A horrifying phenomenon was revealed today (Monday) in the Committee for the Advancement of Women’s Status and Gender Equality in the Knesset. The committee convened for a meeting on the subject of ‘sexual harassment and invasion of privacy using hidden cameras’, and the director general of the lobby to combat sexual violence revealed a disturbing phenomenon in the hospitals: “Teams take photos of sedated surgeons naked and show it off.”
First, the chairman of the committee, MK Panina Tamno-Sheta, opened the discussion, who said: “In a technologically developed world, there are new devices that enter the market and then find out that they are used for bullying and sexual violence. We will advance relevant legislation to protect women in the face of a developed technological world.” The chairman of the committee reviewed cases in which female soldiers, police officers and staff members in the health system were photographed without their knowledge in recent years: “This is an alarming phenomenon of sexual harassment by hidden cameras.”
However, Yael Sherer, the director general of the lobby to fight against sexual violence, said: “We are in contact with the Ministry of Health and the cases are horrifying – therapists filmed patients in pornographic acts and spread it, teams filmed sedated surgeons naked and showed them off, there is evidence.” : “It causes percolation.” Sherer added: “It is being distributed in groups of therapists. It has become a fashion on Tinder for doctors to take pictures of themselves with anesthetized patients to prove that they are doctors.”
Talia ben Avi Steinberg, who is in charge of gender equality in the Ministry of Health, confirmed the words: “There was a circular from the CEO to prevent harassment, investigate complaints, report to the commission – we found out that there are technical things and it turns out that there are uniforms that are a little more transparent and there are uniforms that have a large shirt button and the nurse bends over and. .. and there are also behaviors like Shiel Sherer presented, but not only the selfie, but also the talking in the operating room. We want to change everything through a plan that will establish clear rules of what is allowed and what is not.”
The chairman of the committee Tamno-Sheta was shocked and said: “This is very serious and it must stop. This is not fate and it is an unbearable reality that our personal security is compromised. It is a reality that is an epidemic. Just as there are social rights, every man or woman should be protected.”