Commentary: Reality check: Time to address the gender gap

[摘要] The article from Sinha and colleagues1 on gender disparities within congenital heart surgery will come as essential and uncomfortable reading to all of us. The continuing underrepresentation of women in cardiothoracic surgery is an increasing cause for concern, but the underlying and irrefutable evidence of discrimination and sexual harassment within the workplace of today is utterly unacceptable. Critics counter such statements by saying that career progression and promotion is simply merit-based, and no one would argue with that if it were true—but the evidence presented here suggests that female surgeons have entirely equivalent (if not better) training resumes than their male counterparts with identical academic qualifications yet do not have the same career progression—with almost two-thirds of women reporting that this was related to gender discrimination in both promotions and in appointment to positions of national responsibility.

[学科分类] 心脏病和心血管学