I had two male OB/GYNs the The first one, everytime he examined me I had Orgasms, wasn't sure if this was normal didn't feel like that should be happening in a doctors office. Then I mentioned tona friend after a few years kind of made like a joke about it and she said if you're serious that's not right he's sexually assaulting you. So I asked him about it and he laughed and didn't hear you complaining. The second one, was great, compassionate, gentle, but I never really opened up about a lot, didn't completely trust him. Since I'm a Child Sex Abuse Survivor and a doctor Sexually Abuse me I have to have only female doctors as Primary and OB/GYN. I bummed in dact because my most recent GYN of 15 years was recently murdered and I have to find a new. She was the best talks you through the its like she truly understood what Survivors needed. I trusted her so much I sent all my DV & Trafficking Survivors to her they all loved her too. Over 5000 women wentvto her funeral...
Never been to a male one and never will. Yes I agree they should not be.
There are plenty other areas of medicine.
Guys dont get periods or know what is normal about the vagina and female reproductive system .
I would love to see this profession become all women.
Also men should bot get free or be paid to look
some are perverts, some are professionals
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I have a female gynecologist which I absolutely love! With that said there are some medical disciplines where you have no choice but to see a male doctor. Even when I have been with a female doctor she always has a nurse in the room when it comes to examining. I have never been examined by a male doctor without a nurse in the room. When you get older and more mature you will get over your fear.
Not wrong at all. But personally I will feel uncomfortable and may request for a female gynae.
If they're a professional and know what they're doing, then I don't see what the issue is. They're there to do a job and offer their expertise on you health and well being.
If a woman is giving birth, should all the doctors and nurses all be female too? Wouldn't you be more concerned with having the best of the best helping you in your time of need, regardless of their gender?
I had an injury a few years back to one of my testicles and needed an ultrasound done. I went in and the specialist was a female. She had to lube up the gel on the wand and move things around down there in order to get the right angles and measurements on the screen.
Should I have refused her doing the ultrasound and demand I have a man do it?
No. She obviously was qualified in performing the ultrasound and knew what to do and what to look for.
Did I not mind her doing it because she was female and I must have gotten turned on by it?
No. She's there to do a job and I needed to know what the injury involved. I wasn't going to lie there and get a damn boner over it... Just as I would suspect women wouldn't be too turned on by having a speculum shoved in their cooch and getting swabbed or whatever they do.
Let whoever it is do their damn job they're there to do. If they're being inappropriate in anyway, then report it and request someone else while they get investigated for their actions.
Coming from a family with cousins, aunts, uncles and a mother who've all been in the medical field, maybe I have a different perspective, but in this day and age, many know what kind of crap they'll end up in if they do anything beyond what they're meant to do.
Besides, most of these professionals have seen so many penises and vaginas during their careers that they're probably desensitised from it all.
For a few years my mom helped with births. I asked her what her thoughts on it was and she said she'd rather be up to her elbows in pig's guts than keep doing the birth thing... She grew up on a farm, so that made sense to me.
If you don't want a male doctor simply because of the off chance you'll get some sick, dirty ass pervert fondling you for his own pleasure, well that says more about your issues with men in general than it does about the actual field of medicine in question.
We're not all frigging dirt bag scum out to get you at every turn. Yeah there are some terrible fk'wit men out there, but there's also plenty of fk'wit women out there with their own twisted ways too.
Doctors male or female are meant to be professional and see the human body not as sexual at all. I have had female doctors put on gloves and grab my scrotum, they are very professional about it. It is all about medical. How do you think male doctors help women give birth. They have to be there for that. You have to keep in mind that it is very professional. It is ok to want and request a female doctor for this but if you have a male doctor they should be very respectful, the whole thing should feel like looking at a scratch on your arm and checking for infection. It may feel weird but they should only be touching in places that they need a closer look in.
This is pretty sad. I know bad people exist. But you're tossing literally a whole group under the bus. Half the human population. I can't even. Its just so sad that this has to be explained. A job for the purpose of health is for exactly that: health. Keeping people healthy shouldn't be barred. If someone can keep someone else from suffering, let them help.
I'm gonna get hate. But this is all I have to say: I'm sorry that your views are so harsh. I hope you can learn to be a better person one day. I know you can be.
