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Dr. Naftali Kaminski speaks on gender equity advocacy

September 18, 2019
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4478

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  • 00:00Hi my name is Doctor Kaminski. I'm a physician scientist and achieve for pulmonary critical care and Sleep Medicine at yell. I'm also the past president of the Association of pulmonary critical care and Sleep Medicine Division Chiefs.
  • 00:20Today I wanted to speak with you about.
  • 00:23Gender equality in ending sexual harassment in our discipline.
  • 00:29I would like to highlight the role of men in this process.
  • 00:34You as a man may say Whi is it my role. I'm OK. I'm progressive. I'm agallah terrian.
  • 00:42I avoid
  • 00:44Micro aggressions.
  • 00:47But I would like to suggest that even if you are the most perfect man on the world.
  • 00:53You have benefited from discrimination against women because all of us me, you everybody.
  • 01:01When you're a man there is implicit by us and men.
  • 01:06Are treated better in every stage of their career have a bias in the way their papers? Are reviewed have better chances to land jobs have better mentoring so even if you're at your best behavior.
  • 01:22You have a responsibility.
  • 01:24And personally I think that.
  • 01:27Only when we men.
  • 01:30Man in the medical profession.
  • 01:32Accept that not the guilt but the responsibility for making sure that gender equality is a reality this will change.
  • 01:43So.
  • 01:46What I would suggest now and what I would request.
  • 01:49From you or from any other man is join me.
  • 01:53In this fight for gender equality.
  • 01:57This has to stop now.
  • 01:59No more discrimination.
  • 02:02No more bias and definitely no more sexual.