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" A surgeon in Sydney who\u00A0suggested that\u00A0trainee doctors are better off accepting sexual advances rather than risking their career, says she stands by her comments. During an interview on ABC Radio, Dr Gabrielle McMullin was questioned about the case of\u00A0registrar Caroline Tan,\u00A0who struggled to find a job after taking\u00A0a superior to tribunal in 2008 over a case of sexual assault in Melbourne.  &amp;quot;Despite [Caroline&amp;#039;s]\u00A0victory, she&amp;#039;s never been appointed to a public position in a hospital in Australasia,&amp;quot; Dr Gabrielle said. &amp;quot;Her career was ruined by this one guy asking for sex.\u00A0 &amp;quot;Realistically, she&amp;#039;d have been much better to have given him a blow job. I tell my trainees that if you&amp;#039;re approached for sex, the safest thing to do in terms of your career is to comply.\u00A0 &amp;quot;The worst thing you can possibly do is complain to the supervising body, because... you can be sure you&amp;#039;ll never be appointed to a major public hospital.&amp;quot;  Although she later claimed she was being ironic, she also added:  \u00A0&amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t condone any form of sexual harassment, but unfortunately... women don&amp;#039;t get supported if they make a complaint.&amp;quot;  Dr Gabrielle, who made the original comments on launching her new book,\u00A0Pathways to Gender Equality in Australia\u00A0(now that&amp;#039;s\u00A0ironic), has been widely criticised for her comments, which she says she made out of frustration at the situation facing medical trainees. But rather than taking an &amp;#039;ironic&amp;#039; stance,\u00A0might it\u00A0have been more helpful to advise young women on how to handle advances - not to put them off saying &amp;#039;no&amp;#039; or reporting inappropriate behaviour\u00A0in the first place? Dr Gabrielle says she&amp;#039;s been thanked by trainees for raising awareness of the challenges they face, and we&amp;#039;re prepared to believe that her intentions were good. Following her comments, medical experts have been forced into a discussion about issues of sexism and harassment in their profession. But the language we use when talking about harassment and assault isn&amp;#039;t something to be chosen lightly - and we strongly recommend\u00A0that next time she gets the opportunity to share her thoughts on a public platform, Dr Gabrielle\u00A0chooses a (much, much)\u00A0better way to do it. SAM PEPPER&amp;#039;S &amp;quot;IRONIC&amp;quot; HARASSMENT VIDEO IS OUTRAGEOUS NOT SURE IF YOUR EXPERIENCE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS &amp;quot;VALID&amp;quot; OR NOT? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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