# Medical Professionals, Clinical Distance, and Sex

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 31, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-professionals-clinical-distance-and-sex/943296 "2021-05-31T15:40:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-professionals-clinical-distance-and-sex/943296/3 "2021-05-31T16:58:39Z")

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I had started a thread about this seven years ago. The consensus seemed to be that, no, it does not negatively affect one’s sex drive. Positively? I don’t know.

> [@Does working in the medical field ruin one's libido?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-working-in-the-medical-field-ruin-ones-libido/705088):
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> I thought about putting this question in General Questions but IMHO seemed more suitable: Do people who work in the medical field - and especially, surgeons - have a ruined libido because of seeing so much blood, organs, traumatic injuries day in and day out? Basically, do they start to consider the human body to be nothing but a collection of bones, skin, ligaments, organs, blood, etc.?

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