Why do people only want one gender's opinion on medical questions?

Question

Alot of men and women only want a man or womans answers on questions that can be answered by all. I have 2 years of OBGYN training and know more about the female body than most women and im willing to be alot of women out there know alot about the male body so why the gender specific requests? You can't be embarassed online so please explain...not criticisim just curious.

I understand the emotional and experience related questions that is why i specified medical questions. I am fully aware i do not know more about females than females, again i specified medically, i know im still in training and understand how people feel in reguards to things like this is a big deal in the medical field as some have said they are more comfortable with their own gender. Thanks for all the info very helpful. And i suggest to any aspiring medical professional to try to answer questions on her cause it keeps you sharp and forces you to keep all topics fresh in your mind....if it makes me a geek in find with that as long as it makes me a better medic. Again thank good luck all

Lori, im afraid i cannot provide you with proof due to my currently location in the wonderous country of iraq, i am an army combat medic who spends his free time educating himself in medication specifically OBGYN. I suggest that any man who wants to have a child learn a little cause i personally wanna deliever my own child when my wife finally have children.

Pic- you are very welcome..give it time it'll work..trust me;).
Lori, your question about docs, i cannot atest to everyone but i can say that in my experience alot of doctors ESPIALLY OBGYN's get either sick of their work (which i think they shoudl change fields) or they are intimidated by it. I studied medicine for a while and Gyno is by far the most intimidating due the large number of hormonal problems that cause a million differnt things to happen, so some docs i suppose are simply scared of you or they are getting pressure from their bosses to see more patients (and yes that exists in our field) I hope you find a more caring doctor, every patient should be treated with care, personal opinion. Oh and the OBGYN field is EXTREAMLY lacking because of many reasons, one is malpractice suits can be files even if you do the right thing so doctors avoid it for flat out legal reasons, which is why many hospitals dont even have an OBGYN...sad but the way of our sue happy world. Good luck.

Answer 1

You have 2 years of OBGYN training? are you a doctor? Prove it.

Women feel safe asking other women for their opinions because men can be unkind and ignorant in their comments, or worse - totally perverted and dangerous.

This is Yahoo, not an intellectual meeting place. It's a nameless, faceless, totally unprofessional forum that is probably seething with lowlifes. The reason women on here don't want to tell you about their body or medical issues is because nobody trusts you, with good reason.

PER YOUR SIDE NOTE: Point taken - I realize now you were referring to medical issues in general, not solely those raised here on Yahoo. As for your education and your location, best of luck to you - you seem like a smart fellow. As for when you have children, your wife will be delivering the baby, and hopefully she will feel comfortable having you be the medical professional on hand, but i think that should be her choice.
As a woman, I think all OBGYN service is lacking - I constantly feel slighted and/or rushed by the doctors I have seen, male and female. It seems that if you are a 30-something single woman who is sexually active, safe, clean and has legitimate questions, doctors have less time and patience to devote to you than if you were a married woman who is pregnant, mothering, etc. I have felt judged (and mis-judged!) by doctors on many occasions, for no real reason except for the fact that they are too busy (?), have too many patients to see, or are made uncomfortable by questions about sexual health! What is up with that?

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Answer 3

People have a tendency to think that bodily issues are specific to gender. And from what I've read, the majority of the questions on here are specific areas to a particular gender. And yes, women do know men's bodies....externally. They don't know the feelings of a man's parts and if something could be wrong. If you were a guy, do you want women answering questions about "why are my testicles hurting?". What woman could honestly answer that? A medically educated guess at the most. If a woman..."I've been having really bad cramps lately....what's wrong?" What man could even begin to fathom a guess?? Unless medically educated. And not everyone here is medically educated. They are looking for answers from people who have "been there, done that" kind of thing. Just looking for insight...not being gender biased, hon. Shoot, I've been to doctors (!) that I have brought up female stuff and they were like "Uuuh...oooh....mmmmph....well, you need to go see such-an-such" and it was just birth control. It's a sociological preferential response. Go further in your education and you'll understand more.

Answer 4

It's kinda like cooking... someone can give you the recipe, and you can get it done ok, but there are some times when you need the secret hint or secret ingredient. People of the same gender have these hints, while people of the opposite gender just know the basics, and have no experience. And actually, just because it's the Internet and no one knows who you are, you CAN still be embarrassed... some people embarrass themselves just thinking about who might be reading their question or something. It's just built-in modesty. Anyway, I'm much more comfortable thinking about a woman that knows about a woman's body than I am thinking about how a man got to know about a woman's body, whether it was medical training or not.

Answer 5

Probably for the same reason I don't ever want to have a male gyno again. And a lot of times, the guys come up with rude answers, and it is a serious question. So if you want to answer a question that says females only, and you can do it without being rude and crude, go ahead. I haven't stated gender questions, but I can see how some women wouldn't smart alek remarks to their questions......

Answer 6

Most men and women who know about the opposite sex don't spend there free time answering questions here so they want to hear from somebody that knows the answer. And they seem more comfortable hearingfrom someone who would actually understand the problem.

Answer 7

For a begin, i am not transsexual, so my reply is more often than not from what i have determined round me .. Alright, i believe that the phrases "masculine" and "female" are out of situation to your query.. Because finally the ones adjectives are made up by way of societies.. It's now not the frame that makes the character be both one, it is the manner the character clothes, the way in which they speak/stroll, the way in which they behave.. it is extra approximately how the character acts and now not what they seem like, that is what i have spotted.. For illustration, being powerful is a masculine trait ( i do not agree of that , however society says so ) and being emotional and crying is a female trait .. From what i have noticeable, FtMs are lovely masculine to me, however the boobs look to be the intent why society continues addressing those men as ladies.. But the pursuit of surgical procedure is for individual explanations, comfortably due to the fact they wish to think like themselves of their our bodies, they wish the external to compare the within.. Firstly it is approximately their eyes seeing themselves at the external as they have got alwayz noticeable themselves within the within, and secondly it is approximately society ultimately accepting them as they're and utilising the proper pronouns and such stuff..

Answer 8

It's probably embarrassment. Also,a man does not have a vagina, so how much could he really know about tampon insertion? You may know all the facts, but you've never had to put one into yourself. The same could be said for women, with male specific problems.

Answer 9

You just THINK you know more about women's bodies than women do. You are incorrect. You know scientific things, but not emotional ones. You know medical ones, but not the real pain. Open up your mind and realize that you are still in training.

Answer 10

It has more to do with comfort. I would rather see a woman Gyn than a man, and I would rather get questions answered from a woman - especially if they can relate to the topic.