I am a 4th year medical student and I have a question for any female residents or doctors out there.
How do you maintain your "femininity" and personality in how you carry yourself around other doctors and also in your daily dress (without looking like a bimbo or losing all feminity)? Has anyone else had issues with this? I guess I have been with almost all male attendings, and the female physicians I have been with all had very strong and somewhat difficult personalities. Over the past year I've resigned myself to my Danskos and my basic professional clothes under my white coat and I guess I'm just struggling with how to let my personality come through when i really don't have any female mentors to model how I should carry myself.
I hope this isn't a stupid post - any comments or suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!
How do you maintain your "femininity" and personality in how you carry yourself around other doctors and also in your daily dress (without looking like a bimbo or losing all feminity)? Has anyone else had issues with this? I guess I have been with almost all male attendings, and the female physicians I have been with all had very strong and somewhat difficult personalities. Over the past year I've resigned myself to my Danskos and my basic professional clothes under my white coat and I guess I'm just struggling with how to let my personality come through when i really don't have any female mentors to model how I should carry myself.
I hope this isn't a stupid post - any comments or suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!