Comments on: Duke It Out: Girl or Guy Gyno?

By: rhj

rhj — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:56:58 +0000

I'm of the opinion that men shouldn't be gynos. It just seems wrong. They are men after all. You cannot convince me that they are not sizing up all the thingies they check out. Especially attractive young women. Also, women, in my experience are more considerate during the exam and easier to talk to after. Another thing, I have a close friend whose cousin is training to be a lady doctor and even admitted that although he behaves in a professional manner, he cannot help but feel a thrill while examining a pretty girl's vagina and breasts. Really, how could he not? Thousands of years of biology and reproductive urges!!! Think about it.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:46:41 +0000

Eliz52 is correct, after living overseas for a few years, I found out these exams are of no value but risk our health. I stopped them 10 years ago now and feel great.

I look at my poor friends and they're all having useless biopsies of the cervix and breasts and a few have lots of damage to the cervix which will cause problems for them if they want children. Foreign doctors will tell you straight, this is about money and extreme defensive medicine and WILL harm you.

My risk of cervix cancer is very low as my BF & I were virgins at the start – you can't get HPV from a virgin and all cervix cancer is linked to HPV. My risk with paps in this country is a 95% chance of a false positive and biopsy at some stage but my risk from cancer is near zero. Our doctors would still test me every year if they could, they really don't care about my health.

I go straight to my computer and send an email to my Dr in Amsterdam if I want rational, sound and evidence based advice.

Open your eyes everyone, you're risking your health with these barbaric exams…if you want to have a pap, only every 5 years and not before you're 30. The Dutch have the option of self-collected sample testing as well – also, with the HPV test (used sparingly because it produces even more false positives) you can space paps out to 7 yearly, even 10 yearly. (unless you change your sexual partner)

Those websites are excellent, thanks, Eliz52

By: Eliz52

Eliz52 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:57:50 +0000

I don’t understand why you’re going to gynaecologists at all…it’s completely unnecessary and likely to harm you.
Our doctors have never recommended routine gyn exams in symptom-free women – the clinical evidence for routine pelvic exams is poor/low and expose you to risk. (more unnecessary and harmful interventions even surgery and the removal of healthy ovaries)
Routine breast – no evidence they bring down the death rate, but they cause biopsies which some say are a risk factor for cancer.
Pap tests – get to the facts. The evidence has been clear for years that testing women under 25 is unsafe and unreliable, 25-29 very risky – both groups produce sky high numbers of false positives while cancer in this group is very rare and the few cases are usually missed by smears anyway. (false negatives and usually adenocarcinomas – the pap is bad at picking up this very rare type of cervical cancer)
Finland has the lowest rates of cc and the lowest rates of over-diagnosis in the world – they offer testing 5 yearly from 30 – 5 to 7 tests in total.
Virgins, women in lifetime mutually monogamous relationships, women who’ve had full hysterectomies for benign conditions don’t benefit from smears. Some other women (mainly low risk) choose to test infrequently or not at all as the risks exceed the benefits for some of them.

Birth control and cancer screening are unrelated – American doctors hold pills hostage until you have screening – that is illegal and against the Patient Bill of Rights. Challenge and report these doctors. The Pill requires a blood pressure test and your medical history.
You are all living medical lives and it’s harmful – you end up having a whopping 600,000 hysterectomies every year (most unnecessary) and 95% of you will have colposcopy and usually a biopsy in your lifetime – when the top risk of this cancer is 1%, that’s awful over-treatment.
When 99% of women don’t benefit from smears and 0.35% get false negatives – only 0.65% benefit from smears, you need to consider this testing carefully and protect your health and cervix.
See: Blogcritics and Unnecessary pap smears;
Dr Joel Sherman’s medical privacy under women’s privacy issues – see articles by American pathologist, Richard DeMay (provides the stats mentioned above) and Angela Raffle, UK screening expert (1000 women need regular screening for 35 years to save ONE woman from cervical cancer – BMJ 2003)

By: Eliz52

Eliz52 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:59:50 +0000

Also, if you're worried about STI's a simple urine test is all you need…for some reason your doctors are obsessed with pelvic exams that are completely unnecessary and harmful.

There really is no good reason to put yourselves through this ordeal.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:12:36 +0000

I’ve never gone and need to go. I never liked the idea of a woman therefore I was more confortable with the idea of a guy until one of my male friends who is in school to be a gyno admitted he was only in it to get paid for what he does best…”Pussy Examinations”. Now, I just don’t know what to do. The pictures of gyno’s in the telephone directory are crazy…the males look like freaks and the females look like dykes. I’m at a standstill for something I need to do.

By: axt113

axt113 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:50:28 +0000

I sense many closet lesbians (self-loathing?) in this thread

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:36:26 +0000

I'm a guy and nothing against male gynos but my fiance will never see a male doctor I know they are highly trained professionals but would feel invaded if another man doctor or not touched my fiance down below. I mean even though some guys won't admit it if their girlfriend fiance or wife sees a male gyno it ticks them off. Its like I would only let a male doctor touch me out of respect. And personal opinion guys should not be allowed to practice gynocology.

By: Quantiva

Quantiva — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:41:39 +0000

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Dirtbags

Fucking

Sluts

By: Brittney

Brittney — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:39:31 +0000

I personally like having a male because if they are hot I like to get more then their fingers up my pussy. If you know what I mean

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:35:28 +0000

I went for my first one yesterday and I had a hot guy do it for me . I got his number and went and had a fun time with him this morning.s