MeToo in the hospital: Marine Ltemporel testifies that she was the victim of “wandering hands and harsh jokes”

A story that complements the dozens already recorded under the hashtag #MeToohospital. Although after the publication of the Paris Match investigation, in which infectious disease specialist Karine Lacombe accuses emergency doctor Patrick Pella, testimonies from victims of sexist and sexual violence have multiplied in the medical world. Marine Ltemporel, former Miss France 2013 and doctor, contributed this Monday during a short video on camera published on the social network Instagram.

The young woman first wanted to thank all the carers who have spoken out on the topic in recent days, before adding: “Unfortunately, I paid a price for this too. She recalls a “particularly difficult” internship during which she was “one of the few women” and “very young.”

“Don’t make waves”

Already elected Miss France at the time of her internship, she adds that she was “entitled to dozens and dozens of dirty sex jokes, questions about intimacy, wandering hands and truly inappropriate behavior.”

Marin Lruy says she regrets staying silent at the time, in a context where it was necessary “not to make a fuss if you want your internship to be recognized.” “They said we had to come to terms with this ‘ordinary’ ‘normal’ behavior attributed to older former doctors,” she continues. “Everyone: let’s throw off our masks together. Let’s give up omerta. Let’s speak out loud. And let’s be united! “concludes the presenter in the caption of her Instagram post.

On Friday, the representative body for doctors at University Hospital Centers (CHU) vowed to “stand up” for victims of gender-based and sexual violence in hospitals following a series of testimony involving doctors.