Who prefers male gynecologists and why?

Ladies generally prefer male doctors ( base on papers ), why do you prefer this ? whats the reasons ?

Do you prefer with assistant or w/o exam ? and if you prefer with assistant exam, male or female ?

If I have a male doctor I insist on an assistant, even though when I have my NP do the exam, someone else in the room freaks me out.

I had an exam once by a male doctor who went w/out an assistant. It took him forever, and by the time he was done I had broken out into a cold sweat and I was bleeding. I don't know what happened.....I suspect it was something that shouldn't have, but I'll never know because there was no one else in the room. ???

I picked male originally, and for a real exam I think that legally there is supposed to be some kind of chaperonage in the room as they say more to 'protect the doctor then the patient' but it works out best that way. I think a male doctor would be good purely because of the fact that they can't sympathize with you. A female doctor can go about an exam and maybe be rougher or colder then preferred because they can definitively say 'it's not that bad deal with it'. They've been in the position so they can say that without being questioned. A male doctor doesn't actually know what it feels like to be spread out and exposed and poked and prodded like that, so I feel like they may have a tendency to be a little more caring. The exact opposite could be true though, male doctors might not know what hurts and what's uncomfortable, and female doctors may know the best times to go slower or be gentler. It depends purely on the person you get and their experiences and temperament.

I know in the UK all male doctors must have a female assistant now due to too many people crying rape and abuse.... its like back up for the doctor which is fair enough

My gynecologist is a male and I was asked after I was 18 if I wanted a nurse in the room when I had my pelvic exam. I said No. So I had only had a nurse with me till age 18. During two visits to the urologists I had a male and a female doctor each time.

I would like to know the answer to this as well as I prefer female dr's. Perhaps the answer is as simple as sexual oreintation. I am Bisexual and for me getting an exam by my female doc literally drives me insane. I actually had a dr that I could talk to about it but it did little to curb my obsession. I'm just thinking to myself....maybe I need to get serious about the med fetish play before I do something even more gutsy.

I prefer a male doctor because I feel better at being naked in front of him than in front of a woman who I feel will be judging me more harshly. My doctor asked me whether I wanted an assistant present and I said no, so now he doesn't bother asking. I feel quite comfortable with this.

I don't care if my physician is male or female. All I want is the person most knowledgeable and best equipped to diagnose and treat a problem.

In a real physician's office, I don't get turned on at all, and I know my MD's DON'T say to themselves, "Oh boy, I'm going to see Susan all laid out on the table naked, and in a compromising position."

This is my real life I am taking care of here, not a few hours where my husband and I are playing with each other's bodies.

My wife has told me on a few occasions that she prefers and male gynecologist. When I have asked her why she has really never given me a satisfactory answer. She has also never really stayed with the same male gynecologist for very long. After a few years she has a tendency to go see a new one. My suspicion is that she is somewhat turned on by the fact that a strange man is touching her and instructing her to disrobe and spread her legs but that she cannot bring herself to tell me. My question to you women out there is do you prefer a male gynecologist and if so why? Do you think my wife is sexually stimulated by having a male examine her or might there be another reason that I am not aware of?

Yes, there are reasons you are not aware of. I can't say whether they apply to your wife or not. You've talked about your wife's medical care in quite a few other posts, and of course I don't know you or your wife, but just because you find these things sexual does not necessarily mean that's on her mind. It's conceivable that she is thinking more about her health. Or about feeling comfortable during an exam. Or about wanting a doctor whose opinion she trusts. In other words, going to see a gynecologist in real life isn't a medfet game.

As for me, I did not use to have a gender preference but I'm always very uncomfortable during any kind of physical exam, and in my experience male physicians are more likely than female ones to be sensitive to this. Ironically, it's probably at least partly because male physicians have to be more worried that someone will misinterpret their behavior as sexual.

My wife and mysister in law (despite she is very shy woman) always say that,male gynecologists are giving more trust and relaxation,thay act more polite than female ones.Once my wife went to female gyn. (her first gyn exam), she always says that was a nightmare for her,especially her behaviour.

In the past my wife nearly always had her intimate examinations done by male doctors at her GPs or family planning clinic, she was comfortable with that. My friend told me that his wife would specifically ask for a male doctor if an internal examination was scheduled. I think a lot of women prefer it that way.

