Who's the father?

A father and son head out to a football game. They have a lovely day, spending quality father-son time together. On the way back home, father and son are involved in a car accident. The father is walking wounded and the son is alive but has broken his leg. The son is rushed to hospital and taken to theatre for emergency surgery. The surgeon walks in, takes one look at the boy, and says I can't operate on him, he's my son. Who is the surgeon?

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The surgeon is the mother!l But be honest - did it take you a while to come to that answer? It took me a while, which is sad. It just shows how pervasive the idea of gender is. Of course women can be surgeons, but we're still not fully conditioned to be open-minded about women, even when we're women.

The mother?

The mother is the surgeon

@Maeve yey! But be honest - did it take you a while to come to that answer? It took me a while, which is sad. It just shows how pervasive the idea of gender is. Of course women can be surgeons, but we're still not fully conditioned to be open-minded about women, even when we're women.

@Elle was it your automatic answer? It wasn't mine 😂

I knew it was the mother right away lol

I'm annoyed that you didn't put the right answer as an option

@Cecilia-Jean I did let everyone put forward their own answer if they didn't think it was the others. The main thing is how it shows, in most cases that the brain isn't conditioned to see women as surgeons even in 2024, even by women!

Yes but I’ve heard something very similar years ago 😅

The mother.

I literally didn’t even think of it. That’s sad

Surgeon is the mum

@Emily I was the same. But that's how pervasive the patriarchy has been

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