Would you see a male GP for a personal health issue?

[rhaenyraT]

Ive always asked for female doctors when being seen for this long standing issue before (to do with my arse basically - likely to need to get my pants off and possible have a digital exam). However this time I can only see a male GP or I have to wait ages. I’ve gone ahead and booked the appointment and keep telling myself that it’s just a body part to them but I still feel weird about seeing a male for a personal issue like this. Am I being ridiculous?

Wouldn’t bother me in the slightest tbh. I am happy just to be seen by someone qualified and empathetic. When all’s said and done it’s just a human body, we’ve all got one!

Not even remotely similar circumstances, for starters a one nightstand will also have their arse out… a gp will not

Still dont need to fiddle with genitals to look at bums

But everybody who has sex does do it with someone new at one point. Soneone who hasnt previously seen your bits

Ha ha just seen this I have had many gynae appointments and been examined by both male and female doctors ( still examined every few months)

I would not descibe any of these examinations as fondling. If an examination to you is the same as fondling in a sexual manner then i suggest you find another partner as he obviously doesnt have a clue

Incidentally there is always a chaperone present when my gynae oncologist examibes me, and shes female

It doesn’t bother me in a hospital setting but at my GO’s surgery I would always ask for a female doctor rather than the (wonderful) male doctor I’d see otherwise.

If it's a condition that only affects women, I'd prefer a woman. If it affects everyone I'm ok with men.

Honestly I really don’t care.

if you do, ask for female.

No I wouldn’t be comfortable at all with either of the male GP’s at my practice but they are both really quite awful, so I avoid them where possible.

Oh and I’m in England and never had a chaperone ( and never asked for one and never felt the need for one)

I've found I've been given one the past few times I've needed to go to the doctor's/hospital for more intimate things.
Internal exam by a male being my last example.
I couldn't have cared less whether I had one or not, but I can understand that they're good for people who do want one or to cover the doctor themselves as well I suppose.

I don’t know how you have sex, but it’s quite different from an examination by a doctor you’ve never met before!

Given it's virtually impossible to "see" any GP, I'd happily see a male GP if it meant a medical condition was actually dealt with rather than waiting weeks for an appointment, and then it no doubt being by phone!

When we had our son, I had a male midwife and, due to pre-eclampsia, ended up with an emergency C-section and DS born several weeks early, where all the operating theatre staff were male. It was fine.

Wouldn’t bother me in the slightest

It doesn't bother me at all, for anything. When I've had more intimate checks they've offered and brought a nurse in, though I wasn't fussed but I understand they may want to have a chaperone. Don't know if it makes a difference that DP is a doctor, so I feel they're just doing their job, and I know he's more concerned about the medical issue than anything else.

I'm in the US. I have never heard the word "chaperone" used in this sense, but gynecologists seem to automatically do this as best practice, whether they're male or female. The doctor will likely be in the room alone with me when discussing any issues I may have or reviewing my history, but before the actual exam begins a nurse will always have come into the room.

Sorry you’ve experienced that. That’s completely out of order (and shockingly unprofessional, if it was a HCP who did that!).

I also have childhood SA, and I’ve been fortunate to have always been treated kindly. Even the time there was some miscommunication, and I arrived for my hospital appointment, and then I opened the door, and saw the consultant was male (it was for gynecology issues, too!). I said sorry for essentially ‘wasting an appointment’, and was half expecting a bollocking, but instead they were incredibly apologetic about ‘their’ mistake, and actually got me the next available appointment with a female consultant.

There are no female GPs at my surgery so would be impossible to see one

I'll see whichever GP is available soonest. If my issue sits in an area of specialism for a particular GP at my surgery then I'll request them, but I couldn't give a shite what sex they are.