Do you prefer male or female REAL doctors

I prefer a male doctor for sure. I have never been examined by a female. You could argue this is an interesting preference, as getting an erection while being examined by a male doctor (which I had during every exam as a teenager) is more embarrassing than with a female examiner. But I feel more comfortable and enjoy being inspected by another man

I prefer a male doctor for sure. I have never been examined by a female. You could argue this is an interesting preference, as getting an erection while being examined by a male doctor (which I had during every exam as a teenager) is more embarrassing than with a female examiner. But I feel more comfortable and enjoy being inspected by another man

BINGO! Well said.

I definitely prefer being examined by a male. No interest in having a female doctor as I’ve found they don’t understand male issues the same as another male has the ability to.

I definitely prefer being examined by a male. No interest in having a female doctor as I’ve found they don’t understand male issues the same as another male has the ability to.

For most issues, I agree. The two female doctors and one NP I have seen for GU issues didn’t want to deal, were disinterested or lacked knowledge of male GU anatomy. For my prostatitis it was a male doctor who understood the problem and promptly treated me appropriately.

For non-GU concerns female doctors are ok. That’s just been my experience.

Definitely female only. They just are more caring from my experience and I actually feel a bit more comfortable with letting them touch me for anything, not just genital exams.

This might just be the case because of my sexual preference but I think they are more understanding that I could get embarassed in general, and perhaps even more since the exan is with a female.

For real doctors, I've found female doctors to be more attentive and serious minded. They seem to take greater care of what they are doing, dotting their medical ‘i’s and crossing all their 't's.

But one thing I've found that female docs do not have and that is a sense of humor. If I try to be jocular or funny, it's wasted effort. They don't seem to understand (my?) humor, especially not the ‘it only hurts when I laugh’ style of humor. Male docs usually smile or joke along.

@agracier I try to make them laugh. I usually breaks the tension and makes the office visit more relaxed. It doesn’t always work I’d say it does though at least 90% of the time.

My Dr is a male but I have seen a female dr too

Doesn't make much difference to me. When younger I preferred a male. I now have an excellent female GP . Over the years various female medics have seen all parts of me, whether for physical exams, inserting catheters, surgery. For me, embarrassment and humiliation takes second place to excellent health care.

I prefer a female doctor. I had BPH issues for a while that my former male doctor dismissed. Saw a female doctor at a walk-in-clinic and she took things seriously and got me on meds stat. I ended up transferring over to her.

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@agracier I try to make them laugh. I usually breaks the tension and makes the office visit more relaxed. It doesn’t always work I’d say it does though at least 90% of the time.

I don't try to make them laugh but I'm always finding humor in what's happening. I see no reason to be grumpy or ugly toward someone who's trying to help you. Pissing them off certainly can't be helpful. In the many times I've been worked on by them in the past year somewhere in the write ups, probably at the hospital, I saw the notation “fun patient”.

I'd say it depends more on the personality and know-how of a doctor whether I feel being in good hands or not. I have excellent male as well as female doctors. There is just one exception: I'll never go to a female gynecologist again… due to more than one bad experience.

I prefer female providers, whether pa, doctors or advanced practice nurses.

I believe they are much better listeners, and my experience has been that their previous life experiences have made them more attuned to their patients in terms of exam style.

Also, their fingers are much more suited to a more comfortable full male exam.

Male

If the physician is professional and I would think they are, I personally as a male would be agreeable having a female as my caregiver.

I’ve only ever had a female dr, but not opposed to seeing a male

I prefer a male physician for anything involving my body below the neck, so that would mean a GP, urologist, dermatologist, gastro, etc. I just feel more comfortable talking about my health with a man.

No preference really but I've always felt myself somewhat submissive with females as last weeks dermatology body exam along with her nurse present. Fretter

I have had female providers since I was 11. Prior to that I rarely saw a doctor but when I did it was not a good experience. My doctor referred me to a male pulmonologist after my first physical. Both my pediatrician and my pulmonologist treated me with kid gloves due to my bad experiences. I was eventually able to tackle my distrust of health care providers. So I guess to me it doesn't matter. Male or female doesn't matter to me. What matters is competence and a good bedside manner.

Depends on the doctor I have had both. My gyno is a female and my gp is a male. Even though I do receive intimate exams from him once a year at my physical I feel comfortable with him (Still embarrassed) he realizes I can be shy about my body and explains every part of the exam.

I've had a number of male and female GPs and my admittedly anecdotal evidence suggests that male doctors are more thorough when it comes to exams.

OTOH, I've had better luck with female dermatologists than males.

I prefer male and if there is a male nurse I am very Happy 😊

For me, any type of exam (e.g. annual physical, dermatology visit, urology exam, etc) that would require me removing any of my clothing, I just feel more comfortable with a male doctor.

I have both, my gyn is an older male and he always explains what he is doing and makes sure I'm ok with it. My GP is also male but has a female Nurse Practitioner who sometimes takes the appointments, she is ok but generally just does the exam and does not explain what she is doing, the GP explains everything. So overall I prefer the male doctors.

Females provide more support and information.

I take the best one. If it s a female, it's ok, and if it's a male, it ok too

Always have had male Doctors. Nurses were female. I prefer males just because I can relate to them and I am more comfortable with men. Guess that is where the Medfet plays comes in.

Overall I prefer females, I tend to be more relaxed. That being said I've never had an issue with a male doctor.

I also prefer the most qualified doctor to look me over, male or female. Beyond that I have found over the years that the female doc is more gentle and thorough than a male doc. Thats been my findings.

I have had male doctors that tell me "it could be worse" or "I've seen worse than that" and I have had female doctors that told me "that should be looked at in more detail by a specialist. I once had a male doc tell me I was young and seemed to be in good health so lets talk sports for a bit and then told me he had a headache that wouldn't quit and said he might go home after I left. So yeah, I would choose a female doc over a male doc any day.

Definnitely female.