You know what I've found? That people who are judged a lot (or at least claim to be) tend to be more judgemental than anyone else.
For instance, there was a discussion on a nursing website about GLBTs being nurses. I really don't see any problem in that because we don't segregate by gender so why would we by orientation? Health care workers should leave their sexual feelings at home, regardless. They have no place in a patient's room!
However I made the huge mistake of mentioning that I prefer having a female nurse for gyn type procedures. And suddenly everyone labels me the raging homophobe because I wouldn't consider a gay man to be equivalent.
Excuse me?
I don't care if he's had a sex change, he still doesn't know what it is like to be a woman! (isn't that where all the angst comes from?) And when I'm (rarely, thank God) the patient, I should get what I want!
As a nurse I bend over backward to make my patient comfortable. And therefore I expect the same treatment when my feet are in the stirrups.
And of course these people have no idea if there's anything in my past that may make me uncomfortable with strange men. But they're nurses, so they should put themselves in their patients shoes, not try to shove their patient in the nurse's shoes.
Homophobe my ass.
Selfish little diva? Damned straight. (haha, no pun intended)
People need to buy dictionaries, I swear. If you want to insult me, at least get it right. Otherwise you look like a jackass.
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