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Interesting, why did she insist on having a nurse there (I assume she didn’t have a male nurse on staff) if you objected?
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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.
[QUOTE=alphaboi867]
Interesting, why did she insist on having a nurse there (I assume she didn’t have a male nurse on staff) if you objected?
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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.
[QUOTE=pbbth]
As a woman I prefer to have a female gynecologist but for regular medical care it doesn’t matter. With gynie things though I want a woman for the same reason that I wouldn’t want to take my car to a mechanic that has never driven before. Sure, they have studied and messed around under the hood but they have no idea what it is like behind the wheel. I know that is weird but it makes sense to me.
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Pbbth, that is a brilliant way to explain it!
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington]
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.
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Right chaperones are to protect the doctor, not the patient.
[QUOTE=PoorYorick]
Either that, or she was afraid I wouldn’t be able to control myself, what with her manipulating my testicles and all.
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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”
[QUOTE=outlierrn]
Well, this drifts a bit from the OP, but I have seen less skilled female nurses hurt a kid more than I would have because they thought they were doing the parents a favor. Almost nothing gets me more jacked up than unnecessary pain for a kid
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Can you elaborate? What did you mean by “doing the parents a favour”?
[QUOTE=alphaboi867]
Can you elaborate? What did you mean by “doing the parents a favour”?
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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.