For those of us who were presented with this scenario in another century, please don’t cringe. Sadly 40-75% of people still can’t figure it out. For those who do, it usually takes a few moments to realize that a surgeon could be the boy’s mother. All too often, surgeon or boss conjure up images of men despite our best intentions otherwise. Just as we thought we’d gotten beyond this, unbelievably cultural messaging still favors strong gender stereotypes beyond image to perform