Re: breast feeding, test taking medical mom
Soooo.... Would you have a problem with me not reporting for jury duty because I breastfeed a young baby? Is that a special favor?
The last sentence there is, I guess, what I am seeing in a lot of these posts: "I imagine she is the type of person that wants everyone to bend over backwards to accommodate her needs but she in now way will reciprocate." And, it might be something you imagine. That imagining may be based upon something you or dh have already experienced or fear happening in the future. However, there is nothing to back this imaginary image up.
I guess when I was surprised at the hostility towards this woman - it was (and is) mostly because there seem to be attributes ascribed to her that just do not have any backing in the facts that we have. Do we know that she wants everyone to bend over backwards for her? Do we know she in no way will reciprocate those who help her out?
It's attitudes such as this that concern me. Partly because I will always - always - remember my dh flying home from a match interview at a prestigious program where the program director point-blank told my husband that they didn't want parents in their program (because of the above imaginings). This isn't just about a mom and breastfeeding. These are suppositions many in medicine make about ALL parents.
Originally posted by Pollyanna
Soooo.... Would you have a problem with me not reporting for jury duty because I breastfeed a young baby? Is that a special favor?
The last sentence there is, I guess, what I am seeing in a lot of these posts: "I imagine she is the type of person that wants everyone to bend over backwards to accommodate her needs but she in now way will reciprocate." And, it might be something you imagine. That imagining may be based upon something you or dh have already experienced or fear happening in the future. However, there is nothing to back this imaginary image up.
I guess when I was surprised at the hostility towards this woman - it was (and is) mostly because there seem to be attributes ascribed to her that just do not have any backing in the facts that we have. Do we know that she wants everyone to bend over backwards for her? Do we know she in no way will reciprocate those who help her out?
It's attitudes such as this that concern me. Partly because I will always - always - remember my dh flying home from a match interview at a prestigious program where the program director point-blank told my husband that they didn't want parents in their program (because of the above imaginings). This isn't just about a mom and breastfeeding. These are suppositions many in medicine make about ALL parents.
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