Bostonist: Update: Ruling in Sophie Currier Case Voided

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:22:31 -0500

"Bostonist posted on this earlier because it looked as if all these decisions were being made by men who can't breast-feed and therefore have no clue what might happen if Currier can't express milk at certain times." Err... Well, uh, the first thing to say, I guess, is that you don't get to have female judges because you're going through what are purely female issues. It's partly a logical thing, and partly an objectivity thing (sympathy, afterall, is not necessarily of assistance in neutral decision making). But, all is not lost, because male judges can get a clue about what will happen if Currier doesn't express milk BY TALKING TO OTHER WOMEN. Or doctors. Or doctors who are women. *Yawn* Don't worry, I'm sure justice will prevail. Who the hell cares about some chick taking a licensing exam, anyway?

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:52:06 -0500

Comments on other blogs are also strongly anti-Currier: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/09/26/judge-grants-breastfeeding-med-student-extra-time/ and http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/09/26/breastfeeding-med-student-gets-extra-time-on-test/ Note that much of the criticism comes from other mothers and physicians (including female physicians). I am a female doctor, and I also side with the NBME after reading up on all the "accomodations" that they had already offered Currier: http://www.nbme.org/about/BF-USMLE.html She really does need to bite the bullet and and take the test already. By the time she is done with all the litigation, her baby will probably be in kindergarten.

guest

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:51:25 -0500

The comments WERE strongly anti-Currier (several were from women doctors with young kids who told her to stop her whining, basically). Then she deleted them all. Then she apparently couldn't stand public discourse and took her blog private.