Brooke Shields Recalls the Insulting Question Asked by Male Doctors [Video]

Brooke Shields can’t help but compare how differently men and women are treated by doctors.

On Monday, Jan. 13, the model-actress appeared on Good Morning America and opened up about why she decided to touch on women’s experience in the healthcare system in her new book, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old.

“Women go through stuff. We need to be able to say, ‘This isn’t fair.’ We need to be able to self-advocate,” she said.

“I had a seizure not too long ago and the two male doctors said, ‘Are you restricting yourself for dietary reasons?’ And I was like, ‘No. I’m a 59-year-old woman who looks younger bloated. Give me some potato chips!’ You wouldn’t say that to a man.” 

“And that’s not what the book is, it’s not reducing it to male, female — we love the men in our lives,” she continued. “But it’s time to kind of explore this without yelling, without being angry. I tell …