‘It was incessant nudge-nudge, wink-wink’
THE culture of sexism at the BMA was like a Monty Python sketch, according to two leading female GPs.
Dr Zoe Norris and Dr Katie BramallStainer quit the union’s GP committee in April, citing a series of sexist incidents. They claimed the final straw was being called ‘naughty girl’ and ‘little girl’ by male doctors.
The pair said men had been overheard joking about colleagues’ bra sizes, and that a female colleague was sent an unsolicited naked picture by a male official. In a joint article, they wrote of ‘the squeezing of the thighs, the patting of the bottoms, the incessant nudge-nudge, wink-wink more suitably placed within a 1970s Monty Python sketch’.