Gender representation in kits

[hosanhelwa]

I've thought very hard whether to post this or not, but I've wanted to raise this point for a while now, and it's really come to a head this week.
I'm beyond grateful for all the medical-themed kits that have cropped up in the shop recently! As a healthcare professional, it's always been difficult to scrap about work, in part because of lack of kits that were specific enough to what I do. There are now many more options, and I'm loving it.

What I do find difficult, though, is that there is often an assumption in those kits that doctors are male and nurses are women. As a female physician who works in the operating rooms, where there is probably a greater than average concentration of male nurses, I'm feeling left out. I also wonder what message it sends to our children when seeing layouts where by default and lack of other option, the "doctor" is the guy, and the "nurse" is the girl. I admit I'm disappointed to see the stereotypes are still so vastly represented.

To give you an idea, women accounted for 65% of my medical school class, and for 75% of my anesthesia training. I am far from an exception! Just food for thought!

Stepping off my soapbox now. I really am loving all those kits , I just wish there were more women doctors and male nurses in them!