A new study found people searched online for “gynecologist definition” after the title character asked for one in the hit movie Barbie . In the final line of the movie, Barbie — played Margot Robbie — was at a doctor’s office and said, “I’m here to see my gynecologist.” That made many movie-goers want to know what exactly a gynecologist does, People reported.
“In the week following Barbie ‘s release, there were increases in online searches for terms referring to gynecologists ...
and gynecologist definition,” a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association said. There was a 154.1% increase in searches for the term “gynecologist definition.
” Recommended from Editorial Margot Robbie pregnant with first child with husband Tom Ackerley Barbie will make dolls to honour Christine Sinclair, Venus Williams and star athletes Other than Barbie’s release, there were no major events that had led to widespread changes in search interest in gynecology. “We were surprised to find that there was a measurable effect of a single joke in a two-hour long comedy movie,” study author Christopher Worsham, a critical care physician at Mass General Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School, told PsyPost . The movie may have sparked more interest in learning more about gynecological care, but the study said “searches for information about gynecologists did not translate to searches for new gynecologic care.
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