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A vicar asking a woman if she likes her new female doctor, the woman retorts that she prefers male doctors and finds them more genteel. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.

A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.

An old doctor, about to vaccinate a young lady, leers at her chest; he says he can see two injections that have taken well. Process print by Rousset after J-A. Faivre.

An attractive female doctor being approached by three burly men enquiring about nursing work. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1870.

Fill in the blank / Charlie Manzano.

The motherhood penalty : how to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career / Joeli Brearley.

Sexism & science / Evelyn Reed.

Pink tax and the law : discriminating against women consumers / Alara Efsun Yazıcıoğlu.

Outrageous practices : how gender bias threatens women's health / Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse.

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Fill in the blank / Charlie Manzano.

The motherhood penalty : how to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career / Joeli Brearley.

Sexism & science / Evelyn Reed.

Pink tax and the law : discriminating against women consumers / Alara Efsun Yazıcıoğlu.

Outrageous practices : how gender bias threatens women's health / Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse.