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Julie25 · 12-15-2009, 01:18 AM

They should but they almost never work that way.

The way it works in most office is that the woman books the appointment six months in advance. When she arrives, the nurse rips the paper off of the table and tells the patient to get undressed and get on it. Then the doctor comes in and does the test. Then he leaves while the patient gets dressed. I have never in my life seen a doctor return to talk to the patient after that. They are all very rushed and have many patients to see, so they don't come back for Part II of an appointment. Even if one ever did come back I would have wanted to discuss things with him BEFORE, not after!

I realize that there are probably more doctors who are fearful of neurotic women accusing them of wrongdoing than the other way around, but still, WHY CAN'T WOMEN BE GIVEN CHOICE? Would this cause major serious difficulties? Would it be an extremely serious crime to give women a choice? What's so terribly wrong with CHOICE?

Being liberated I believe ALL women should be entitled to choice and not just a few, especially with regard to their own bodies. After all, their bodies belong to them and not to anyone else.

I can understand also that many doctors would be disgusted and/or feel threatened by bold, overly-sexed patients. I would feel the same. I just wish there was a way to give everyone rights without limiting them to only the doctor and one particular type of patient. If only some imaginative person could think of an ideal solution!

Possibly the best, if male doctors are fearful of women, is to put thousands more WOMEN through medical school. While I prefer male doctors because I'm self-conscious in front of women (knowing they like to compare to themselves just as men do), given the choice I would still rather go to ONE female doctor who didn't require an audience than to one male doctor who did.

What's stopping me from doing that?, you might ask. "The shortage of female doctors!"

12-15-2009, 01:18 AM	#47 (permalink)
Julie25 Upright	They should but they almost never work that way. The way it works in most office is that the woman books the appointment six months in advance. When she arrives, the nurse rips the paper off of the table and tells the patient to get undressed and get on it. Then the doctor comes in and does the test. Then he leaves while the patient gets dressed. I have never in my life seen a doctor return to talk to the patient after that. They are all very rushed and have many patients to see, so they don't come back for Part II of an appointment. Even if one ever did come back I would have wanted to discuss things with him BEFORE, not after! I realize that there are probably more doctors who are fearful of neurotic women accusing them of wrongdoing than the other way around, but still, WHY CAN'T WOMEN BE GIVEN CHOICE? Would this cause major serious difficulties? Would it be an extremely serious crime to give women a choice? What's so terribly wrong with CHOICE? Being liberated I believe ALL women should be entitled to choice and not just a few, especially with regard to their own bodies. After all, their bodies belong to them and not to anyone else. I can understand also that many doctors would be disgusted and/or feel threatened by bold, overly-sexed patients. I would feel the same. I just wish there was a way to give everyone rights without limiting them to only the doctor and one particular type of patient. If only some imaginative person could think of an ideal solution! Possibly the best, if male doctors are fearful of women, is to put thousands more WOMEN through medical school. While I prefer male doctors because I'm self-conscious in front of women (knowing they like to compare to themselves just as men do), given the choice I would still rather go to ONE female doctor who didn't require an audience than to one male doctor who did. What's stopping me from doing that?, you might ask. "The shortage of female doctors!" Last edited by Julie25; 12-15-2009 at 01:53 AM..