Beware the out-of-focus nurse or doctor who wears a mask but no gloves to give you a shot.

As a bioethicist I'm pretty uncomfortable with this article. Things like this should not be hyped, and although the author halfway in to the article semi-explains the medical necessity of B-12 supplements and implies that you should talk to your doctor, the information presented here is incomplete at best, and…

Might need to remember that this person had a documented deficiency of Vitamin B12 and that this deficiency is relatively rare in people without disease of the gastrointestinal tract. Vitamin B12 is not the magic all-purpose "gives you all kinds of energy supplement".

"Almost the entirety of the non-white world is plagued with the never-ending desire to appear as "western" as possible. Whether that means whitening creams in India..."

Well yeah! I won't disagree with you there. It's damn sexist to make such high demands on people who might want to have families and then say that those who might want to have families are naturally indisposed to such work.

Well, yeah, but I think I'm trying to say, as feminists, we gotta insist that men are allowed paternity leaves and also shouldn't accept the "work comes first" adage.

For my part, I don't think it's about being a jerk, but about noticing and realizing the prejudices we didn't even know we had. We can be perfectly lovely people and then say things like, "It's not that I don't think black people should be doctors or dentists, they're just naturally better-suited to sex and…

Here's a different way of looking at it. These employers are not religiously affiliated, correct? The religious exemption that they are claiming is because the owner of the company himself adheres to a certain religion. Lets assume for an instant that the owner of this company is a Jehovah's Witness, which does not…

Stats are tricky and this article is pretty misleading. This does not mean that Salt Lake City, Detroit, etc have the highest total amounts of gay families who are raising kids. This means that of the gay populations in a city, the percent of gay couples who are also raising kids is higher in these towns. Salt Lake…

Here - This. - is what I love about Jezebel. The multiple perspectives everyone's offering (yeah, why does a fancy pants private school need to hold a bake sale?) sheds so much light then the narrow article quoting a few parents ever could. Thanks to Lindy for starting this discussion, and thanks to everyone for…

Eh, I think 'not everyone is Angelina Jolie' is a reasonable way to put it- in the context of the rest of his article, it's pretty clear he means not everyone has her family history, and therefore not everyone will benefit from her testing. I'm not offended by the idea that people are not always perfectly informed…

All this professor is doing is putting more info out there about how the test works, and what makes it effective. And he's right- the test isn't designed to be effective for the general population, it's only accurate for women with other risk factors. If that's info you would want to know before deciding on this test…

Women are not a monolith. They are invested in their health to varying degrees. They have varying levels of education, varying concerns, and varying understanding of concepts. This doctor is not suggesting women are going to go hysterically cut off their breasts because they saw a celebrity do it. At all. He didn't…

I certainly agree that doctors are not exempt from mansplaining - but I personally think that this one (in this specific article) is not guilty as charged.

I wish Jez would hire a writer who is actually capable of tackling the science beat. It's funny because most of Anna's articles about science make it seem like she's just skimmed an article and done, like, a Google search on the issue before taking a position and pounding out an article about it where she's all, "THIS…

Anna -

He didn't even say hysterical in his article, I have no idea where that quote is supposed to be from. He isn't even saying that Angelina Jolie shouldn't have had a double mastectomy, just that the genetic abnormality is rare enough that people without a family history of cancer shouldn't worry if they haven't been…

I think if you re-read the (professor of medicine's, fwiw) comments, you'll find them entirely rational.

I am not sure this qualifies as "mansplaining." Yes, he's a man, but he's a doctor... and a professor of medicine who is also engaged in public policy surrounding health. He isn't exactly unqualified to talk about this, just because he isn't female. Over-diagnosis is a real thing, and if we don't understand a test…