Physician pilloried for stating facts

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'A Plano physician is under fire for a hot take in the Dallas Medical Journal saying his female colleagues are paid less because they don't work as hard — but the doctor says his comments were misconstrued and that he did not know they would be made public.
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"Yes, there is a pay gap," Tigges wrote. "Female physicians do not work as hard and do not see as many patients as male physicians.

"This is because they choose to, or they simply don't want to be rushed, or they don't want to work the long hours. Most of the time, their priority is something else.... Family, social, whatever."

Tigges, 53, is one of three physicians, one of them a woman, at the Plano practice he founded in 1996. According to the office's website, the Iowa-born Tigges studied at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and started private practice at Presbyterian Hospital of Plano in 1995.
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His comments, he said, were based on data he'd read showing that female doctors often earn less because they see fewer patients or work fewer hours because of family or other obligations. He said he didn't mean to imply that women should earn less for equal work.

"My response sounds terrible and horrible and doesn't reflect what I was really trying to say," Tigges said. "I'm not saying female physicians should be paid less, but they earn less because of other factors."'