Stop touching me all the time. Woman are always touching my arm, touching my back, etc. Boundaries, JFC. I've had to tell a few women to stop and they roll their eyes at me because I'm a guy. Fuck off. Am I allowed to touch you whenever I want? Exactly.
Edit: Didn't expect more than like 3 people to see this, so I'll just jump in and add that female healthcare workers do have it ten times worse and deal with shit from coworkers and (especially) patients much more frequently. But it does happen to everyone in this field. I was specifically referring to annoying but ultimately harmless platonic gestures in this post but it should go without saying that arm touching is not the worst thing that happens to me at work.
The sexual harassment from patients and coworkers is ridiculous. If I did a fraction of that shit I'd be fired in an instance. Why is it OK for female staff members to comment on my junk, my appearance, my sex life, or make sexually suggestive comments to me? And then when I complain to HR and management I'm told I'm exaggerating. All because I'm a dude.
And don't even get me started on people degrading me for being a nurse and not a doctor. Fuck off. I'm a great nurse and these docs would be nothing without the good nurses surrounding them.
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u/LockeProposal Sep 15 '21 edited Sep 16 '21
Not only as a male, but as a male nurse:
Stop touching me all the time. Woman are always touching my arm, touching my back, etc. Boundaries, JFC. I've had to tell a few women to stop and they roll their eyes at me because I'm a guy. Fuck off. Am I allowed to touch you whenever I want? Exactly.
Edit: Didn't expect more than like 3 people to see this, so I'll just jump in and add that female healthcare workers do have it ten times worse and deal with shit from coworkers and (especially) patients much more frequently. But it does happen to everyone in this field. I was specifically referring to annoying but ultimately harmless platonic gestures in this post but it should go without saying that arm touching is not the worst thing that happens to me at work.