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by Anonymous on April 1st, 2007

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What do you think of male gynecologists?

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  • by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on January 12th, 2009

    killdrphil - reasonable for a madman

    I just wonder how they switch from looking at a vagina clinically while at work to looking at one sexually after work.

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  • by The King of Awesome on September 27th, 2007

    The King of Awesome

    i think the position sounds much more glorious than it actually is, considering that probably only a fraction of what they see are healthy vaginas on attractive women...think about the rest...not worth it

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  • by Jade on September 27th, 2007

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    I have only had male ones. They are doctors, they have always conducted themselves in a very professional manner, and I have nothing they haven't seen several times a day.

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  • by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on January 10th, 2009

    CaptainHarley adores his life penguin

    All I know is I suuure wouldn't wanna play with it after looking at sick ones all day! LMAO!

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  • by Runnin Down A Dream on November 28th, 2008

    Runnin Down A Dream

    Let's ask the President

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  • by Cowboy-Matter of Fact on January 12th, 2009

    Cowboy-Matter of Fact

    There is one in particular I am very fond of. His name is Dr. Noshi B. Ghattas and he saved my daughters life during her delivery, while I watched. When my wife gave birth to our first child there were serious complications. We knew he was an outstanding Doctor, but witnessing him in action during a life and death situation and seeing him perform under such stress when it was my own daughters life that was at risk was something else. I will forever be grateful to that man.

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  • by johngo on January 12th, 2009

    johngo

    My wife's experience suggests that they are gentler and more considerate than female ones.

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  • by Dr_Dredd on November 28th, 2008

    Dr_Dredd

    I think there are probably good and bad male gynecologists, just as there are good and bad female gynecologists. I've personally always seen a female, because they're much more common where I live. I really like my current one; she's gentle and treats me like a human. My last (female) gynecologist was horrible.

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  • by Firebrand on November 28th, 2008

    Firebrand

    I have found them much more sympathetic than females.

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  • by willthethrill on November 28th, 2008

    willthethrill

    i am a male in the medical profession, my wife goes to a male gynecologist. i can understand where women and men come from as far as feeling uncomfortable either with being examined by a male or having your wife being examined by a man. let's face it, it's going to be a little uncomfortable no matter who is doing the exam, but overall it's about who is the best doctor. women know the difference in an exam and someone being unprofessional, and if your partner is uncomfortable with the idea encourage him to attend the visit. bottom line is even in my profession there are the situations where you see the opposite sex nude, and i don't see a naked woman i see a patient i need to treat, same as a man, i just want to make the patient well and it is never a sexual thing. male gynecologist are the same, they see a patient they need to treat, i doubt anyone would go through years and years of training just to see and touch naked women. their are those bad eggs, but there are female perverts to.

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  • by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on September 27th, 2007

    DA BEN DAN yanggui zi

    I could care less about what sex my doctor is (I'm male). As long as they are competent I don't think that their sex should be any concern. We all know what both sexes look like naked.

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  • by Sphynx_Lady on May 3rd, 2012

    Sphynx_Lady

    I think you will find most are men it's not a big deal they almost always have another woman present when they do any type of exam

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  • by vera city on January 10th, 2009

    vera city

    some are very kind and professional


    some should be lined up against a wall and shot!!

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  • by -O-uknow on November 28th, 2008

    -O-uknow

    They see the world with the unique perspective of a crab's eye view.

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  • by Shanel with an S on January 10th, 2009

    Shanel with an S

    my gynecologists is a female, and i was so nervous on my first visit. so if i had a male doctor i woulda been even more nervous! i'm kinda shy :)

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  • by Kelly on January 8th, 2009

