Male doctors are better than female in breast exams

I found this article and find it interesting and exciting. It pretends that male doctors are better doing breast exams than female doctors

October 17 2008

Washington, D.C. – The acting Surgeon General of the United States, Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, has issued a surprise mandate directed towards women. He has stated that women should no longer engage in breast self examinations and instead make regular visits to either their gynaecologist or family doctor, unless the doctor happens to be a woman.

“We have conducted a number of studies involving both breast cancer survivors and women who have not contracted the ailment,” said Admiral Galson in a statement. “What we found is a direct correlation between discovery of cases breast cancer and the gender of the patient’s doctor. The study has shown us unequivocally that patients with male doctors are diagnosed more quickly and treatment is generally more successful leading to lower mortality rates. We ascribe this to the fact that men really like breasts and women are largely indifferent to them. Female doctors are generally a little more lax when doing examinations because breasts are nothing special to them; Male doctors on the other hand are extremely diligent when it comes to the exams.”

tell me what you think of this it has an obvious sexual conection meaning that as male doctors love breasts like any other men pay more attention and have pleasure in examining and palpating women breasts.

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Health/Pages/Surgeon-General-recommends-against-breast-self-examination-Scrape-TV-The-world-on-your-side.html

I think you are right amaral. Men have more experience feeling women's breasts than women do. I can only say that I have been to a female doctor once, and she was not as thorough with the breast exam as the male doctors have been. Maybe this is because male doctors enjoy doing the breast exam more, or have more experience. I can understand too that a female doctor may feel uneasy spending a long time giving a female patient a breast exam, the same as a male physician would be giving a male a testicle exam. I think a lot of female physicians may take this as a sexist remark by the acting surgeon general.

I prefer male play doctors

Kimberly wrote

I think a lot of female physicians may take this as a sexist remark by the acting surgeon general.

and I think she is right. though I'm abit fascinated about this study I think we must allways put some doubts on this type of studies and be very careful regarding the kind of statements like the general surgeon did.

I'm sure that female doctors can be as good and professional doing breast exams such as male doctors. I'm sure that we may find bad and good doctors in both genders. What fascinated me in the article was that reminiscent small sensual/sexual unconscious part that may exist in real doctors.

I hope I will get back to that with more time

While it is not "politically correct," I do think that there is a lot of truth to it. As it was said, a male doctor may feel more awkward giving a male a testicular examination... And the same may apply for females. I think that I would be more comfortable having a male doctor examine my breasts anyway, even if that seems a bit strange, considering I am afraid to go to the doctor! If it helps to catch breast cancer, I am all for it.. But there are many who may take the article the wrong way.

[quote author=Kimberly link=topic=22353.msg215704#msg215704 date=1243972547]...the same as a male physician would be giving a male a testicle exam.[/quote]

This is what makes me believe it. Anything that makes an exam less rushed should be encouraged. I prefer female doctors for this reason, but I don't like men touching my junk anyway... 😜

Um, guys, you do realize that the article is satire, right? As Amaral said, it "pretends" that male doctors are better than females at breast exams. ScrapeTV is a humor site, and other health articles on the site include "Placebos Becoming Most Sought After Medical Treatment" and "UK Health Care System Killing Irritating Patients".

Toward the end of the breast exam article, the Surgeon General is "quoted" as saying: "It will also be interesting to see if the rates of males getting into gynaecology increases. In my experience the type of young men who end up in school for extended periods of time don’t get to touch a lot of breasts and this gives the perfect opportunity. This could be a momentous day for breasts all over the world." I don't think a public official would be likely to make a statement like that.

Wow that is an interesting article...I could believe there is some truth to that! Women just think boobs are boobs, you've seen yours, you've seen 'em all!

It's not "If you've seen one you've seen them all", but "If you've seen one you want to see them all".

I think it depends a lot on the age of the doctor. The older male or female doctor certainly has more experience and this gives the woman confidence. Certainly a lot depends on the patient's shyness... in the case of female patients, many are better off with female doctors, others with male doctors

I’ve experienced terrible, mediocre, and excellent doctors of both genders, and ages. My doctor for the last few years, was a woman, probably in her mid to late thirties. She made several misdiagnosis, one of which affected me permanently. My new doctor, also a woman, is probably closer to 50, and has a lot more experience, and an impeccable reputation.