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God forbid anyone ever get shoved in the OR.
Ypo. - I get that you're into OB/gyn. And that's great. I really like it too, and I am thinking about it as a career. But dismissing people's negative experiences on the rotation is what gets ob/gyns the negative reputation in the first place.
Some people have genuinely crappy experiences on the rotation. Some ob/gyn residents are genuinely terrible people.
Sure, people get shoved in the OR during high stress times. This bothers some students more than it bothers others. (Although, I will point out, that I never got shoved in the OR on my surgery rotation, even during trauma cases. Also never got shoved during OB/gyn - I really feel that there is very little need for a good attending to shove anybody. There is something to be said for grace under fire, which is what characterizes good surgeons and good ob/gyns - all good doctors in general.)
But that attitude behind your remark doesn't make ob/gyns look any better - it just perpetuates the stereotype.