Comments on: Male Delivery Nurses Taboo?

By: sue

sue — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:14:16 +0000

Re:Amanda’s comment “If you were diagnosed with cancer would you search for a doctor who themselves had been treated for cancer?” That’s a silly argument. If I had throat cancer my Drs also got a throat. And anyway did you know that male gyns perform 60% more hysterectomies than female ones? That’s because they don’t appreciate what it’s like to lose a part of the female anatomy. Also, it wasn’t until female Drs started entering the profession that that other methods of treating breast cancer was researched rather than performing mastectomies because once again a female Dr understood how it would feel to lose a part of one’s female identity.

By: pumpkins

pumpkins — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:49:01 +0000

Just because you’re comfortable doesn’t mean I am. Funny thing is I just read on another site a woman complaining how she shared a house with 4 male doctors and she said after a few drinks they did talk about women’s bodies in an immature and disrespectful way.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:42:12 +0000

female nurses are perverts and unprofessional

By: Evie

Evie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:58:02 +0000

I think one issue that is not being addressed here is the issue of young women, or women who have been sexually abused in some way. There are reasons some women are mentally uncomfortable with a man touching their genitalia, and to not acknowledge those reasons or to call a woman retarded for feeling that way, is pretty terrible. In these situations, it’s not about disenfranchising male doctors. It’s about the female patient being comfortable, and not psychologically stressed.

By: Macy

Macy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:12:15 +0000

I don’t mind at all if male gynecologist or obstetrician seeing and touching the genitals. Everyone in the delivery room are focused at how to get the baby out successfully. I mean, on the period of delivery, only a psycho would think of harassing a woman on that instance.

By: abq_emt

abq_emt — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:24:12 +0000

I’m not going to say it’s wrong, because if that’s where a person’s interests lie. When I was in paramedic school, we had to do an OB rotation and deliver babies. There were a couple of male nurses there, but I think they mainly did the predelivery/perinatal care. In fact, most of the deliveries were just attended by a nursing tech, and the doctor or midwife. The nurses were just a shout down the hall if anything happened.

I once went on a date with a guy whose father is was/is an OB, and he’s a shitty one at that. He once prescribed only Motrin for pain relief
after a c-section that he botched. If anything, I think women would be more comfortable with a woman OB because a woman is more sympathetic to pain and what is changing in a woman’s body during pregnancy. Women often have odd pain pathways, and sometimes you just need to talk to another woman about this so she can offer advice, and share (without breaking privacy laws) techniques other women have tried in an attempt to combat the negative side effects of preganacy, like back pain, abdominal pain, head aches, boobs becoming uncomfortably huge, etc.

By: tom

tom — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:15:11 +0000

While Im not an ob/gyn I have seen a number of female parts in the corse of my job. Trust me I’ts just a job

By: Kai

Kai — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:37:53 +0000

I’m not worried that a male ob/gyn is getting turned on. I’m kinda curious as to whether they ‘turn off’ too much. It seems as though once they’ve seen a million women’s parts, they’d lose some enthusiasm for them. I wonder how well the ‘turning off the sexualisation of girl-parts at the office’ and turning them back on at home works.

By: torie

torie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:26:27 +0000

it’s not a big deal to me at all. i mean, i do occasionally wonder why a man would feel drawn to gynecology, but i think we’re kind of flattering ourselves if we really think male or lesbian gynos are getting turned on during our exams. i mean, we’re getting touched – do *we* think it’s hot? nope. it’s medicine, not sex.

and incidentally…
i know a gynecologist named harry beaver.
i am not kidding.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:05:52 +0000

If you were diagnosed with cancer would you search for a doctor who themselves had been treated for cancer? Furthermore, for the same type of cancer you were to be treated for? Could the doctor understand the horrible effects of chemotherapy if they have never been through it themselves?
Doctors are trained to be empathetic and understanding in order to properly diagnose and treat their patients. Whether male or female, some doctors are good at what they do and some are not (bedside manner, attention to detail, empathy, knowledge, keeping current, etc). Gender does not determine this, no matter what their specialization.
I think it is an insult to every male OB/GYN who has dedicated their lives to women’s reproductive health to say they are less qualified than a female.
(BTW, I have been ‘examined’ by both women and men, one of which even had tourettes!)