Screenwriter Alyssa Nutting tweeted about her daughter crying at the dentist office. Because other than inhaling laughing gas and getting into a giggling fit, what other emotion would you expect from a vulnerable child subjected to sharp instruments and drilling sounds?

This girl's anxiety stemmed from a bigger threat. Much to her dismay, the dentist was a man, and her confusion over the lack of a female dentist tending to her sparked a fiery conversation online about gender representation in American healthcare.