Gender Discrimination: Are Males Immuned to Sufferings?

Gender is really a very important factor in our world as it helps group the world into two broad classification, Males and Females.

Imagine how the world would have been without these clear demarcations...

But then, discrimination comes in when there are some limitations, restrictions or favouritism that comes with one been a particular gender.

I have been made to do something against my will simply because of my sex.
I know that I might still get some criticism against it even on this post but I still don't think that justifies what happened that day...

It happened when I was doing my Medical posting under Cardiothoracic Unit at the hospital.

The hospital management claims to be too poor to provide enough seat for both patients and students that come for postings but then the patients comes first, hence most of the seats were outside the consulting room leaving just one of the chairs (can contain about 6students) inside the consulting room for as many as 24 students posted in the unit.

As a result of this singular act, you will get to stand throughout the consulting period for about 6hours should you end up not getting a space to sit down.

We were new to the unit and I was welcomed with 6hours of learning while standing.

This experience kept ringing in my head that it served as an alarm to wake me up the next day as early as 6am and I began preparing.

As luck may have it, on reaching the hospital, 5girls were already seated there and I got the last space on the seat.

I was happy that I will maximize the day since I was very comfortable unknown to me that my joy will be short-lived.

Fast forward to when the consulting doctor came in and called in the first patient, after prescription and the patient left for the next patient to enter he said,

"Samuel, stand up so the ladies could sit down, the seat is for them"

Jeez, I was really sad about that and asked myself several rhetorical questions..

Where is it written that only the ladies should sit down?

Is comfort only for the ladies?

That was how I ended up standing up for a lady that came 2hours after I came only because she was a lady...

That was quite unnecessary and doesn't make sense to me.... Too sad we discriminate even when it's not necessary

Hehehe, looking at this question makes me laugh anyway.

Some things can't just be handled 😂
He left me no option except standing up comfortably from the seat and taking the rest of the teachings while standing.

Is there really a lesson to be learnt from here?

I really didn't learn anything from the experience on my end to be sincere.

What should I have learnt exactly?

Standing up for ladies when I'm also tired and needed a seat?

Coming late to postings?

There was honestly nothing for me to learn here .

It will really be wonderful if finally discriminations could finally be eradicated but this is just a myth that I really don't see coming but then it can be reduced to the barest minimum.

Truth be told,

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We are stronger together as just Human beings without the gender sentiment

Taking a shot at solving the problems of discrimination will actually have to start from .....

• Equity and Fairness:

All human beings are equal and has the right to be treated as such.
Placing equity and Fairness above the human gender will really help a lot in reducing discrimination.

A rule should be made and strictly adhered to.

Using my experience as a case study for instance, if the rule was that whoever comes first takes the seat, then it would be very clear to everyone that it's simply on the basis of first come first serve and would have helped given me a fighting basis to get my seat back.

• Sticking To The Golden Rule:

How about we discard the gender-biased decisions we make and stick to asking ourselves,

Would I be happy if what I'm about doing to someone else is done to me?

Whenever you find yourself in debate about that particular act, I think it's better we stop ourselves.

At least, it will help us stop discriminating even when not necessary.

Thanks for reading 👍