British girls having gyn exams must take off all of their clothes?

I was told of some British girls who when having gyn exams they had to take off all of their clothes and were given no gowns or drape sheets. That must have been pretty rare

Here in UK we do not have to visit the gyn on a regular basis only if there is a problem. When we have smears we see a nurse at the GP and if you follow the instructions on the leaflet you wear a full skirt (I have always done this bar one smear many years ago) and lie on a couch no knickers and then bend knees and open legs with the skirt hitched up somewhat. The same is true for a hospital visit but there they do use stirrups (never been myself but have talked to people who have) again you can wear a full skirt and leave it on but if in trousers then everything below waist has to come off, which is the same for smear (they usually have a blanket but have a friend who went in trousers and there was no screen or blanket so nurse got an eye full). Could never imagine a situation in UK you would be totally naked with no sheet, that sounds more like a european style exam.

Lisa

In the 1970s at the family planning clinics it was common for girls to be examined completely naked with no drapes. Even told that they undressed before the height, weight, bp etc. Sounds erotic but may be no fun for them.

Hi mab - was that in the UK for those 1970s clinics in the nude?

Hi gynojames

yes that was in the UK.

I attended both of my wifes post nanal checks, the first one being in the late 70s. Both examinations were carried out by male doctors at our local surgery and she was completely naked each time. Things were different in the UK in those days when it was normal practise for females to be examined by male doctors with no chaperone present.

When i have had smear tests no male is allowed to do it on theyre own, there must be a nurse present or a female DR. IF you wear trousers like i do they give you a towel to cover your pelvic area.

When my wife went to the family planning clinic in the seventies she was asked to undress completely and examined in the nude by a woman doctor. About the same time her friend visited her GP with a cold. The male GP decided that she had never had a new patient check up and there and then commanded her to strip completely for a very thorough exam including an internal. Although she undressed behind a screen, no chaperone was present,and she was not given anything to cover herself with. In fact the doctor arrived behind the screen before she had finished undressing and thus watched her remove her underclothes.

Much more recently a female friend had to undergo a medical for her heavy goods driving licence. The male doctor, who was being paid to carry out the examination privately, instructed her to undress. She refused to take off her bra and panties as she said the government form did not ask for gynaecological information. Clearly the doctor was trying it on.

How naughty of him! I've heard of similar cases ie bra removal request for a heartbeat check with a stethoscope!

You should never wear trousers for a smear in Uk, you miss the fun bit of the nurse asking you to 'Slip your knickers and tights off for me, you can leave your skirt on' whereas with trousers it is usually just 'Slip everything off below waist'. I mean it is the nurse asking you to take the knickers (panties for those not totally in the know about what knickers are) that really does it for me, I mean it is not everyday another women asks me to do that (or 'place feet flat on couch, heels to bottom and let your knees flop open (or to the side depending on nurse)'). As you may have guessed it is the atmosphere, the situation, the commands and the exposure that does it for me rather than the exam it self.

Lisa

The private GP whose office I can see into in the UK never has a chaperone but always leaves the examination room when the patient removes her underwear and they are never totally naked but no modesty towel or paper role. Just naked from the waist down.