Female / male doctors more gentle?

Who do you think is the most gentil out of the 2

male doctor as a gyn or a female being more gentil ??

i prefure a male as female doctors are more sturn and dont care so much if they hurt us girls .

men are much more understanding of the feeling of pain.. dont you think??

I agree 100%, I model for med stupent classes and during the 'hands on' the males are always MUCH more gental!

Dear gentlefolk,

An observation I have noted from personal experience over the years(I am male,57). Up until about 1978, almost all of my medical exams had been in the care of male physicians,as a result,I had only experienced how men examine men. In late 78, I scheduled an appt @ the county health clinic for a urinary exam, being my at the time employer did not provide health care benefits, that was all I could afford. When I arrived and was finally seen, I was surprised when the doctor came into the exam room and was a woman. What really got & kept my attention was how gentle she was. 😃

From that point, through the better portion of a decade in the military, and up to the present, I have been seen by a variety of physicians/practitioners/PA's. Of that,about 50% were women, it has been my experience the women were more physically gentle in my examinations than men.

From conversations with women that I have gotten to know over the years, both in and out of the medical community and the corporate life also, they have told me that male doctors are more gentle with them than women. I speculate that when dealing with the same gender in physical examination,people(perhaps men due to deep seated latent homophobic stigma)have a tendency to be less gentle.

Sincerely,

G.N.

Agreed males are more gentil dus to that a female doctor treats women as just take it and shut up . i think some of them get off on putting us through pain.

but guys are really nice and try to be gentil

I have only had one exam by a female and really found her about the same as male physicians.

I don't think it depends on gender, but on the person herself, and her character. Both male and female doctors can be gentle, caring, concerned, and kind....or not!

I've had a huge number of patients tell me after the exam that hadn't been in a female doctor before but from that day on they wouldn't go to a male anymore.

That's the way I like to deal with them, as a woman myself, I always think as if I was in their place.....

I agree with the idea that a doctor of the opposite sex is probably ideal. I for one would definitely go for a male doctor. I find that female doctors think that they know how you as a female patient feel, some even shush you for expressing discomfort because they know, in the capacity of being a woman, that whatever procedure they perform does not hurt. It feels however awkward to ask for a male doctor. Often is the assumption that a woman would prefer a female. 😢

I agree with Mash. Touching the opposite sex tend to make both sexes kinder.

I currently see a female doctor and though she is genuinely caring, she is not as gentle as the male doctor I used to see.

There is a couple of nurse practicioners at my doctor's office and one that I see on a regular basis for everything including my yearly rectal/prostate examinations. I would much rather have her do these than any male doctor I have ever seen. She is much more gentle. I have had male doctors hurt me with their finger penetrations but she has never hurt me.

I would say female doctors are more gentil and usually seems they more though er. i had a few females and few Male's do my physical exam

I would have to agree that female doctors are more gentle in their approach - both physically and verbally/psychologically. They also seem to go a bit more slowly during the examination and possibly pay more attention to details.

I think that it depends on the doctor. some male doctors are very gentil while the woman aren't and vice versa. it also depends on a docs "bedside manner" so to speak

I think that women are...

Wow being a model patient for students sounds like a great little side job. Does anyone ever comment on your pounding heart?

I agree, that does sound like a great job. How does one go about finding a job like that?

While there are always exceptions to the rule I have normally found that female doctors and nurses are kinder and gentler than male ones. They don't tend to have God complexes, and have far more empathy with their patients.

I don't have enough experiece of doctors to make a valid comparison but with dentists I've always found the male dentists to take more trouble to avoid causing pain and female dentists considerably less concerned about the pain their procedure might cause.

I wouldn't want to be examined by anyone other than a female. I've always had a female doctor, even since I was a kid. I had my first ever digital rectal exam by my 34 year old female doctor last summer. Quite honestly, it wasn't at all pleasant. I felt like I had to piss when she pressed on my prostate. Her finger is small, but it ain't fun. She gave me as complete a physical as I guess a man can have. Seems women doctors are also more thorough and professional IMHO. I have an appointment with her finger again in a couple months.