Argumentative Essay On Female Doctors
The life of a physician is not for the weak. Most physicians face a stressful, hectic work environment and long blocks of time on the job. In addition, female doctors face stressors related to their gender and their expected role in society and in their own families. A career in medicine is damaging to the mental health of female physicians, who struggle with sex-based discrimination, dual-role stress, and difficulty building and maintaining relationships. These facets of practicing medicine put extreme stress on women, leading to high rates of depression and suicide.
Extensive research has been conducted on the high rates of depression and suicide within the field of medicine. One study done by Weiner, Marten, and Wochnick indicated that …show more content…
Another woman surveyed by Longo and Straehley claimed that her school did not accommodate her desire to have children by providing her with the option to “freeze the tenure clock with childbirth.” Not only does this lack of accommodation depreciate the importance of a woman’s desire for a family, it also implies that a woman who wants to have a child is less driven than one who chooses to wait or to forgo having children. Female doctors’ added stress of caring for children as well as the difficulty of managing maternity leave contribute to an overall disadvantage when compared to male doctors, and make a profession that is already enormously taxing even more …show more content…
An analysis of longitudinal studies done by Julia Sowislo and Ulrich Orth of the University of Basel suggests that self-esteem is strongly correlated with depression and anxiety. The analysis found strong evidence for the so-called “vulnerability” model of self-esteem, which states that low self-esteem precedes depression. This is almost certainly the case for physicians. The self-esteem of female physicians suffers disproportionately from a lack of solid relationships, and the women in turn become depressed. Men logically do not experience the same degree of depression because their self-esteem is not as heavily reliant on reciprocal
Extensive research has been conducted on the high rates of depression and suicide within the field of medicine. One study done by Weiner, Marten, and Wochnick indicated that …show more content…
Another woman surveyed by Longo and Straehley claimed that her school did not accommodate her desire to have children by providing her with the option to “freeze the tenure clock with childbirth.” Not only does this lack of accommodation depreciate the importance of a woman’s desire for a family, it also implies that a woman who wants to have a child is less driven than one who chooses to wait or to forgo having children. Female doctors’ added stress of caring for children as well as the difficulty of managing maternity leave contribute to an overall disadvantage when compared to male doctors, and make a profession that is already enormously taxing even more …show more content…
An analysis of longitudinal studies done by Julia Sowislo and Ulrich Orth of the University of Basel suggests that self-esteem is strongly correlated with depression and anxiety. The analysis found strong evidence for the so-called “vulnerability” model of self-esteem, which states that low self-esteem precedes depression. This is almost certainly the case for physicians. The self-esteem of female physicians suffers disproportionately from a lack of solid relationships, and the women in turn become depressed. Men logically do not experience the same degree of depression because their self-esteem is not as heavily reliant on reciprocal