JDINTERACTIVE said:

I'd rather a bloke to be honest. I've had both...and yeah it feels strange with a guy, but there's no risk of massive embarassment unless he's a 12"-wielding man-monster who makes you feel small..it seems more professional.

Spookymuffin said:

I cant believe I am having this conversation.. I thought those days were long past.. but maybe as a kid they are spunky..

I dunno.. but when I have encountered mens bits they have been clean and not as smelly as you describe!

REDFEATHERS said:

I go to an all-boys school with minimal hygiene standards.

Spookymuffin said:

There you go..

My gyno is a guy. I like him. He's a good listener. I tend to prefer male doctors. Probably because I'm more comfortable with men as a general rule. I don't trust most women.

Reproductive systems are fascinating. I don't see why male medical students would find it any less fascinating.

I had an awful experience with a male gynecologist!

Never again.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

sag10 said:

Really? Oh!





The female gynos seem to be like frustrated nuns, poking here and there real hard and making you feel bad..

i only ever had a gp go there...
i suppose you have to throw your modesty out the window either for a man or a woman so
i was much more nervous at first with having some woman wax me down there than with having a doctor do what they do. in the end the waxing wasn't embarrassing either


but another vote for the whole "it's just a very cool field of medicine" train of thought
if you ever have a chance to witness a baby being born, DO IT!!

JDINTERACTIVE said:

i prefer women doctors. i don't want any man looking at anything of mine.

alwayslate said:

But doesnt a man look at you when he gives you oral???

REDFEATHERS said:

well, i thought we were just speaking medically, here.
...however I've been celibate for four years so, no man has looked at anything of mine for some time.

sag10 said:

Me too...and with a male general practitioner...I just prefer women docs in general.

Why does anyone become a proctologist?

REDFEATHERS said:

I prefer a male too...But my jealous ass bf wants me to switch

I, personally, don't see what the big deal is. I'm not shy or ashamed of my body. He's not getting off on it, he's doing his job.

He doesn't have to have female genitalia to understand it. I suppose people who feel that males shouldn't treat women would also feel that women doctors shouldn't practice anything male related since they don't have male genitalia.

Seems silly to me.

But as for who I feel most comfortable with, I prefer male doctors, but that's probably only because I've never had a women doctor.

JustErin said:

Personally, my choice isn't based on any self-image problem or shyness...and there are docs out there who "get off on it" (some of us have been unfortunate enough to run into them).
Understanding a process and actually living through it are two completely different things. I get why women become doctors for women...understanding what we go through, how it feels to live in a female body. As one famous person once said, having a male gynecologist is like having a mechanic who doesn't own a car.
And THAT seems silly to me.
And it is probably better for men who have prostate, urinary or sexual problems to go to a male doctor...it just makes more sense to me.

applekisses said:

Exactly!

There are bad female doctors out there, too but I've never heard of one sexually assaulting her patients.

I also feel that it's weird for a woman to become a urologist. It just doesn't make any sense to me.

I don't care either way as long as they are a good doctor.

applekisses said:

this is one of the most sexist statements I've ever read.

purplerein said:

yeah..it is actually.

Rhondab said:

Totally.

Why a physician chose their specific specialization can be from any host of reasons.

A dear friend of mine is an ob/gyn. His mother suffered gynecological illnesses, some debilitating. His decision to specialize in ob/gyn was greatly based on an empathetic desire to help women with sterility, reproductive or gynecological disease, and to further research dedicated to women's health.

He also finds immense satisfaction in bringing healthy babies into the world. His office walls are covered with photographs of the many babies whose births he's attended throughout the years of his practice. His wife and he have two children themselves and so he has been on both sides of childbirth.

There are good and bad physicians of each gender to be found in every specialization. Personally owning the pertinent plumbing or equipment may add a helpful dimension in certain cases but not necessarily, just as an oncologist who has never personally suffered cancer and its symptoms can still be capable of being an effective, knowledgeable doctor. It's been my experience that skill, intelligence, and compassion are the integral components to a good doctor, as well as the individual rapport between physician and patient.
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applekisses said:

for exactly the same reason as some think they cant

simply because ther are not female

their perspectives can be different... and that can be a good thing

i have always kept a male Dr. as my OBGYN

the ones i have had feel more solid and genuine then the harsh female ones i have experienced





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My gynecologist is a woman too. I've never been to a male gynecologist, because I started going at 16/17 because of certain medical issues, and what girl that age wants to go to a man? I just felt an immediate trust in my doctor when I first started going. Then she changed locations.....4 hours away After that I had to get a new one. She's a woman, but I still don't like her as much as my old doctor.

luv4all7 said:

oh god, that's even worse...to have a young doctor. I just couldn't bring myself to joke around and carry on right before the exam.

Mach said:

I keep reading these comments about female doctors being "harsh". I have never had such an experience with a female doctor, they have all been wonderful. I wonder if some of this has to do with the way women relate with each other and with men. i will not deny the fact that the reason why male doctors make me downright squeamish is because of my own personal experiences with men in general. There are very few men in my family and the majority of men in my life are boyfriends, and the like, so I tend to see men as boyfriends, husbands, sexual partners, but not doctors. It's just too sexual. I have a real hard time believing that male gynos don't start thinking about fucking their patients during exams.

I know full well that there are excellent male doctors who are great with their patients and would never take advantage of them but, for me, that sexual vibe is still always there.

So why do women like male gynos? Are they uncomfortable with women? is it seen as taboo? And why are women doctors being described as harsh? is it because they don't flirt with you? I'm not trying to be a jerk, I honestly don't understand this. Every female gyno who I've had has either been like a friend, mother, or grandmother depending on their age. Have i just been lucky?

JasmineFire said:

There is nothing sexual about it, and I have never had a doctor flirt with me.

I had a female doctor deliver my son. I saw no difference between the her and my male gyno.

Your country must be crazy letting womans practise medicine In Khazakhstan when womans has Barbara Bush problem she visit man who fix horse feet (black smith?).