    Kelly

    I've been trying to figure out why a man would want to go into the field of gynecology in the first place. I have a hard time believing they truly have a passion for helping only women unless that passion was because of men naturally think the female form is beautiful. Not to say that such an attitude is prurient but that would be an "emotional" reason and emotion in a male doctor in that field doesn't sit well with me. If they are going into the field just for some sort of economic reasons like maybe it pays better, then I think they aren't going into it to help women. I don't want a person with that kind of mindset anywhere around me medically, especially my intimate body parts. So then I imagine some guy's mother and sister died of breast cancer or some kind of sob story so maybe he goes into this field to help women but that's a long shot. I just don't see that happening often. It's a double edged sword. I always look at a person's motives and I have a real problem understanding this.
    Not only that but people I know in the medical field tell me that doctors, nurses and technicians both male and female often comment on people's bodies out of earshot of the patient. It seems that nothing is sacred in the medical profession. If you're on the operating table under general anesthesia I've heard about comments on the size of a man's penis or a woman's breasts.
    Truly, I think Europeans have a great attitude about the naked body not being embarrassing and I agree with them but when you're in that kind of vulnerable position and being examined even in places your significant other doesn't see or feel it's always more embarrassing with a strange man than with a female doctor. I think the medical staff should be required to have naked photos of themselves in exam positions on the walls of their examining rooms to remind them of what modesty is. I would never be able to go to a male doctor voluntarily unless I was in terrible pain in the emergency room. It's just too private. I feel it's such a violation of my privacy. It may be just another body to them but to the patient it's their only body and they come to the doctor for help. I mean really, if we arent supposed to be embarrassed how come we teach our kids not to run around naked at an early age? Even if you have a good doctor at some point in your life as a female you'll feel compromised by a clueless medical professional in some way. Just the other day I went to a urologist for a minor problem and during the interview in the exam room a guy knocks and walks in. They wanted a new male employee to come in and take my history. I refused saying I wasn't comfortable talking to a male about my problem. I was offended that they didnt' ask me first before they let him come in. I was almost in tears having to say no right there in front of him. He might have been a great person outside the office but I don't want a man I'm not in a relationship with knowing anything about my personal medical problems.

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  • by Babycakes Deux on September 27th, 2007

    Babycakes Deux

    I've been to both male and female gynecologists and I prefer going to a female. Only because when I had problems, the female doctors were able to identify with some of them and understand what I was experiencing better than the male doctors, and that helped me a lot.

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  • by Mrs.Dufresne on April 1st, 2007

    Mrs.Dufresne

    My brain says they have a passion for this field of medicine for reasons that are good and honorable, but my heart may say otherwise. I guess it depends on the feeling I get from the individual doctor, as I think it would be inaccurate to generalize about all of them.

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  • by Carmella on April 1st, 2007

    Carmella

    I've never seen a gynaecologist, but I think that they generally do a very good job in difficult conditions (the NHS, in this case). Their sex makes no difference to me. In fact, I find it easier to approach male doctors about 'female problems' because I suppose there's this subconscious thought that 'hey, you can't relate to any of this so what do I care what you think?!'

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  • by Pintapride on May 3rd, 2012

    Pintapride

    I think that they can decorate the hallway through their letterbox!

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  • by Cantras on January 10th, 2009

    Cantras

    hrm.

    I've only ever had female. One of them with really crappy bedside manner, the other very good. so it's not like all women are awesome at it.

    I think given the option, I'd prefer a female in general. But, a doctor is a doctor, and I'd like to think that I'd be able to adapt if, for instance, my regular doc weren't available.

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  • by Long Shot on November 28th, 2008

    Long Shot

    They are some tough dudes. (!)

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  • by Galeanda on November 28th, 2008

    Galeanda

    I think it's a job for them and they can be good doctors as any can. When I first started going to them, there were no female ones in my area. It's just not an issue for me.

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  • by greffy on January 4th, 2008

    greffy

    I think they should keep their hairy knuckles away from a woman's privates.

    Get a midwife and you won't have to worry about unneeded interventions and surgeries.

    Greg (father of 7 wonderful children who were all born at home. In fact, I can count on one hand the number of doctors they saw professionally over the last 20 years.

    greg

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  • by Firebrand on September 27th, 2007

    Firebrand

    From my experience they are much more gentle and nicer than women.

    It was a male Gynacologist Surgeon that saved my life.

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  • by wookieblu on September 27th, 2007

    wookieblu

    im not sure. if there doing a good job i guess its ok. but why do men go into this.
    im not a doctor liking person and i dont trust men for my own personal reason.

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  • by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on September 27th, 2007

    Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today

    As men who care about a woman's health in her nether regions who wants to the best he can for his patients.

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  • by Meow Meow 1BadMutha TBMF on September 27th, 2007

    Meow Meow 1BadMutha TBMF

    I think I'd much rather have a male than a female gynecologist. I had to have an transvaginal ultrasound a few years ago. The ultrasound tech was female. I must say it was very uncomfortable to have another female rooting around in my stuff.

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  • by Capt. Jack Sparrow GALCIY on September 27th, 2007

    Capt. Jack Sparrow GALCIY

    For the most part they're lucky buggers!
    Enjoying all that variety of beauty for a LIVING!

