The extent of sexist and sexual violence amongst medical doctors documented by the Order | EUROtoday

“The figures tell us that sexist and sexual violence exist on a large scale in the medical world… We face them. » The president of the National Council of the Order of Physicians, François Arnault, did not mince his words when presenting, Wednesday, November 20, at the headquarters of the ordinal body, in Paris, the results of a vast declarative survey.

This investigation was decided after the wave of testimonies and reactions from caregivers posted on social networks in the spring, behind the hashtag #metoohopital. Led by the vice-presidents of the Order, Marie-Pierre Glaviano-Ceccaldi and Jean-Marcel Mourgues, it was carried out online from September 23 to October 14. A questionnaire was sent to the 285,000 doctors registered with the Order; 21,140 responded and 19,104 of their responses were retained – those of doctors and junior doctors (at the end of their internship) in regular activity.

Nearly one in three doctors (29%) say they have already been the victim of gender-based and sexual violence. With a very marked gap between women and men: if 54% of female doctors declare having suffered sexual violence most often during their studies (48%), but also in the professional context (25%), this ratio is 5% among men.

The medical world very exposed

In detail, the facts declared are first of all outrages (49%), followed by acts of harassment (18%), assaults (9%) and rapes (2%). Almost half of female doctors (49%) have been attacked by another doctor registered with the Order, again more frequently during their studies (23%) than in professional life (10%), compared to 3% of male doctors. .

For the majority of respondents, even when they have not had personal experience of sexist and sexual violence, it is a tangible reality: two out of three doctors (65%) say they were aware of facts of this type during their studies or during their professional life – and this is even the case for three quarters (74%) of those under 40.

A large third of respondents mentioned the trivialization of this violence in the medical world. “There are also many who point out that victims have difficulty making themselves heard or that victims, when they speak, are subject to discrimination in the rest of their careers” (failure to acquire a place, change of service, “put in the closet”and many others.), underlined, on the conclusion of the press convention, Dr. Glaviano-Ceccaldi.

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