Does the gender of your doctor make a difference to you?

I like a male Gynecologist. In our newspaper this morning there was a joke, a male gynecologist is like a mechanic who has never had a car. I thought that was good. But I did have one bad female gyn at the emergency room. She was uncaring, thoughtless and tried to argue with me that my insurance wouldn't pay and tried to get me to go home. She made me mad and she left me while tending to other patients for hours and was surprised I was still there. I was in severe burning pain and she wanted me to wait three days until my reg. Dr. came back. She was a jerk. I think there are good, caring drs. in both sexes, my current male generalist is like a caring father. I did have a really good male gyn once, he told me if he hurt me, I could kick him in the head! Interesting discussion.

If it's for a cut finger....anyone will do....but for "woman" stuff...I like it to be another woman.

It used to be not much of a deal to me. I have a family doctor who is a male (very old and experience male now) and he is really good in treating me and my family. However, I have been watching news of some psycho male doctors who abuse their "privileges" to harass their female clients during the examination or operation. Then I start to think that if my family doctor retires, I would definitely get a female doctor to be safe!

I have never had a woman doctor but would like to try. I think they would be more understanding of womens needs and how they function. I think I would prefer a woman gynocologist. I will have to find one.

I just want one who listens. I've had good and bad doctors of both genders so really don't have a preference. I don't stick around very long with any doctor who doesn't listen to what I'm saying and really try to find out what the problem is. My Mom is the opposite of you. She prefers male physicians. I wonder if it's an age thing because I've heard alot of older people say they like guy doctors better.

My Doctor is a Male. I like him just fine. But I have thought that if he would ever retire I might get a female the next time, A friend of mine has a female Doctor and she just raves about her. So I would probly go to her Doctor. It is nice to have a referral from a close friend..

My personal physician is a man, actually the doctor's office only cater's to men, but I have worked places where we have had to take a physicals to get hired and they had women doctors give them. The first time I had a woman doctor give me a physical and she told me to turn my head and cough for a hernia check I turned my head and sighed.

I always work with doctors and am always at ease with them be it a male or a female. I can open up to any gender, maybe because I know them too well. Male doctors are caring and have deep concern too, they are not just showy like the female ones.

I think it does. My dr is a woman and shes really good and nice. My daughter use to have a man dr and he didn't say much of anything and her being my first child he should of said more then what he did. I switched drs since and I can tell a difference with my younger one the care she now gets is alot better. She does more things with them. maybe its not just the gender but more of the type of person you see. I know I would never go see a man gyno.

Yes, it really matters with me. I always go to OB Gyne for consultatio. I'm comfortable with female doctors. I don't like male doctors because there's a shy feeling inside me even I know that they are doctors and they are used with this. Specially with internal examination I'm more comfortable with female doctor's rather than male.

I have had both a woman doctor and a man doctor. A woman doctor, since I am a woman, has taken the time to explain things to me more than a man. Plus a man doesn't know what it is like to go through some of the things us woman have to endure, so they just don't know. When I go see my doctor she spends at least half an hour with me and she answers all of my questions with real answers. When I had a man doctor I found I was in and out of his office in 5 minutes. It was like, NEXT. He just wanted to see as many people a day as he could so he gets paid more from medicare. At least that is the way he made me feel. For example, when I went to him to get a perscription for estrogen, and I asked him a few questions about my menopause he just told me to get my perscription filled and if I had more questions to ask the pharmasist. He never answered any of my questions. So I found a female doctor and have been happy ever since. Alrighty then, talk to you later my friend, Have a good mylotting day, Chris

I've been treated by both, I think that women have a more caring attitude and they have a sense of well being when treating someone. My orthopedis is a male, we are about the same age so we can grow old together. I guess I prefer a man because he would know what I'm going through.

Hello, Women in genrall are gentel and caring thats why she's taking all her time to make sure you are okay.i like the female physicains but i dont go to them with my problems i prefer a man to handle my case.cos am open to a man than a woman . As long as you are being attended to thats okay.

i am a woman and i also prefer physicians who are woman to be my primary doctor. but when it comes to working with them i think i get along easily with male physicians. not that i choose them its just that i can converse well with males compared to females.

One thing that we tend to forget is that gender issues aside, the doctors have all been trained in basically the same system. This means that much of how they relate to patients can be traced to their training program and not their gender, not to mention basic personalities.my wife doctor is a man.

No preference. I haven't been to a doctor in years and don't plan to in the near future lol. Doctors are doctors, if they weren't professional, they wouldn't be able to get any work. Gender doesn't change how comfortable I am with someone who's job it is to look after my health.

I was smiling when I read your discussion and when you so many times said that you love men. I am not narrow minded and not like those people who don't want to go opposite genders of doctors. Doctor is a respectable profession, they have studied for years just to make us patients feel better. Its just a matter of human psychy that you are having some problems with male doctors or specialitst because over past years you are going to a female physician and you are used to that. You will manage in some time. Its a natural behaviour everyone goes through.

As a Man I agree with you. Being a woman if a female Physician is available and well mature and intelligent and caring there is no match for woman. Woman can discuss her problems freely and without any hesitation. If the female physician is not available at time there is no problem to contact the male one also. In my views one maintain a second option. If that too is not available then there is no option in emergency. Take care & have a nice day.

i think most of the women prefer a lady doctor!! coz they would feel more comfortable with them!! and more over explaining the symptoms would be a bit easier in the case of the lady doctors!!! if it was a male doc.. then we would have the hesitation of how could i tell him is ,that.. so on!!! thats not the case in the female physician!!!

Being a female,I have got to say female doctor.My husband wished he had a male doctor for his physical last year.Having a female was a real blow to his manhood.