The other (usually correct) stereotype is that a lot of doctors have this weird, paternalistic “I know better and they’re just whining” mentality when the patient is a woman. My mother and sister both have loads of chronic health issues and finding doctors that wouldn’t dismiss the issues (especially invisible ones like fibromyalgia) and actually listened to them when they listed all the things they’ve already tried was a nightmare.

Meanwhile my brother-in-law has a mystery illness that causes chronic gut pain but every test shows something different, yet he’s easily able to get his doctors to try specific tests and treatments for whatever the latest theory is despite years of no success.