Hell, I don’t know. I never verbally objected to the nurse (she could have been the receptionist for all I know; everyone wears those stupid scrubs). Probably so I couldn’t claim she was coming on to me. Either that, or she was afraid I wouldn’t be able to control myself, what with her manipulating my testicles and all.
I got nothing.
Some places have rules about having another person present when doing a procedure that could be misconstrued as sexual. I guess the theory is that a doctor or other medical professional wouldn’t sexually assault someone with another person there.
I prefer to have a female nurse in the room when my GP (also female) does a pelvic exam. Of course, no male nurses work at the clinic, so it’s not like I have much of a choice or anything.
Pbbth, that is a brilliant way to explain it!
Right chaperones are to protect the doctor, not the patient.
Of course if she’s that uncomfortable examing male genitalia then she picked the wrong profession.
If a patient wants a male Physical Therapist, it does not usually bug me, but I don’t have any in stock. Females outnumber males in my profession, and my clinic is small. It makes me a little frustrated if the patient requires a male PT, because it means they have to leave and go somewhere else- for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of care.
I try to allow everyone the opportunity for privacy and modesty. So far, women seem to be more “dude, I am so over it” then men, with the exception of feet. Lots of women seem to feel bad about having their feet seen, or are ashamed about “ugly toes”
Can you elaborate? What did you mean by “doing the parents a favour”?
Probably because there is a perception that children will be more afraid of men and men will be less gentle with them. Ironically, many female nurses are about as gentle as a shotgun. I have not had any male nurses who were not gentle with me, but the sample size is very low and so that perception is not statistically significant.