Re: Sad but true --->Call the question!

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Wed Feb 15 18:55:50 2006


In a message dated 2/15/06 7:35:56 PM, ajfields@pine-net.com writes:

> My assertion has never been that one needs to have had a baby (or a
> pelvic or surgery) to provide good care, but that it is not unreasonable
> for a person to prefer that someone who at least has the same equipment
> to care for their sexual health.
>

Okay, let's call the question.

Most of us agree that it's ludicrous to expect that a "caregiver" HAS TO BE (or have been) in exactly the same position as the patient/client to be able to care for them. My wife's oncologist is a great oncologist and does a wonderful job, but HE'S never had cancer. There you go.

But the question at hand for the jury, I mean the list, is this:

IS IT IN SE "UNREASONABLE" FOR A PATIENT/CLIENT TO PREFER A CAREGIVER OF ONE SEX OR THE OTHER, OR IS THAT A REASONABLE PREFERENCE IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF MODERN HUMAN BEHAVIOR NOW?

Let's vote on that SPECIFIC question, not various and sundry tangential matters. Reasonable to desire a particular sexed "caregiver" or unreasonable?

Joe P.





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