[醫療界的性別歧視 Sexism in Medicine —#Medbikini］（⬇️ for Eng. version)
可能台灣還沒什麼人注意到，但最近在Instagram和Twitter上出現一個hashtag #medbikini，從西方國家開始，引起各國的女醫師貼文響應。身為有時會在模特跟醫師身分中間切換的亞洲女性，聽聞這個活動後，便覺得蠻希望讓更多亞洲的女性醫療工作者知道。
這個活動的苗頭來自於一篇在2019年刊登於Journal of Vascular Surgery的文章：一群以男性為主的醫師打著臨床研究之名，透過無論是真實或虛假的帳號，調查評論年輕血管外科醫生們的社群軟體活動。與本文不相關的內容在此就不贅述，但通篇文章最引人注意的，便是直接將「穿著泳裝/比基尼」的貼文，評論為「不適當/不專業的社群軟體行為」；而引發這次Medbikini抗議的背後，則是整篇paper字裡行間透露出的對女性工作者的歧視與雙標思維。（期刊已於昨日道歉並撤除該論文，本事件還引起CNN撰文，有興趣者可以自行上網搜尋原文與相關報導。）
有很多的女性曾因為偶爾的打扮在職場上被注目，有更多的女性曾因為非工作時段的穿著被非議；而這樣的狀況，在過去以男性為主的醫療領域內可以說是更頻繁的發生。然而，一個人非在工作場域內的衣著造型，真的與她的工作態度和能力相關嗎？一位女醫生是否會因為昨天口紅顏色深了一點，或週末放了一張穿著比基尼的出遊照，就在她們的崗位上變得不認真一些、知識退步一些、對病人少關心一些呢？
事實上，就算放假時都穿短褲，就算游泳時喜歡穿比基尼，就算閒暇時會當辣模拍照；只要在工作和進修的時候，我就是會拿出一樣靈敏的腦袋、一樣認真的態度、一樣要求完美的心。任何的女性，都可以下班時穿著比基尼享受生活，並在上班時穿著白袍投入工作——專業的樣貌，不應該因為性別有不同的標準；私底下的穿著，也不影響一個人職場專業的事實。
所以呀，女醫護人員們下班後愛怎麼穿，就怎麼穿：別擔心，不管是穿白袍還是比基尼，我們都會一樣專業，一樣認真，一樣辣💯
（放一張實習那年放假玩水的照片響應一下）
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As someone who lives in the conservative Asian society but also who has posted quite a few photos with bikinis or “provocative posing” on social media due to modeling work, as soon as I noticed the hashtag #Medbikini trending in Instagram and Twitter, I felt like there’s a need for this event to be introduced to more Asian female healthcare workers. (The long Chinese paragraphs are mainly about the whole story of the inappropriate article published in Journal of Vascular Surgery.)
Sexism in medical field has never been a secret. In fact, many female healthcare workers have had the experience of being judged by their appearance (makeup or clothing) even when they were not at work. However, is it true that our compassion to work and knowledge in head will be affected by posting a photo in bikinis on the weekend? Does the color of our lipstick make us less devoted to our jobs?
Being a female physician, I’m proud of my ability to perform professionally at work while also being comfortable wearing bikinis or somewhat “revealing clothes” in my free time. Female healthcare workers have the right to choose (and post) whatever they want to wear in their private time. And don’t worry, we’d still rock our white coats just like we rock our bikinis 💯
(Posting this photo taken during my internship in support of this campaign.)
Hsuan Wu
