Do gynecologists test flexibility?
Ok I'm a guy and I was wondering if gyno's really test for flexibility it seemed really inappropriate...
shareA doctor shoving his hand up a patient's vagina is more than just inappropriate. Doctors will feel for certain things, but not anything like that.
"Did you, did you need to hear their death agonies to know your... your omnipotence?"
Nothing he did was normal or proper.
They never use an entire hand, and a female has to present if it's a male doctor.
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Um, no. Another female does not have to present if it's a male doctor.
The doctor in the movie was definitely out of line and not behaving the way an OBGYN should, but there's no requirement for another female to be present just because the doctor is male.
All I know is that every time I've had a male OBGYN, he made a female come into the room at the same time, so legal or not, most of them do it.
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Aagh; you're a HEDGE!
The ones you've been to do not count as "most of them". I've been to two male docs and there was never a nurse present, same goes for my friends and sisters. It is not the norm to have a nurse present.
shareI had a female nurse present in the room the only time I had a male doctor examine my vagina. I was having problems with "bleed through" whilst I was on contraception.
What actually happens depends on the country and the procedures of the particular clinic.
In the UK there's a female member of staff present whenever a male doctor does such an intimate examination UNLESS you as the patient specify otherwise. There's multiple reasons/possibilities for this:
1. Sometimes women feel more comfy with another woman in the room when stuff like this happens. People are instinctively protective of their sexual organs.
2. Protects the doctor against false sexual assault claims. They happen, they wreck careers, and they're expensive.
3. Help if the patient has a panic attack or epileptic fit or has a specific need which requires two people to help with. Some patients just need an extra pair of hands or presence for one reason or another.
When I had my colposcopy and cervical biopsy I had two female medical staff with me. It may have been because the equipment required 2 people, it may have been because I've had panic attacks in the past. It may have even been just to keep me occupied so I don't squirm and thus ruin the imaging and biopsy.
You ALWAYS wear gloves when you do many types of physical examinations in case you come into contact with blood or sexual fluids. Blood and sexual fluids are high risk for carrying disease. Bleeding can be internal and the blood system goes pretty much everywhere around the body, and the vagina constantly creates a "mucus" which can carry disease. Heck, even without the sperm, male ejaculate and pre-cum can carry STDs.
The only times I have had gloveless examinations by doctors was when I've had blood pressure, pulse, and what I like to call "pressure" tests where they press down on an area and you tell them if it hurts. Then again I had no wounds on the areas in question (kidneys in case anyone's wondering). If there were wounds present, they'd wear gloves.
If you're caught even taking blood samples without gloves, you get disciplined and possibly fired.
I was watching that and just cringing and going "AUGH THAT IS NOT OK!" I was watching this movie with my boyfriend and my younger brother and I was trying to get across to them how un-okay that part was, lol, and was like "no no no they don't do that! oh my god not his whole hand! AUUUGH!"
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