Running time
51 sec
Date made
Place made
Australia
Copyright
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Transcript
I saw a lot of female patients in the Navy because they want to see a female doctor often. In those days people understood that that's part and parcel … Everywhere I worked, if you did your job well, the fact you were female mattered very little. If you did your job badly, it might matter more.
But most people respected a team member who was prepared to do their job well and contribute to the team. And that would be male or female and I think absolutely there would be instances of bad behaviour and I was in a quite different position as a doctor on board compared to a junior sailor and I'm sure instances of bad behaviour happen everywhere and are still happening but, as I say, most people would respect you to do your job well.
