To think men should not be allowed to be gynaecologists

I don’t prefer a woman, why would I want that?

But I had a bad experience with a female doctor - why is my experience less valid than women who had a bad experience with a male doctor?

I think you’ve missed a part out?

Hideous for some?

What makes you think your views are all women’s?

No it absolutely does not. Having a male gynocologist for intimate humiliating examinations is a hideous, hideous, experience. It should be female by default, if patients want a male they should be the ones feeling uncomfortable and asking for one.

I also wonder whether someone under say 70 can really know what it’s like to be elderly so maybe there should be a minimum age limit of 70 to practice geriatric medicine. And while all paediatricians will have been kids at some point, maybe children would prefer to be treated by an actual child who can understand how they feel.

Don’t be so bloody ridiculous. Maybe the reason the male gynecologist you saw chose that profession is that his mum had something like cervical cancer when he was a child and it prompted him to want to help other women.

Do you honestly think someone will train for years in a profession purely so that he can look at women’s vaginas all day, or some other strange sexual motivation? That would be the complete definition of a waste of time.

But I had a bad experience with a female doctor - why is my experience less valid than women who had a bad experience with a male doctor?

Let’s follow that with female doctors being phased out for treating male conditions then shall we. Don’t be so ridiculous. If they know what they’re talking about that’s all that matters!

Not hard to make sure the best for the job are female. Medical places are fought over by huge numbers of very able similarly qualified students. Women should be prioritised for the gynie path after.

Problem sorted….

I had a bad experience with a female, ban them also?

Yep- I had a bad experience with a female so clearly no gender should be gynaecologists - let's get rid of the profession entirely.

So one bad make doctor makes you think the entire male gynaecologist team should be banned?

I had a bad experience with a female, ban them also?

Now we’ve got an issue?

You can choose not to see a male, but you can’t dictate that I can’t.

I would rather have the best person for the job, than a specific gender.

So no, I wouldn't vote to get rid of roughly half of the best gynaecologists that we have. (Percentage may vary).

Male orthopaedic surgeons see women's vaginas when they do hip replacement surgery, A male dermatologist had to look at my vulva for a skin condition I had . Should they be banned too ?

I’ve had ivf and trust me the procedures you go through in ivf are very different and a lot briefer and less traumatic than with other gynie investigations as you get older. Frankly I’d have preferred a woman for that too anyway.

Yes- nothing says feminism quite like explaining to women why their own experiences don't count.

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You can't ban men from being gynaecologists. Patients should be allowed to ask to see a female one though and they should accommodate that wherever possible. There are a lot of reasons that it could be very difficult for some women to have a male one examine them.

YANBU. I had a terrible experience with a male gynae. I had to be called back for a procedure he was not able to carry out ( he “tried” but it was painful and upsetting). He was arrogant and unpleasant throughout the consultation and procedure. When I went back I found out they had no idea about the outcome of my original appointment, he had not updated my notes and it transpired that they “no longer used him as a locum” at the hospital. The woman I eventually saw could not have been nicer and more competent and was funnily enough, able to complete the procedure quickly and with just a little discomfort. I will insist on only female gynecologists from now on and wish I had listened to my instincts and refused to let him attempt to treat me in the first place. I agree with everything in your post OP.

The delusion that some women have that all other women will have experience of what they’ve gone through or empathy with it and that it’s some sort of sisterhood. Not all women will have had children. Not all women will have remotely painful periods. Not all women will have severe menopause symptoms. Female doctors can be just as dismissive if not worse than male ones.

How to totally undermine any credibility you might have had in one fell swoop. Get a grip.

Some of the ones who developed IVF did those jobs and were male. I don't see the issue.

Don't think we've got enough doctors to be that picky OP.

And yes as I was under sixty I was genetically tested.

If female doctors need to spend time asking about premature ejaculation, early morning erections and examining testicular masses, should they be banned from being GPs for men because they're female? Or should the patients instead be offered a chance to book in with a male doctor if they're uncomfortable, or have a chaperone as needed?

I do remember about ten years ago with a new intake of registrars there wasn’t a single female registrar. So fr a whole year only men. We did have a couple of female consultants. I remember one pregnant woman saying she wanted a guarantee when she went into labour only female doctors would look after her. We had to explain that no hospital could guarantee that, if she went into labour at a weekend or overnight it would be whoever was on shift. Even during a working day we can’t necessarily pull a female doctor out of clinic to cover labour ward for one patient. But that year we could guarantee her that she would NOT get a female doctor. She transferred care to another hospital. Which she’s entitled to do.