Why Do men become gynocologists?

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I have to have some treatment and all of the gynocologists I can pick from are men. I don't trust male gynocologists (no bad history just bias). It'd help me to understand good reasons why some men choose this specialism.

As I see it, I have an ear so I can understand what it's like when someone pokes their finger in it. I get the experience of having an ear and have an interest in furthering medicine into it. Buy why are male doctors interested in women's genitals? Is it some deep respect for their mothers? A peculiar interest in otherness? I don't see the motivation.

I entirely accept on an intellectual level that most of them aren't in it for kicks and that being elbow deep in hoo hoo all day isn't erotic but I really don't get what motivation got them there.

Does anyone have any insight?

Once again a pointless sexist thread curtesy of MN.

I imagine men want to become gynaecologist to help women - simple as that. There is of course the fact is pays very well, it's no doubt interesting and various other reasons.

You can request a female nurse in the room at all times. I've had multiple gynie exams and each male doctor/consultant has been fantastic.

You don't need to have a vagina to be able to fix one.

those for whom it is a genuine area of interest and vocation (sometimes for personal reasons), and those who don't like women and enjoy the power trip.

Yes, the two male gynaecologists that I used to know would fit the latter description without a doubt.

I wish people would stop bringing up lesbians as a gotcha, every time we talk about sexual assaults. Assaults on females is usually about power, not sex and it’s horribly homophobic to keep using lesbians as a point score.

It's a perfectly valid question and one which I've pondered on myself. For those saying what about women doing vasectomies etc., conditions of the male reproductive system are dealt with by urologists who also deal with conditions of both the male and female urinary tract so it's not a comparable scenario whereby female doctors and surgeons choose to specialise in a field which exclusively affects men.

Agree with T0tally

All this sort of thing does is muddy the waters.

Life is full of "What about"s and "What if"s, and most of them are remote and inapplicable.

I honestly think that 99.99% of all doctors, whatever their sex or sexuality do NOT get a cheap thrill out of inspecting body parts - not matter how intimate.

The place I work is about 60:40 female to male in terms of gynae doctors, which is pretty rare. I think if you asked a hundred gyn doctors why they chose their career you’d hear a hundred different answers. Of course there are some dodgy ones, but there are dodgy audiologists and dermatologists. From starting medical school, it’s about 14 years til you complete your training, so it must take real dedication to stick at it for nefarious reasons, but then, who knows? I’m a midwife who is male. I can’t tell you why I chose my career, especially since it involved a seismic life change. I just wanted to. I was drawn to it because I felt it must be the most incredible job anyone could imagine, and I would be good at it. 18 years later I still can’t tell you why but whatever the reasons, they were the right ones, IYSWIM? Maybe male gynaecologists feel the same?

Female drs working with male patients is NOT the same dynamic though, don’t know why people use that as comparison.

It's a perfectly valid question

No it isn't @NaturalBornWoman

Obs and gynae is one of the few specialities where many of your patients are quite well, are unlikely to die, and have happy outcomes. It’s probably a lot more rewarding in that respect than oncology for example.

No it isn't

In your opinion. Since some posters have been decent enough to give knowledgeable, interesting and thoughtful answers, then obviously they obviously agree that it’s a valid question. Thank you to those posters, btw.

Too many obviously in that line, obviously. 😁

Sorry OP, but I think this thread and your preoccupation with male gynaecologists says a great deal more about YOU than it does about any doctor that specialises in this rewarding field of work.
You also assume that gender determines sexuality - v old fashioned. Where do you stand on lesbian gynaecologists? Gotta a bug bear with that? It's just so irrelevant in this day and age, I can't see why you raise it at all.

Tinkobell the word is sex, not gender and please stop using lesbians as a gotcha, it’s very homophobic.

“ It’s fine that some women are happy to have care from a man but why is it not okay that other women have their own boundaries and may only want a female HCP for intimate care?”

Because it’s bigotry. Should women be able to dictate that the female HCPS demand aren’t lesbians also?

Pulling babies out of poor people

How lovely.

Also sick off seeing gay men and lesbians used as 'aha!'s on these threads. Predictable.

Because it’s bigotry. Should women be able to dictate that the female HCPS demand aren’t lesbians also?

Accusing a woman who will be in a vulnerable position of being a bigot while using lesbians as a gotcha is as homophobic as fuck. Just stop it.

Yes, the 'but lezzers' line just makes those of you advancing it sound ignorant. Lesbians simply aren't as given to mistreating women as males are. They as a cohort are not the risk. Like it or not.

Mind you, I suppose we should be grateful nobody's made any dipshit comparisons to racism yet.

I'm sure it will crop up at some point, Jacob. It usually does.

Mind you, I suppose we should be grateful nobody's made any dipshit comparisons to racism yet.

Funny, I was just thinking that when I was typing my previous comment. Given the number of posters that haven’t bothered their arses reading the thread, it’s only a matter of time.

Exactly, T0tally!

@StreetwiseHercules

How is it bigotry for a woman not to want a male dr giving her intimate physical examinations and similar?

So women who have been sexually abused or raped by men in the past are bigots for requesting a female doctor for intimate care??

It's a perfectly valid question

No it isn't @NaturalBornWoman**

Yes it is. The OP is wondering what motivates men to choose to specialise in an area of medicine which exclusively affects women. She's open to hearing answers. In what sense is it not a valid question?

But the OP wasn't about fear of assault. It was about attraction to female genitalia (something about being elbow deep in hoo-hoo being 'erotic').

Some posters are so deeply entrenched in their hatred of men that they simply cannot see the wood for the trees.

Newsflash: you don't need to justify why you want to undergo intimate treatment and exams by a female HCP. You can not want to have that treatment given by a man and not hate men! You simply don't want to undergo intimate treatment and exams by a man, even with some other woman stood there watching it all happen. It's not unconscionable! You are allowed to have boundaries!