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Female mammogram technician

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KangarooKenny · 23/04/2022 11:09

Just had an appointment for my mammogram with the NHS, and it states that it will be a female doing it. Could it be a transgender woman ?

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 23/04/2022 12:05

Clymene · 23/04/2022 11:50

It will be a woman. There was some whiny man on Twitter a few years ago complaining that he wasn't allowed into the clinic to support his friend.

Thankfully he was told to sod off.

Wasn't that a man who self identifies as a bullying expert? Funny that.

Iknowitisheresomewhere · 23/04/2022 12:01

I went for one recently. There was a male patient at the same time and the all female staff were really careful to keep him in a separate waiting area, changing area etc. I was very reassured.

Clymene · 23/04/2022 11:50

It will be a woman. There was some whiny man on Twitter a few years ago complaining that he wasn't allowed into the clinic to support his friend.

Thankfully he was told to sod off.

FlibbertyGiblets · 23/04/2022 11:46

Thelnebriati · 23/04/2022 11:33

The NHS has gone that far, but AFAIK the mammogram clinics are holding out.

I asked when I went for mine and they told me it was women only and would only be female staff. Its a very woke town. I've decided to check every time I have to go.

I had the same response, our mammogram clinic is holding the line, too. For which I am grateful.

Thelnebriati · 23/04/2022 11:33

The NHS has gone that far, but AFAIK the mammogram clinics are holding out.

I asked when I went for mine and they told me it was women only and would only be female staff. Its a very woke town. I've decided to check every time I have to go.

MidCenturyClegs · 23/04/2022 11:15

I'd have thought that if it says it's a female doing it then it would be a female. I know TWAF is toted by the likes of Willieby and Montgomery but I don't think the NHS has gone that far.

MeridasMum · 23/04/2022 11:14

Caveat: I may be wrong..

...but I thought 'female' meant someone born a female but 'woman' could be anyone who identifies as a woman.

If they say a female will be doing this, I'd assume it's someone with a vagina?

tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 11:11

Vanishingly small probability. If a transwoman was a technician and spent all day doing mammograms, they would have to deal with complaint after complaint after complaint. We’d already know.