here's another jaw dropping story (about how women are treated and how the men that ALLEGEDLY mistreated them are treated. guess who winds up on top?)
Gynecologist Practiced Medicine for 9 Years, Despite Multiple Rape Allegations From Patients
byTrigger Warning for graphic descriptions of rape and other sexual assault.
The Chicago Tribune recently ran an extended piece on a gynecologist who is alleged to have raped at least 3 patients and sexually harassed at least 4, only to have been allowed to continue practicing medicine for 9 years after the first allegation. Worse yet, once action was finally taken, it was in the form of a mere 9 month license suspension that will allow the doctor/alleged rapist to reapply for his license this summer. The entire while, police have declined to press any charges.
Tameka Stokes was 19 when a pelvic disease diagnosis brought her to the exam table of Bruce Sylvester Smith, a gynecologist at Chicago’s Kennedy Medical Service Corp., in May 2000.
According to Stokes’ allegations in state records, Smith raped her while her legs were in stirrups.
As she left the exam room, Stokes broke down crying to a nurse, who immediately called police, records show. After submitting to a rape exam at South Shore Hospital, Stokes provided detectives with a description of Smith’s actions — allegations later shared with the state agency that polices professional license-holders, the documents show.................
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