If you're female AIBU to ask if you're ok with male health professionals at all times and in any scenario?

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It's just that question really.

No. If it's anything personal/intimate/gyno, I want a female.

Not explaining why. I don't need to and don't have to.

I much prefer a male doctor. Lots of female doctors wrote off my endo symptoms in a really dismissive way "no one likes their period", "that's just part of being a woman". It was a guy who finally took me seriously. I don't think I could bring myself to specifically request a guy - too weird. I would take who I was given unless I had a specific issue with them personally.

It doesn't bother me, I have had a male Dr do a smear test and on both occasions I went to the breast clinic I had male consultants examine me and the person doing the ultrasound was a man. I see them all as Drs/nurses/healthcare professionals.

I do appreciate some people prefer to have a male or female HCP and think that should be respected.

Just to be clear I have no issue with other people requesting a specific gender - I have a friend who has PTSD after a traumatic birth and is very careful with who can do her smear tests I'm just saying I wouldn't do it personally.

i have always requested a woman for boob, arse or fanny problems and its never been an issue at my (large) doctors surgery.

I don't usually have an issue. In fact just has a chat with my male doctor today about PMDD, contraceptives over 40 and my second life and how I can persuade my husband to get the snip!!

The only time I've requested a female was for a bowel issue I have. I don't know why but I didn't feel comfortable being examined by male?? Smear would be fine though!!

I'm in health care. I see privates all the time, and I know how completely not on my radar it is. Thus I don't care male or female because I know that they're not seeing sex bits, they're seeing potential problems and how to fix it.

Also I've been in emergencies with women who only want women treating them. If the crass bell is pulled, everyone piles in no matter what state of undress you are in or if you've requested female only.
I think sometimes we do them as disservice as they are not expecting this and are then traumatised by all the men in the room.
I've also seen them (and their husbands) complain.

In an emergency you have no choice, and being prepared for anyone to enter the room, reduces one less potential trauma.

I've never requested a female doctor but I've been very uncomfortable with male doctors examining me. I've never experienced a male doctor behaving inappropriately, but I've been so distressed when a male doctor needed to examine me that I couldn't stop shaking and crying. Please have a little çompassion and understand why some women may be distressed at being examined by a man.

I have to say it. It’s sex, not gender that I have a problem with. I don’t want anyone of the male sex doing any personal examinations on me or my child, no matter what ‘gender’ they say they are.

One of the doctors I use to socialise with told us abutb how he had performed an rectal examination of a woman and while with the woman and her husband he enjoyed looking at the husband thinking "
I bet you'd love to do what I just did to your wife" The awful thing is we listened to this kind of shit from a lot of the doctors we knew and we didn't object and I really don't know why - they gave the sexualised highlights to us every week.

In an emergency you have no choice, and being prepared for anyone to enter the room, reduces one less potential trauma.

Except it really isn't that simple. Don't be so blasé.

Yes, absolutely.

I've had excellent care by male HCPs. When my periods were so bad that I was leaking through a tampon, a pad and often my jeans in under an hour, my female doctor brushed it off. My male doctor took it seriously and it turned out it was making me anaemic.
When my baby was in a bad position and I had been pushing and begging for 17 hours for a csec, it was my male hcp who demanded to my female consultant that I had to have the surgery. Etc. Etc.

I've always been comfortable with male doctors. I've spoken to them about painful periods etc ... although I would say that female doctors in general are more sympathetic due to probably understanding stuff re periods in general.

Once I did have to have an internal examination and that was done by a male doctor with a male trainee doctor & I was fine with that ( although lady nurse was present )

Absolutely no issues re male doctors prodding & poking around here.

I absolutely insist on having a woman to do my routine mammograms. I mean a woman, not one of the new-fangled trans variety with cock&balls type of woman. The NHS breast screening service says it only has female staff, or it did last time I looked, but if I ever go for my routine breast cancer screening and I find a man, then I turn around and leave.

It's not my breasts being seen that bother me, it would be the manhandling of the breast tissue. In my case there always seems to be a fair bit of manhandling to get my rather generous breast tissue in the correct position. I would have to ask my self 'why does a man want to do this? Many other areas of radiography are available'.

So no men for that. Hope I never have to deal with it.

However, in an urgent scenario - no problem. Whoever is skilled and available.

I'd ask for a female if I'm being examined anywhere that people can't generally see - so if I broke my wrist I wouldn't mind a male sorting that out.
Paramedics I wouldn't care but that's the only exception.

I personally don’t care. I normally suggest having a chaperone in the room for his peace of mind rather then mine, but as long as he knows what he is doing and can help my issues that’s all that matters xx

I don't mind a man as long as I'm comfortable with him. I've had a few and they've all been lovely and very professional

Don't like male GPs in general even though I've had a couple of decent ones. Otherwise I don't care.

I don't mind either way - I would hope they wouldn't be performing medical procedures with their genitals! Having said that, I know some people clearly do mind a lot, which is their call.

Depends on the procedure. Embryo transfers / egg collections - I don’t care. Smear test has to be a female.

Well, before I had my baby I would have been uncomfortable in certain situations.

Post baby - well, it was a male obstetrician that stuck is hand up the to put the suction cup on baby's head, so I don't give to hoots anymore. I would want a chaperone though.

I don't mind either sex but if there is any need to be examined in body areas under clothing then I'd want someone of the same sex as me in the room.

Of course. I actually find the female doctors here patronising - I request for male doctors as they are so much nicer to me and the children!

Anything with clothes on, don't care. Smears, request a woman. I went to Breast Clinic and had my breast checked by two male doctors with a female nurse in the room, also fine. Anything down below, I'd request a woman. Probably stems from having an intimate examination as a child by a male doctor who tried to shoo my Mum out, no chaperone. And my line of work.