Smear appointment reminder with a Mx

It's pronounced 'wank'.

All the best OP and thankyou for bringing up an important matter. With a trauma background myself; this is difficult territory for me so anyone not being transparent with who they are would have had me cancelling the appointment. I doubt I would have called the surgery for fear of repercussions. As another poster highlighted, trauma can dysregulate your nervous system and cause you to react, sometimes unexpectedly and in ways that is difficult for us to control. Given the power dynamics between HCP and patient, it feels far safer to just not bother with such examinations.

https://sex-matters.org/posts/updates/damning-judgment-wake-up-call-for-womens-sector/

Mridul Wadhwa, the CEO of ERCC, is legally male [to MN admin - doesn't have a GRC].

The turnover of the board in the last few years, since MW's appointment, is a thing to behold. Majority of board are v young and inexperienced and, going on what was said at the tribunal, completely captured.

MW is still in post.

I am pretty certain, OP, that Keri will turn out to be a biological woman. But you have raised important issues about womens' right to choose same-sex care.

Apologies meant to quote @ButterCrackers

Agree. They should have a bag of blood leaking and sometimes flooding from their constructed vagina on heavy period mode and with pain for a week every month.

Don't give them ideas! Few of them have any surgery, btw.

If I saw a "Mx" I'd assume it was the usual bad case of Not Like Other Girls that enbies have, and I would be dubious about their competence.

I think transparency and trust are vital. It is a known and a usual thing for many women to have a female for intimate procedures. So put patients first by knowing that, and applying suitable signatures to any comms on appointments like this. Surely not hard! I feel it’s the same with the increased dialogue about physician associates and their introduction to a patient - putting your name and title physician associate ( or better - assistant) would be a start. Just a bit of clarity and factual transparency would go a long way. By all means be Mx if you want but if this negatively impacts those that said Mx is serving, surely you would apply avoidance and reduction of this risk.

Agree. They should have a bag of blood leaking and sometimes flooding from their constructed vagina on heavy period mode and with pain for a week every month. The dna aspect can’t be escaped. For the op they have the right to see a woman doctor and if that means asking for someone who doesn’t identify as a man and has female chromosomes then at least they will see a woman.

What is ‘male to female surgery’? You mean a man removing his penis and testicles?

That’s not what a woman is

Me lesbian teenage daughter arrived at a sexual health clinic to have a Mirena put in the other week (to help with crippling period pain) and was so traumatised when a male doctor came in to do it that she couldn’t go through with it

As long as he is aware that the majority of women would always rather be treated by a female gynae.

Ar our local private hospital there are 8 male gynaes and 2 female ones. The wait to see the females is 3 months or so. You can see one of the men tomorrow.

it’s very odd that gynaecology is actually male-dominated. If it isn’t for salacious reasons then I’m guessing there is a lot of money in it

This is where I'm at. I don't mind male doctors at all, and have had one male gyno do a pap smear - he was far better than the first, female doctor who did one decades ago. But a man LARPing as a woman? Not a chance. I don't care if he's one of the tiny minority who've had themselves castrated. That's no guarantee that he's not an autogynephile. The fact that he sees "woman" as a costume is enough.

Suddenly thinking Mx Keri, is actually an older bio female trying to keep w the times (and not be mistaken for Karen).
please let us know when u meet her

This is why I think female doctors should be called doctresses.
e.g. Drss Smith

@JulySheWillFlyAndGiveNoWarningToHerFlight indeed.

Or, the surgery wants you to know that this person chooses to be known as Mx, and leaves you to draw your own conclusions.

And that answers OP’s question, perhaps.

Because anyone who would want to use the title Mx is going to want to make sure EVERYONE knows they're a Mx.

Yes. Might just be a young confused woman who has got lost in the gender woo. I keep it basic. I'd like to see a female for that please.

Why did they need to put M(anything)? Wouldn’t Keri Surname have been enough?

Old Mumsnet thread.

Lady doctor? Have we time travelled back to the 1970s?

This thread is really unbelievable.

Across the world people are allowed to have same sex intimate care. Only in the UK and a few other captured countries, will women defend men doing pap smears, mammos, toilet duties, rape counselling.... because it might hurt their feelings or the feelings of their employers.

I don’t know who that is but I’m thinking they’re not a highly qualified gynae consultant?