Most gynecologists were male decades ago, but that has changed.
www.huffingtonpost.ca/.../
www.advisory.com/.../male-obgyn
As to reasons for choosing the field, the reasons can vary from superior-funding (as compared to urology), better behavior of patients (as compared to male patients who 'are just fine' with 'mere flesh wounds' or 'light cough & nothing more'), continuing the family-profession, the prospect of delivering babies, etc.
www.thecut.com/.../...ey-became-gynecologists.html
www.sheknows.com/.../
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../...ome-gynaecologists.html
Last time I was to the gynecologist, that was a man. And surprise ! They were two.
I mean when two absolutely strangers male are touching you where you know, it is quite awkward (and my boyfriend at the time was pretty mad when thinking to it) but, well, they are doctors. A gynecologist is a doctor. Male or female, there is no difference. I don’t think they feel aroused by their patients (I hope no). It is for your health so trust them.
However I understand that you feel more comfortable with a woman. But sometimes gynecologist women are less tender and nice, while men are afraid to hurt the woman.
In my experience men make better gynaecologists because they actually listen and don’t compare to the their own experiences like female ones do. I was being told for years there was nothing wrong with me by female gynaecologists and three days into seeing a Male he had me booked in for a lap which he did a week later and found that I had endometriosis.
If you think about it the medical profession is dominated by men... Its a natural thing for them to specialise in areas of the body, if you think about it from a business point of view its a niche area so theyll be in high demand, which means lots of business and money. I appreciate that a man may not know what it feels like but they train the same. They aren't looking at the vagina from a aesthetic perspective theyre looking at it from a internal organ perspective. Its not the same. Does he have wild thoughts maybe who knows but he's supposed to be professional and treat you with dignity. So i wouldn't really worry.
So by your logic, a doctor with heart issues can only help a person with heart issues because, otherwise they "don't know what it is like". That is ridiculous. Doctors study a certain subject (gynaecology, paediatrics etc) for years and know way more than someone who didn't study it. Their gender doesn't make a difference. Only experience.
Could be a sketchy character or it could just be a man who finds reproductive anatomy interesting. If your not into science or literate about it it's not easy to understand why people who work in fields like that do what they do. A man might spend a long time studying the back legs of crickets and you would wonder why. But, he's got a theory in his head he's trying to work out and it has to do with much more than just crickets.
Ob-Gyns are surgeons. Back in the day being a doctor was a "male" job. Once women were allowed to study Medicine they were looked down on, especially when they wanted to become surgeons. This is changing, be prepared to see more female ob-gyns. By the way, I've always had female ob-gyns, only once a male visited me and was the most delicate out of all
As long as he truly listens to his patients, I dont see a problem. The reason I like my PCP is because she really listens and takes the time to truly listen to me. Plus she’s female so from a female standpoint, she understands my struggles. I’ve heard too many horror stories of male doctors telling their female patients how they’re supposed to feel and I think that’s unprofessional.
I’ve always thought it was strange too. Was shocked by how many people thought that it wasn’t wrong. I believe only woman should see other woman down their in a professional setting. For men to do that is uncomfortable and makes zero logical sense.
Makes no difference to me if a gynecologist is male or female. Just having a vagina yourself doesn't necessarily mean you know more about the medical issues of the female reproductive system.
Some men are just real compassionate towards women's health issues and pregnancy. Nothing wrong with it at all. Some women prefer male OB/GYN's and some women prefer female.
Males want be a doctors of all source this doesn't make him a bad person.
There is females who are Family doctors and see Male patients i see a team
of Female doctors and i don't see it being bad and there is total respect.
OBGYNs have to work with STDs, hormones, child birth etc. A lot of their work is very unflattering and unattractive, they dont do it for sexual reasons but rather to bring life into the world, help woman that may have reproductive issues or health issues...
No I don't. You sound like the type of person that know matter what anyone tells you or how we explain it to you, you will believe what you want to believe. Can't you make a request to see a female doctor?
My gyno is a male and I have no issue with him. He is very professional with his job and always asks me if I’m comfortable.
At the end of the day, it is his job, and people should be able to do whatever career they please without being judged.
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