Senior surgeon Gabrielle McMullin stands by advice for female doctors to stay silent on sex abuse
看了Sydney Morning Herald昨晚這則新聞標題，不明所以，初時以為是指對病人投訴緘默，及至看了內容，才知道原來指女醫生身為性侵犯受害者時的反應。Dr McMullin教導初入行的女醫生盡量避免置身於會遭侵犯的處境，對男同袍的性要求避無可避時就只好就犯，但無論如何要啞忍不要投訴，投訴就摧毁前途。下面張貼她的講法：
Dr McMullin referred to the case of Dr Caroline Tan, who won a 2008 sexual harassment case against a surgeon while she was completing surgical training at a Melbourne hospital. Dr Tan was vilified and has been unable to find work at any public hospital in Australasia despite the legal victory, she said.
"Her career was ruined by this one guy asking for sex on this night. And, realistically, she would have been much better to have given him a blow job on that night," Dr McMullin said in the criticised ABC interview.
"What I tell my trainees is that, if you are approached for sex, probably the safest thing to do in terms of your career is to comply with the request; the worst thing you can possibly do is to complain to the supervising body because then, as in Caroline's position, you can be sure that you will never be appointed to a major public hospital."
When asked about those comments, Dr McMullin said: "Unfortunately, that's true."
She said new laws were needed to reward women for reporting sexual harassment rather than the current system of cash payouts and moral victories.
作為男性，我對McMullin的看法表示震驚錯愕！這是甚麽地方，甚麽年代。她建議訂定新的法例根本沒有幫助，怎樣確保投訴人在投訴後事業前途不受影響？某些公營機構一定會聘用？對於在工作間的性騷擾或性侵犯現狀，最重要是法例得以執行，大機構要訂立清晰指引，對員工作適當保障，事實上女性也並非唯一受害者，男性受害者更加啞忍，或者相反地覺得過癮而十分享受。性騷擾和性侵犯性質不同。前者是民事後者是刑事案件，後果截然不同。社會對這種事情的態度比另立法例更為重要，嚴肅處理而不是置之不理，正視受害人受到的傷害而不是視其為搞事者，方為正確的態度。
受到性騷擾的人，對自身利益有顧慮，是可以理解的。如果社會態度不正確，便會鼓勵侵犯者得寸進尺。受害人噤若寒蟬，侵犯者就變本加厲。新聞中提及Dr Tan投訴後得到不公平的對待，影響前途，當然使人忿忿不平。她是能力不足而不獲聘，抑或是因投訴而受壓制，外人無從判辨。如果是後者，就只能靠社會對性騷擾嚴肅處理，才能改變過來。
別以為澳洲先進，男女在多方面都不很平等，以專業女性薪酬為例，工資往往比相同工作資歷的男同事低一兩成。講一套漂亮，做的一套是別的模樣，這也是事實。
我兩年前為黃燕雲自殺案寫過好幾篇有關性騷擾案的評論，有興趣可以參考這些淺見。中大人評中大事：黃燕雲的死因研訊——給沈祖堯校長寫的一個blog，再談黃燕雲的死因研訊，三談黃燕雲的死因研訊，中大人評中大事：中大性騷擾的處理方法，中大人評中大事：黃燕雲死因的結論……自殺，談不完的性騷擾及校園性騷擾。
看了Sydney Morning Herald昨晚這則新聞標題，不明所以，初時以為是指對病人投訴緘默，及至看了內容，才知道原來指女醫生身為性侵犯受害者時的反應。Dr McMullin教導初入行的女醫生盡量避免置身於會遭侵犯的處境，對男同袍的性要求避無可避時就只好就犯，但無論如何要啞忍不要投訴，投訴就摧毁前途。下面張貼她的講法：
Dr McMullin referred to the case of Dr Caroline Tan, who won a 2008 sexual harassment case against a surgeon while she was completing surgical training at a Melbourne hospital. Dr Tan was vilified and has been unable to find work at any public hospital in Australasia despite the legal victory, she said.
"Her career was ruined by this one guy asking for sex on this night. And, realistically, she would have been much better to have given him a blow job on that night," Dr McMullin said in the criticised ABC interview.
"What I tell my trainees is that, if you are approached for sex, probably the safest thing to do in terms of your career is to comply with the request; the worst thing you can possibly do is to complain to the supervising body because then, as in Caroline's position, you can be sure that you will never be appointed to a major public hospital."
When asked about those comments, Dr McMullin said: "Unfortunately, that's true."
She said new laws were needed to reward women for reporting sexual harassment rather than the current system of cash payouts and moral victories.
作為男性，我對McMullin的看法表示震驚錯愕！這是甚麽地方，甚麽年代。她建議訂定新的法例根本沒有幫助，怎樣確保投訴人在投訴後事業前途不受影響？某些公營機構一定會聘用？對於在工作間的性騷擾或性侵犯現狀，最重要是法例得以執行，大機構要訂立清晰指引，對員工作適當保障，事實上女性也並非唯一受害者，男性受害者更加啞忍，或者相反地覺得過癮而十分享受。性騷擾和性侵犯性質不同。前者是民事後者是刑事案件，後果截然不同。社會對這種事情的態度比另立法例更為重要，嚴肅處理而不是置之不理，正視受害人受到的傷害而不是視其為搞事者，方為正確的態度。
受到性騷擾的人，對自身利益有顧慮，是可以理解的。如果社會態度不正確，便會鼓勵侵犯者得寸進尺。受害人噤若寒蟬，侵犯者就變本加厲。新聞中提及Dr Tan投訴後得到不公平的對待，影響前途，當然使人忿忿不平。她是能力不足而不獲聘，抑或是因投訴而受壓制，外人無從判辨。如果是後者，就只能靠社會對性騷擾嚴肅處理，才能改變過來。
別以為澳洲先進，男女在多方面都不很平等，以專業女性薪酬為例，工資往往比相同工作資歷的男同事低一兩成。講一套漂亮，做的一套是別的模樣，這也是事實。
我兩年前為黃燕雲自殺案寫過好幾篇有關性騷擾案的評論，有興趣可以參考這些淺見。中大人評中大事：黃燕雲的死因研訊——給沈祖堯校長寫的一個blog，再談黃燕雲的死因研訊，三談黃燕雲的死因研訊，中大人評中大事：中大性騷擾的處理方法，中大人評中大事：黃燕雲死因的結論……自殺，談不完的性騷擾及校園性騷擾。
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