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| Surgeons use #Ilooklikeasurgeon hashtag to protest against profession's male stereotype | Surgeons use #Ilooklikeasurgeon hashtag to protest against profession's male stereotype |
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| Thousands of women have taken to Twitter to challenge the stereotypical view that all surgeons are male and arrogant. | Thousands of women have taken to Twitter to challenge the stereotypical view that all surgeons are male and arrogant. |
| Using the hashtag #ilooklikeasurgeon, surgeons around the world have posted selfies of themselves to highlight that there is no such thing as a stereotypical “male” surgeon and women were just as capable. | Using the hashtag #ilooklikeasurgeon, surgeons around the world have posted selfies of themselves to highlight that there is no such thing as a stereotypical “male” surgeon and women were just as capable. |
| It was inspired by a blogpost and hashtag #Ilooklikeanengineer started by a female engineer Isis Wenger after a recruitment poster she appeared in was mocked online by people who did not believe an attractive women could be an engineer. | It was inspired by a blogpost and hashtag #Ilooklikeanengineer started by a female engineer Isis Wenger after a recruitment poster she appeared in was mocked online by people who did not believe an attractive women could be an engineer. |
| The engineer hashtag also spawned #Ilooklikeaphysicist and #Ilooklikeaprofessor. | The engineer hashtag also spawned #Ilooklikeaphysicist and #Ilooklikeaprofessor. |
| It first appeared last week, posted by a resident surgeon Heather Logghe from North Carolina and has now been used over 12,000 times: | It first appeared last week, posted by a resident surgeon Heather Logghe from North Carolina and has now been used over 12,000 times: |
| Speaking to the BBC, Dr Logghe said: "The old stereotype [of a surgeon] is an all-knowing arrogant man who operates very well but can often be heartless, not only with co-workers but with patients too." | Speaking to the BBC, Dr Logghe said: "The old stereotype [of a surgeon] is an all-knowing arrogant man who operates very well but can often be heartless, not only with co-workers but with patients too." |
| She said this is slowly changing but women are still underrepresented in surgery. | She said this is slowly changing but women are still underrepresented in surgery. |
| But plenty of women are getting in on the act: | But plenty of women are getting in on the act: |
| Men were even getting involved by tweeting their support: | Men were even getting involved by tweeting their support: |
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