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Fruitboots t1_j8npfic wrote

Reply to comment by Netskimmer in UCSF heart transplant surgery done by all-women team made history by heyitsmeshawn

Historical context is everything. Go back 80 years and most people would scoff at the idea of no men in the operating room. It just seems less out of the ordinary to us now because of the moment in time we're living in and how far we've come. Women had to fight to get here.

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fuzzycaterpillar123 t1_j8tm159 wrote

I searched this story specifically to see the comments scoffing about the importance of this. People still deny that the historical context of the past has lasting effects on current times.

It’s like people are offended at having to acknowledge that there has been and still is gender and racial inequality in society

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Mundane-Ad-3142 t1_j96gc85 wrote

It's because we're all running on advanced monkey brains and a lot of us are still underdeveloped in regards to critical thinking.

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