Unprofessional vs personal style

[Iamnew2]

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My message was intended to be a semi-lighthearted way of saying “Hey, if you have jiggly bits such as large breasts or similar, consider supportive garments for your own comfort. But no matter what undergarments you choose to wear, the minimal expectation is that your nipples are covered in a professional environment.” I based this advice on my personal experience as an owner of breasts, adipose tissue, and other jiggly bits, and I know what it’s like to be on your feet all day without proper support. But clearly that did not communicate, and I’ll own that. It was not in any way intended to be a dig at someone’s size or BMI, but I understand why I came across that way and I’ll edit my post accordingly.

I never said you don’t matter, and I don’t appreciate you assigning that sentiment to me. What I did say is that you know nothing about me, because you don’t. I don’t care what people who don’t know me think about me. You had the opportunity to disagree with me, and state what you eventually said here. But you didn’t. Instead of actually engaging with the content of my post, you chose instead, as a fellow M2, to lecture me on professionalism and inform me what it was “imperative” for me to do. I found that to be incredibly out of line and condescending and I told you so.

Yep, jiggly boobs are inappropriate for a hospital setting, not to mention they will be distracting. No different than if a man didn't wear any type of underwear and had jiggly testicles.

 

[deleted1139416]

I’m a guy and what I wear to work every day now would have definitely landed me unprofessional citations as a Med student in a conservative area and would be wildly unacceptable in many other such places even as an attending. But here it’s absolutely appropriate and what patients expect and how most every other doc here dresses.

Ok now I'm extremely curious.... what are you wearing to work?????

 

[M&L]

As a proud owner of very uncomfortable back-hurting pair of jigglings, I wear a light support sports bra (like the type for yoga, not for running). Highly recommend . Haven’t shaven my legs in …. I don’t know how long . I just wear pants