Sadly I have way more issue with a transwomen doing my smear than a male GP
imhe, going back to 80s and 90s most of my smears and breast examine were performed by male GPs as nurse clinics were not an option available to many at time. My gynae appointments and exams including child birthing were mostly male doctors.
I felt most male GPs weren’t exactly thrilled by doing smears back then. A few were shit at it and hurt me, or seemed to take hours to find my cervix so experience as to go to female gp as much as possible who sort of understood how painful or uncomfortable it could be if not done properly. I was astonished by one female gp who was in and out in less than a minute once. When I said it was so quick she looked confused and then laughed and said “ well it’s not like they wander off”
But, I thought, even back then, that it was a bit weird how many male doctors wanted to make their life’s work about women’s reproductive organs and genitalia and specialise in gynae . Still leaves me questions as to why, frankly…but beggars can’t be choosers . Yep, I know it’s sort of academically interesting but we’re At receiving end of decades of ignorance and neglect around gynae problems because male gynaes didn’t listen. It takes a pretty arrogant man to think he’d be massively beneficial to his patients to specialise these days.
so, male nurses doing smears . Outside of emergencies. Nope. Don’t trust them to find my wandering cervix. Don’t trust them to have any idea of what discomfort they can inflict on my vagina and cervix
And now they suggest we accept a male nurse doing it whilst in “ girl” mode…nope. The arrogance of that individual in trying to tell me that , based on their appearance, I must consider them a biological women, is so breathtaking, it means they’re the last person I want doing any sort of intimate exam on my body. They just don’t understand even the most basic fundamentals of what being female is, despite all the nursing duration on sex based physiology they’ve had. I would expect a caring, compassionate nurse , who happens to be a transwomen, to respect patients boundaries and simply ask and accept a no, if given, with understanding and acceptance…as I think most male nurses would.
i have no issue, in theory, with a transwomen nurse doing bloods, dressings, tests, and all the many other non intimate tasks they’re needed to do these days. But if they’re dressed or come across as a “ performative “ “ look at me womanising” that is a merest whiff of overt sexuality, I’d be telling them that I’m not consenting to participate in their sexual fantasy and asking for someone else.