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The narratives explored here reveal how attention is deflected from the problem of sexual harassment through a focus on women\u2019s \u2018sensitivity\u2019. Women resist by refusing to name sexual harassment as problematic, and by defining sexual harassment as \u2018small stuff\u2019 in the context of a rigorous training program. Ultimately, both tactics of resistance fail. Closer examination of the relations shaping everyday actions is key, as is viewing the rigid hierarchy of authority and power in medical training through a gender lens. 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