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— V (@littlemykonos) July 24, 2025
⚖️ The Tribunal’s Verdict
In July 2025, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) upheld the Medical Board’s suspension of GP Dr Jereth Kok.
The reason? Not malpractice. Not clinical complaints. But Facebook memes.
VCAT found that 54 of Dr Kok’s 85 social media posts breached the Medical Board’s Code of Conduct by undermining public trust, even though they had no link to his clinical care.
📜 The 54 Posts in Focus
VCAT divided the offending posts into five ideological categories:
- 🍼 Abortion
Described terminations as “massacres of babies” and labelled abortion providers “serial contract killers.” - 🏳️⚧️ Transgender Issues
Shared Babylon Bee satire, mocked pronouns, and called gender-affirming surgery “medical butchery.” - 🏳️🌈 Same-Sex Marriage
Opposed it on moral and scriptural grounds, calling it “immoral.” - 🦠 COVID-19
Compared lockdowns to authoritarian regimes and suggested vaccination was like “Russian roulette.”
💡 Institutional Logic: Risk Over Principle
Modern institutions, from hospitals to hedge funds, aren’t governed by personal convictions. They’re run on risk frameworks.
The real question HR thinks about now isn’t: “Is this person right?”
It’s: “Could this person become a problem?”
And on that scoreboard, the girl-boss has a built-in advantage.
👩💼 Why the Girl-Boss Wins
✅ She avoids PR hazards.
She doesn’t post edgy memes or push ideological boundaries. She posts safe content that aligns with corporate values.
✅ She enforces the rules.
She works inside HR, DEI, or compliance. Her job is to apply the policy, not critique it.
✅ She ranks high in institutional trust.
Pew and GSS surveys show women score higher than men in trust toward government, healthcare, and educational systems. That makes her a lower-risk hire.
✅ She’s liability-proof.
No alt account. No podcast. No viral controversy.
✅ She scales safely.
She can be promoted, branded, and sent to speak on panels without creating reputational risk.
📉 Why the Boy-Boss Gets Cancelled
He’s unpredictable, posts content that pushes limits.
He thinks being “based” is better than being “safe.”
But institutions don’t reward that. They want compliance, not charisma.
🧮 This Isn’t Personal, It’s Portfolio Management
Dr Kok didn’t lose his license because Victoria hates his faith.
He lost it because his public statements made him a reputational liability.
The decision wasn’t ideological. It was managerial.
