This seems to be another hot air story! Inflated claims!
The surveyed female population was only 738. There are about 63,000 surgeons in the UK in 2022. The survey was explicitly geared towards sexual misconduct. The survey was completely anonymous. So how did this all bias the respondents to this survey or how representative is this survey? There are some serious doubts!
In the U.S. the ratio of female to male surgeons is about 50% (according to Google search). However, I suspect there are greater disparities by specialty.
In the UK "Women now make up 19% of higher trainees, specialist doctors, and consultants in surgery in England, data from NHS Digital show." in 2018 (Source)
What is surprising is the large number of men reporting such incidents. 0.1% of males even reported rape.
How many women use sexual attractiveness to gain favors at work? Very much underreported.
Here is an excerpt from the BBC article:
"'I trusted him'
Anne - we cannot reveal her real name for legal reasons - wanted to talk to the BBC because she believes change will only happen when people speak out.
She doesn't choose to describe what happened to her as rape, but is clear [???] the sex that took place was not consensual. It happened at a social event tied to a medical conference - a meeting of doctors within the same speciality.
In a familiar pattern, she was a trainee and he was a consultant.
"I trusted him, I looked up to him," she says.
He played on that trust saying she didn't know the other people there and that she couldn't trust them.
"So, he walked me back to the place I was staying, I thought he wanted to talk and yet he just suddenly turned on me and he had sex with me."
She said in that moment her body froze and "I couldn't stop him".
"It's not what I wanted, it had never been what I wanted, it was totally unexpected." ..."
Well, how far did Anne go here? What exactly happened is left very vague (e.g. the location of the alleged sex)!
From the abstract:
"Background
This observational study, paired with National Health Service (NHS) workforce population data, examined gender differences in surgical workforce members’ experiences with sexual misconduct (sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape) among colleagues in the past 5 years, and their views of the adequacy of accountable organizations in dealing with this issue.
Methods
This was a survey of UK surgical workforce members, recruited via surgical organizations.
Results
Some 1704 individuals participated, with 1434 (51.5 per cent women) eligible for primary unweighted analyses. Weighted analyses, grounded in NHS England surgical workforce population data, used 756 NHS England participants. Weighted and unweighted analyses showed that, compared with men, women were significantly more likely to report witnessing, and be a target of, sexual misconduct. Among women, 63.3 per cent reported being the target of sexual harassment versus 23.7 per cent of men (89.5 per cent witnessing versus 81.0 per cent of men). Additionally, 29.9 per cent of women had been sexually assaulted versus 6.9 per cent of men (35.9 per cent witnessing versus 17.1 per cent of men), with 10.9 per cent of women experiencing forced physical contact for career opportunities (a form of sexual assault) versus 0.7 per cent of men. Being raped by a colleague was reported by 0.8 per cent of women versus 0.1 per cent of men (1.9 per cent witnessing versus 0.6 per cent of men). Evaluations of organizations’ adequacy in handling sexual misconduct were significantly lower among women than men, ranging from a low of 15.1 per cent for the General Medical Council to a high of 31.1 per cent for the Royal Colleges (men’s evaluations: 48.6 and 60.2 per cent respectively).
Conclusion
Sexual misconduct in the past 5 years has been experienced widely, with women affected disproportionately. Accountable organizations are not regarded as dealing adequately with this issue."
Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating (BBC) Female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, assaulted and in some cases raped by colleagues, a major analysis of NHS staff has found.
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