Dr. Elizabeth Comen
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These doctor-patient relationships reflect our culture and our society.
And women notoriously apologize.
And we have absorbed tremendous shame about our bodies.
It isn't just people with, you know, poor access to healthcare.
This is some of the most powerful, incredible, royalty, literally, people that we've seen.
And it is this common thread, no matter where you're from, no matter what you do, no matter how much money you have, no matter what your resources are, I guarantee you almost all women in a doctor's office will apologize for something of
about their body.
And I think that it's terrible.
Talk to me about where are you from?
I am from Brookline, Massachusetts, which is a suburb of Boston.
Very nerdy, liberal, granola kind of town.
And did you always know you want to be a doctor?
Really?
We're an actress.
Wow.
Well, you're always uncovering things.
Yeah.
And you're our rock.
I also loved science.
And my mom is a therapist.