Abstract
Women in surgery continue to face inequitable treatment from surgical leadership,
their peers, hospital staff, and even from their patients. Despite this, women surgeons
continue to produce equal, or improved, clinical outcomes for their patients, with
their work being given less remuneration than that of their male peers. The cultural
stereotypes and biases that drive these inequities are implicit and subtle; however,
they have dramatic effects on the lives and careers of women surgeons.
Keywords
gender bias - pay gap - homophily
