief run through my body. It was so predictable. For there was no more need to recede, only to recover. There was no more reason to be afraid; it was over. He would feel sorry for me, promise that it would never happen again, hold me, and say how much he loved me. This was the end of the pain, not the beginning, and I believed that everything would be all right.
The synonyms for madness are insanity or lunacy. This word madness can be defined by the Oxford Dictionary as a state of being mentally ill, especially severely. It can also be defined as acting extremely foolish or being in a state of frenzied or chaotic activity. It is important to explain what madness is and what the word in a modern voice emcompasses. By using Diogenes attempt to live an honest life I plan on writing about how the Joker from DC comics holds similar traits in his life. Both deny authority because the way they see it there is no true authority there is only an illusion of authority. This courage to be face value is important to these men and they both show this with effortless role reversals. There is also a transparency
women physicians. Although the duties of the lay physician are vague due to the lack o...
Women are often regarded as less competent than men, even when they possess the same type of experience and qualifications. Sonali M. Smith, MD, of the University of Chicago School of Medicine and Lead of the ASCO Professional Development Committee’s Women in Oncology Work Group, identified a troubling trend in her own institution, “it’s very male-dominated at the top,” she said, “there are very few section or department chairs who are women(Smith).”. According to the same study, 58.7% of participants believed that work–family balance was the greatest challenge to progressing in their careers. There are so many stereotypes which keep women from being successful in this field and it is because of these things that we must evaluate our capacity for the career and assess what we are willing to
Throughout my schooling, I was always enrolled in the science based courses and dreaded going to any English or history class. “Although most children still associate science with men, these associations may have weakened over time at least in the United States” (Miller, Eagly, & Linn, 2015). I think this is why I was shocked with my results because in my time I had outside influences that pushed me towards the science based course work. The authors continue to state that society is seeing more women enroll into STEM programs and obtaining more occupations that is science based. For example, recently I went to the doctors for a visit and being aware of the gender differences that we have discussed in class, I noticed that most of the doctors in the primary care department were women, but when it came time for me to be referred to a surgeon there were only men doctors to choose from. I found this to be very interesting because even though the women were at a high level, there were still men who obtained higher
While stereotyping exists in about each range of society, the times of calling somebody a "male attendant" could arrive at an end. All things considered, few individuals still utilize the expression "female doctor."Despite disturbing pictures in popular society, it's turned out to be all the more socially adequate for men to pick a nursing vocation and select in nursing school. In any case, they tend to drop out in more prominent numbers than ladies, for reasons that are not yet clear. Some may feel sexual orientation segregation; nursing schools regularly have few or no male employees. Others may feel disregarded, underestimated or slighted. Fortunately, it is broadly trusted these inclinations are vanishing. All things considered, most medical
Why did you choose the career for which you are preparing for? Nursing is the career that I am preparing for; why? Because nurses are the men and women, who dress in scrubs every day to care for others. Nurses are the men and women who sometimes lack sleep and miss out on family get-togethers to serve their community. Nurses are the men and women who protect others from sickness and other health issues. Nurses are the men and women who remain calm in hectic situations to provide the care that others may need. Nurses are the men and women who are there to give moral support to others twenty-four seven. The reason nursing is a career that I choose is that they are respected because of their occupation, they have the knowledge to save lives, and they have flexible jobs and locations.
Envision a world wherein many students are lost when a college instructor opens a textbook filled with the works of authors from the ancient world. Does this even happen in colleges and universities? This does happen in classrooms around the world, and I want to be able to impact the future generations that will one-day grace the halls of a college or university. Education impacts an individual’s life every day, and I have always envisioned myself educating students to a greater extent than many students would feel capable of accomplishing.
However, certain factors are noted that display a correlation for this gap such as the physicians’ specialty, that women tend to be employees, and that women are less likely to be part-owners of a group practice. Nevertheless, since these factors tend to arise in the debate of a gender gap in physician income, Esteves-Sorenson and Snyder reported that “within a given year, for men and women that work the same amount and in the same specialty, men still outearn women by 26%” (2012:40). Thus, even after creating an ideal situation in which there is a male and female physician who work the same amount of time and are in the same specialty, the female physician would still earn less than the male. To digress back to the issue of supporting or contradicting the other research project’s findings, Esteves-Sorenson and Snyder found contradictory evidence. Esteves-Sorenson and Snyder demonstrated this when they found that the young male physicians, who had fairly equal amounts of experience as their female counterparts, still “earned 13% more than their female counterparts”
Women play an important role in health care, and are coming to play a significant role
Two years and four months ago I died. A terrible condition struck me, and I was unable to do anything about it. In a matter of less than a year, it crushed down all of my hopes and dreams. This condition was the death of my mother. Even today, when I talk about it, I burst into tears because I feel as though it was yesterday. I desperately tried to forget, and that meant living in denial about what had happened. I never wanted to speak about it whenever anyone would ask me how I felt. To lose my Mom meant losing my life. I felt I died with her. Many times I wished I had given up, but I knew it would break the promise we made years before she passed away. Therefore, I came back from the dead determined and more spirited than before.
The professionalization of medicine is a prominent aspect of medicine that has been gender-marked and segregated. The process is white-coded and equated with refeminization (Koblitz, "Women as Healers", 2016). As medicine and healing became more institutionalized, prominent positions within the industry were filled by upper-class white men who became the stereotypical image of what a medical professional should be. Refeminization can play
Life isn’t going to go the way you want it to.” (Vanderwerf 1) Mark Weber said to a group of students over a live videoconference. Life has its ups and downs, and certain people get thrown harder than others, but we all have hardships that we must face. We flourish from our mistakes and the aching we face in our lifetime. But how do we do it, how do people keep pushing through when everything feels like it is ending? What is shouting at them in the back of their mind that keeps them moving forward?