Above picture from Marketing Alternatif
After Martin’s last dentist appointment, I complimented his behavior. He replied, “Yeah, I was really good for the dentist. And for the guy in the dog mask.”
The “guy in the dog mask” was, in fact, the dentist. His surgical mask, not nearly as creepy as the ones above, had a picture of a little dog face on it. The dental hygienist, a young woman, did the work of the cleaning and x-rays, so he assumed she was the dentist.
It may be more than that–his doctors and mine are all women, and all relatively young. So, as I’m paying close attention to how he’s seeing and figuring out gender, with the aim to dismantle stereotypes, I suppose I need to remind him that men can be doctors, too. He might not believe it until he sees it, though.
I would bolt if I saw that hovering above me.
Seriously. Can you imagine?
Luckily, “The Guy in the Dog Mask” had a less horrifying mask, just a homemade little dog mouth, but Martin was not particularly amused.
Marjorie – I was playing with girls yesterday and I commented that Lucy was the doctor and Nell was the nurse.
Lu turned to me and said “No. I am the vet and Nell is the … helping dog”. Let’s hope the above isn’t part of the uniform.
Kris, that’s so funny. I’m thinking that an actual “helping dog” might make more sense to children, and probably be more comforting, than an adult wearing one of these freaky masks…