In what countries do they examine women completely nude?

I have read some accounts of women being examined completely nude by male doctors. I dont think that happens here in the US but what countries do?

Supposedly it used to happen in France 50+ years ago.

Great topic and I'd also be interested to know. I read a while back that gyno exams while completely nude are common in Europe, where there is less inhibition about nudity, but not sure if that's accurate. I'd find this extremely erotic if a woman were completely nude while being examined by a male physician.

I read a while back that gyno exams while completely nude are common in Europe, where there is less inhibition about nudity, but not sure if that's accurate.

It is a mistake to consider Europe as a whole. Customs in individual countries of Europe, also regarding medical examinations. You are right to be skeptical about such news. In Poland, women are not examined naked by gynecologists, but this happened several decades ago.

In Poland, women are not examined naked by gynecologists, but this happened several decades ago.

Do you have any information on how long ago this was and any other details or links?

I think no matter where you are, the entire narrative has changed especially if you are living in a western country because there are laws put into place to prevent wrong doing during intimate exams, there are protocols for conduct during an intimate exam like offering a chaperone or allowing a friend or family member into the examination room as well, and most exams have less inhibition of nudity and protecting modesty and cultural taboos. The doctor only asks to expose what is necessary for the examination. In Asian countries and south east asian countries, the Doctor has more control of the conditions of the patient and doctors from this demographic, it is standard practice for them to see the pt nude.

The thing is, the way to know if this used to happen 50+ years ago in France would be to ask an elderly lady, and I don't see myself going to my mother to ask such a question. 😉

I seriously doubt that fully naked gynaecological examinations ever happened. Excluding play exams obviously.

50+ years ago all societal norms were much more prude, so if anything, the amount of undressing for exam would be even less and not more. The only situation I can think could be exams in prisons in totalitarian countries, with forced full nudity to humiliate prisoners.

I think it was common in France in the past to examine women naked, but times have moved on and male doctors have to be careful these days.?!!

I note that all the comments are posted by men who oppose total nudity during medical examinations specific to women.

What does this position of fundamentalist ayatollahs defending a supposed modesty mean?

I fear that most of these reactions are based on repressed fantasies and an unhealthy imagination about how a consultation takes place. Is there an undercurrent of jealousy?

No, the male gynecologist is not a lecherous satyr who goes around groping himself in the evening while filming all his naked patients in the office. Whatever one might think, a doctor only sees a body (regardless of its appearance) with the gaze of a therapist with a diagnostic objective.

I can assure you that when patients are asked to come into the examination room, 80% of them undress completely of their own free will, even if it isn't an expressed requirement.

This is undoubtedly completely different depending on the cultures concerned; I am only speaking from my experience in France.

@Gauguin: You're mistaken about the reference to what was happening 50 years ago. We were in the middle of the post-May 1968 period, in the Woodstock culture. We were talking about the liberated woman. For the record, on January 17th of that year, the French parliament passed the law authorizing voluntary termination of pregnancy. Clothing was shaping the figure, and Courrèges had been importing the miniskirt for 10 years.

@DocteurMike: Rare examples of therapists who abuse are not common, and an honest doctor doesn't have to worry about being cautious. However, one must remain on one's guard, and it is now written in the code of ethics that procedures must be explained and accepted (particularly the insertion of a speculum or two gloved fingers for a vaginal examination), but no specific procedure specifies undressing.

@gauguin More prude, sure, but also more misogynistic and also more subservient to authority, including physicians. I for instance learned that in the 1950s, perhaps even in the 1960s, while sex was not something that could be discussed, it was commonplace to force girls suspected of "bad behavior" to undergo a gynecological examination that was mostly a virginity test.

I know during the 70's and early 80's it was common in the UK to perform a full gynecological exam every 3 to 6 months on women prescribed the pill for birth control. Doing a pelvic and breast exam was considered good practice at the time.

From the data sheet of Microgynon 30, a pill which has been in use for about 40 years. This was a data sheet from 1998/99. "Examination of the pelvic organs, breasts and blood pressure should precede the prescribing of any oral contraceptive and should be repeated regularly".

This was usually by their local GP practice (most practices were single GP practice ...only the GP and receptionist (no practice nurse) women were ask to fully undress and cover themself with a sheet . The GP would examine them without a chaperone and most of the time the sheet was discarded by the end of the pelvic exam.

Mine surgeon, which are now on retirement, but he said that prefer do old school (maked exam) and if was possibile like surgeries then do lot of exam-its also part of consequences of rarely visits of obgyns (and hard situations with cancers). Ofc very often finished with few diagnosis. @RN1993 Looking how dozes of hormones this pills had. I dunno, but maybe old generations was build differently but they're much stronger. And new exams suggested that long therm used birth control can caused migraines and other brain tumors but prevent gyno cancers

I know during the 70's and early 80's it was common in the UK to perform a full gynecological exam every 3 to 6 months on women prescribed the pill for birth control. Doing a pelvic and breast exam was considered good practice at the time.

From the data sheet of Microgynon 30, a pill which has been in use for about 40 years. This was a data sheet from 1998/99. "Examination of the pelvic organs, breasts and blood pressure should precede the prescribing of any oral contraceptive and should be repeated regularly".

This was usually by their local GP practice (most practices were single GP practice ...only the GP and receptionist no practice nurse) women were ask to fully undress and cover themself with a sheet . The GP would examine them without a chaperone and most of the time the sheet was discarded by the end of the pelvic exam.

Yes @RN1993 my mum told me all about this, her exams for the pill were fully undressed in front of her male GP, every 6 months for her I think, but she said there was usually no sheet even bothered with. I never had these exams by the time I started with the pill. My mum had warned me about these exams but they had stopped them by then by maybe a couple of years, so I think my friends and I all just missed needing to have them.

In the early 1980's my wife was examined several times fully nude at a small rural clinic here in Texas. I watched one firsthand, I'll never forget it!!

In Holland they don't.

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In the early 1980's my wife was examined several times fully nude at a small rural clinic here in Texas. I watched one firsthand, I'll never forget it!!

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I'm old enough to remember being fully nude (with a sheet) for exams in the US. I went on the pill in HS so we're talking 1979/80 time frame. I needed a full pelvic and breast exam in order to get the prescription. I used the fiction it was for acne control to explain why. The exam was done naked with a sheet I was allowed to cover myself with. It was a male doctor and there was no chaperone. I was required to return every 6 months.

After 2 refills I changed doctors and didn't refill the prescription (which was a mistake as I eventually got pregnant).

I don't remember gowns and chaperones being a thing until the late 80's, early 90's.

I have 0 issue with gowns and chaperones as no one needs to be treated like a piece of meat by any doctor. Sure it's fun in play, but we're not talking play.

I have never been given a gyno exam fully nude as in just laying there fully exposed. It's most of the time the usual gown. Some have it open from the front and others open from the back. Some have both breasts out at the same time, others only one. The few times I've had the disposable plasticish drape/coverings, I was nude, if you will, under them, but those were in lieu of a gown. They still only lowered the one for the breasts or raised the one for the gentials. They were never both off/lowered/raised, at the same time. Even when I saw a pediatrician, they would just lift shirt then lower pants/panties.

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