YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for October, 2000: Re: Female OB/GYN

Re: Female OB/GYN

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:39:40 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Joy wrote: >
>I was just wondering if any of you have feelings about seeing a female
>GYN over a male. I have seen a been seeing a male for 2 years, and he
>makes me very uncomfortable. He did several tests which he didn't
>explain, which of course made me nervous. I think I may be more
>comfortable with a female, but many people have told me that seeing a
>female is strange. I welcome all opinions!

This has been a recurrent thread on the other forums, especially the women's health forum. To see a large number of responses, you should do a search there.

Having said that, I have to tell you that it is the person, not the gender of the person. I realize that as a male GYN, I have an iron in this fire, but the simple truth is that every woman is looking for a doctor who will treat her with dignity and compassion, who will take her needs and desires seriously, and who will take the time to educate her about her health needs. The ability to do these things are not unique to one gender or the other. There are jerk doctors, and there are non-jerk doctors, and I have not been able to tell the difference just by their gender (or age, or color, or religion for that matter). My own wife, a GYN herself, would be the first to tell you that I am the more compassionate of the 2 of us, as she tends to have a "well get over it" approach to things. Prejudging a person based on their genetalia is foolish.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
Clarksville, TN

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