Nowadays in the UK most women will only see the female nurse for smear tests, the doctors seem to have abdicated on that responsibilty.

Dr Philip - The UK Play Doctor.

I always prefer male doctors and request one when options are offered. Ironically, my current GYN is a female and I like her a great deal. My previous nephrologist is also female. For some reason, I feel more comfortable with a male for even intimate exams. My urologist is male and he performed a cystoscopy, it doesn't get much more intimate than that.

I've found in past encounters with female physicians that there is almost an adversarial attitude, usually from my end. In the case of the originator of this thread, I suspect that he is more concerned about his wife's preference for a male physician than she is. Further, she doesn't have to supply a "reasonable" explanation, her reasons are her own and that's that.

Not only as a patient, but as a health care provider, I've found that there are good and bad docs of both genders. I prefer a doc that is caring and gentle. It makes no difference to me if they are male and female.

Over the years, I have seen both male and female gynecologists, although most of them have been female. I don't have a preference either way towards a male or a female real life Doctor. As long as they are board certified, kind and gentle with good office hours, good parking and they accept my insurance, I will go to either gender.

Lady Teddy, who swings both ways, at least in terms of male and female real life Doctors 😃

Wife says she has no preference but, for routine exams, she does find the touch of a male more pleasurable. Two female coworkers often discussed their visits to the gyn. One would only go to a female gyn because her husband did not like the thought of another man touching her. The other would only go to a male because she did not want "a woman touching me down there." I like my wife's attitude.

I don't have a preference I have seen both I do think some male doctor are eseaer than female on me.

but that is how I feel.

I don't specifically have a preference for one or the other. I want someone who really knows what he is doing. My gynecologist happens to be male.

I have had my same gynecologist since I was getting my masters and he was finishing his OB/GYN residency--or about twenty years. We knew each other from the hospital. He delivered both my daughters and is my older daughter's gynecologist.

I echo ladydocisin in that if given the choice, I prefer male doctors over female doctors of any genre. That is not to say that I won't see a female doctor/nurse practitioner/physicians assistant if given the right circumstances. My GP is male, and a majority of my doctors are male including my OBGYN, but my pulmonologist/sleep apnea physicians assistant that I see is female. The doctor over the practice is male, but I see the female PA. I actually like seeing her and do recommend her. When the practice moved to my town (I used to have to travel 45 mins out of town to see her) one of the first things I asked is if she was going to be seeing patients in my town.

If I do see a male doctor and he has female doctors/pa's/np's in his practice, I will often be okay with seeing them at least once. If I click with them as I have with the male doctor, then I will have no qualms with seeing them, otherwise I request the doctor.

My wife prefers a male GYN because she says it makes her more comfortable... whatever that means. I would like it if I were her only GYN!!!

Well, go get your medical degree and a license to practice, and who knows? Maybe you will be her only GYN.

It is very exciting to wait on the table sitting naked (just a gown) for a man you have never met to come in and after just a few moments be looking at and touching your priate parts.

My wife went to see a male doctor for the first time yesterday, and she had no issues with it.

Me? I quite enjoyed seeing her touched by another man. It's the closest I'll ever get to a threesome...

I see a female for my 'real' exams but prefer a male for play. I like to imagine myself spread wide for my play doc while he carefully examines my intimate parts.

I thin sexual stimulation is the answer for "why". To be naked infornt of a fully clothed man gives them a sexual stimulation.

I received a rectal exam at my 8 month prenatal visit with my first two pregnancies. Dr. put 2 fingers in and spread them apart as far as he could and then pressed down hard on my pelvic bones. He put my hip out of joint both times. I had a hard time getting down and my leg kept giving out for days afterwards and it really hurt to walk.

I think Zohe and Cindy99 pretty much nailed it.

My girlfriend won't go to a male gynecologist ever and I'm happy about that.

I do. I have had some bad luck with females. I've a male right now and am very happy with him.

I've gone to both male and female gynecologists and I prefer a man. They have been easier to talk to and my current one makes me feel very comfortable I have gone to excellent female doctors but they weren't gynecologists.