Sarah Is In Pain, No One Is Listening: How Doctors Take Women’s Pain Less Seriously

When mysterious, debilitating symptoms struck my girlfriend, our trip to the ER revealed the sexism inherent in emergency treatment.

Early on a Monday morning, I heard an anguished cry—then silence.

I rushed into the bedroom and watched my girlfriend, Sarah, stumble from the bathroom, doubled over, hugging herself in pain.

“Something’s wrong,” she gas…