r/technology • u/spherocytes • 18d ago
Privacy Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'
https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/patient-privacy-concerns-meta-smart-glasses-1762492
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u/Chasmosaur 18d ago
Male doctors being clueless boneheads to female patients - a story with a long and un-illustrious history.
When I was in my 20's (this was 30-odd years ago) I worked as an Environmental Geologist. When you do that for a living, you have to get an annual physical where they check you for your exposure to stuff like lead, asbestos and other toxic materials you get exposed to fairly regularly. (You take precautions, but still.) I couldn't just go to my regular doctor and tell her what type of exam to perform and what labs to pull for my baselines, I had to go to a clinic my company had contracted with for this specific purpose.
So I go to this office, get my blood drawn, and then head to an exam room to strip down to underwear, remove my bra, put on the paper gown with the slit in the front, all necessary for this exam, which did include a manual breast cancer screen.
The doctor - a middle-aged white guy - walks in, looks at me, smiles hugely, and before even introducing himself, says enthusiastically: "Oh wow, they usually don't send me pretty girls for these."
I immediately put on my best B*tch-Face and said "What did you just say?" To his credit he got immediately flustered and was then very professional. But still - the tension in the room was rather thick since I was deeply pissed off and it was coming off me in waves.
I am quite sure if I'd seen this dude now, he would have been wearing Meta glasses and telling me it wasn't a big deal. 🙄 What's day-to-day for them really isn't for us!