    But I've got to wonder if they ever get to take their work home with them? LOL

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  • by Jennifer on April 1st, 2007

    Jennifer

    I haven't seen a gynecologist yet, but I think I would want them to be female. it just seems 'safer'. I know they are professionals, but it just seems not quite right to me. It's probably just me, so be it.

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  • by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on April 1st, 2007

    Sheriff Raff -Answerhag

    I have only had male gynecologists for the past 22 years of my life. My doctor just retired and I must find another. I am pretty sure I will select a male doctor again.

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  • by holdmysuit on April 1st, 2007

    holdmysuit

    creepy. (edit) not in a pervy kind of way. I think people who work just with feet are weird too. But someones gotta do it.

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  • by ModestWoman on August 23rd, 2010

    ModestWoman

    You should check out how some doctors have sexually abused people in the news at http://www.sexualmisconductbydoctors.com. Many women thought those male ob/gyns were excellent, but look at what they did.

    Also you should check out http://patientmodesty.org/obgynpatients.aspx about why some women prefer female ob/gyns.

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  • by Oni1Az on August 23rd, 2010

    Oni1Az

    they keep vaginas in jars

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  • by IVFadvice on May 3rd, 2012

    IVFadvice

    My Wife and I recently went through IVF and I can't cope with how the male doctor invaded her during embryo transfer. It's ruined my view of our marriage. I'm currently under the doctor and on sleeping pills. Can anyone help me deal with this? I'm quite desperate, it's been 3 months now and I can't think of much else other than what he done to her. We wasn't given a choice of a female doctor either.

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  • by Mister_Bromyde on May 3rd, 2012

    Mister_Bromyde

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  • by ModestWoman on August 23rd, 2010

    ModestWoman

    I would never see a male gynecologist under any circumstances. I am a Christian lady who made a commitment to True Love Waits (to wait for sex until marriage) when I was a teenager.
    At the same time, I thought about how I was not going to let any men including doctors see and access certain parts of my body that should only be reserved for my future husband. I also believe that nudity before the opposite sex should be reserved for spouse only. I think it is very special for a husband to be the only man who can see his wife naked and a wife to be the only woman to see her husband naked. I don't want my future husband to ever have any intimate male medical procedures with other women present.

    I am not against doctors or medical treatments at all. I simply believe that intimate male procedures should be only done by male doctors/nurses/assistants and intimate female procedures should only be done by female doctors/nurses/assistants. I feel like we have been brainwashed by the medical industry. Medical professionals are not above us morally. Why is it not okay for a man in other occupations such as teacher, pastor, plumber, computer programmer, etc. to see another woman who is not his wife naked? I feel like what happens in the medical industry in regard to patient modesty is a HUGE cultural blind spot. Christians are taught to not question most things medical professionals do when many of the things they do go against what God intended.

    I find it so strange that Christians preach that women should dress modestly, but that they see nothing wrong with male gynecologists. They are not morally above other men.

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  • by Anonymous on May 26th, 2010

    Anonymous

    I just read a blog where a male doctor said women have to be crazy to go to male gynos. He works with them and he says they talk about women in a really rude way behind their backs. They love the good looking young women though and they do get off on it. And he said don't be fooled by them acting professional it is just an act.

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  • by Theoutsider on April 15th, 2010

    Theoutsider

    I'm an obgyn, and I got into this because I just love titties and pussy. I'm so handsome women forget their in a doctors office, I got women who request for me to exam
    them because they love for me to touch them, one women told me she's so lonely its the only male contact she has and enjoys the process. So lightin up, I'm hot and I love titties and pussy, would you rather go to a doctor that hated it?

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  • by xs2rashid on May 3rd, 2012

    xs2rashid

    How people think about them, depends upon the society they are working in!!!

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  • by IVFadvice on May 3rd, 2012

    IVFadvice

    This is how I was left feeling after my Wife and I went through IVF...

    Infertillity (IVF) doctors get to see and 'work on' only 'the cream of the
    crop', young, fit, healthy women with a burning desire and desperation to
    re-produce, placing the doctor in a 'God like' position! My Wife is an active
    Christian with strict morals and even she was prepared to eagerly jump up onto
    that reclining bed and spread her legs wide open, under spotlight, right in
    front of the face of a strange male doctor, a doctor that we'd never even been
    introduced to, she done that without a second thought!? I was horrifed!!!
    Afterwards, I blamed her for a start, I kept on repeatedly asking her to explain
    to me how she could do such a thing!? Her reply was always "my concern was for
    the embryo, I didn't really notice the doctor, he could've been a 'machine' for
    all I was to know or even cared." In order to accept her 'take on things' I've
    had to see IVF from a woman's perspective (very difficult may I add). My problem
    now is, if I hadn't have insisted to be in there with her, she would have
    probably allowed the 'God like' infertillity doctor to do anything, as long as
    she was fertilized by him there and then?! The power these doctors have over
    women is IMMENSE, even though I was present in the theatre, I dare not stop the
    procedure (even though I couldn't believe what I was witnessing) through fear of
    subsequent divorce proceedings. I felt that somehow I HAD to allow this unknown
    strange man to be a 'third party' in our Marrital conception... It somehow felt
    like a perverse 'threesome' was being allowed and I had to sit there and accept
    it!!!

    Now I'm left with a feeling not dissimilar to the feeling following Marital
    Infidellity... and there is NO WAY that I can ever take out my frustrations on
    her, or the doctor, as both were doing 'acceptable' things within our society
    due to the fact that he has the title 'doctor' and my Wife's thoughts were ONLY
    of the embryo.

    If I hadn't have been in there with her, he could have probably done whatever he
    liked (within reason), but my argument is, how could he possibly be any more
    intimate with her anyhow? How do you get more intimate than having an
    attractive, healthy, young woman gladly open her legs to order, under search-light
    intense illumination, then open her right up with a speculum, then push a metal rod
    right into the eye of her cervix and right through into her womb and then he sat
    there waiting/looking at her for 5 minutes until the embryo was brought through
    in a syringe!? What could have he done that was any worse? (other than the
    obvious).

    He didn't actually do anything other than 'his job', but the mere fact that it
    was such an intimate cross-gender procedure sickens me immensely! It felt SO,
    SO, SO wrong! I'll never forget it as long as I live, it's one of the WORST
    events of my life, even though I've been through some bad stuff!

    My view on people/life have been drastically changed by this event. I now have a
    DARK memory, that will be with me until my dying breath.

    Thank you VERY much Mr Gyno! :(

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  • by aydeology on January 12th, 2009

    aydeology

    I think it is a profession, but what would inspire them to specialize in looking at vaginas all day escapes me. An interest in fertility perhaps, but I would be uncomfortable with a male doctor.
    They probably see lots of unhealthy, diseased vaginas daily, and are not excited by that.

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  • by AlwaysHope on January 20th, 2009

    AlwaysHope

    I have had mixed experiences with both genders. The one I see is male and is either gay or just seems gay. I like him. I have had other male gyns who seemed very, very creepy. I can't say whether the feelings came from my own prejudices and fears, of it they reflect anything real about them.

    One female gynecologists was too rough and impatient, and the other one I have known was very good in all respects.

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  • by Anonymous on February 5th, 2009

    Anonymous

    I agree with everything Kelly said. I've been doing research lately on this topic and the more I read the more I realize that male doctors do have sexual thoughts. I had the most respected male OB around. He worked in the most professional manner except when I wore something "sexy". Now as I thought he's "seen it all before" it wouldn't affect him. But oh no! His eyes were staring at my breasts. I am truly disappointed as I am very suspicious of male Drs and I thought I had chosen a very professional and proper one, but I now realize that a man is a man is man. And as for "they see so many it's no big deal". I would say my ex loved porn. He's probably seen more vaginas than a gyno, did he ever get sick of them? no.

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  • by Anon on November 28th, 2008

    Anon

    They would be very tolerant.

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  • by Kitt-tastrophy on September 27th, 2007

    Kitt-tastrophy

    I won't go to one. Frankly, it freaks me out.

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  • by Frances_H3979 on May 7th, 2012

    Frances_H3979

    Personally, I don't think that a woman should ever go to a male doctor except in an emergency, and I don't just mean gynos. People like to think that sexual abuse by a medical person is rare, but it's not, it just goes largely unreported. Sexual abuse doesn't have to take the form of touching. Many women have been traumatised by an inappropriate comment. A doctor can appear to be very nice and professional, but a woman has no way of knowing what goes on inside his heads. I heard from a doctor himself that yes, they do give attractive women longer or unnecessary breast exams. Why take the risk? There are enough female doctors around these days.

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  • by Frances_H3979 on May 7th, 2012

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