sven mulick

Go for it Anxious Patient. There's no excuse for them doing that to you, and even if there was you deserve to know why. Sounds like a miserable situation. I can only hope I never get treated the way you are. If you make a stand it will be better for you and make it a little easier for future patients.

Whichever he decides it will be great to have another man in the nursing field.

I don't see how kids fresh out of high school or even still in high school would make better nurses or be more deserving of a nursing career than ex-factory workers. What the OP is saying is ridiculous. If a lot of the advertising is to get more men to investigate nursing careers I think the advertising and recruiters are doing a great thing. We need male nurses so badly that I think any kind of recruitment is great. If I had a choice of a female nurse or a male ex-factory working nurse I would take the man 100% of the time, especially for intimate exams or procedures. What you're saying OP is very insulting and ridiculous.

First of all Anxious Patient there are many different authors with many differing viewpoints on that blog. But also I think the idea that many men have is if we don't get a choice why should they (women)? If male nurses can't do certain things or go certain places with female patients why should the female nurses be able to do with male patients what male nurses can't do with females? If female nurses are allowed to work in Urology clinics and other areas of men's health as well as with naked men in all clinics and hospitals why aren't male nurses allowed in ObGyn or other female related situations? Females not only work in those places, they dominate them. Men realize "if we can't beat them, join them", but that is not allowed. So of course many men are going to support the male nurse and his lawsuit. Apparently what's good for the goose is NOT good for the gander, both in gender choices and nursing duties.

what a horrible woman that doctor is. she is the perfect example as to why men avoid medical exams. she should be number one on her list. i liked most of the comments. other than tutonka the commenters expressed concern for the dignity of male patients and the reality that men are treated far worse than female patients. i've heard it's very common for female doctors, nurses and others to insult or demean men just to try to be funny or show their lack of concern or respect for their dignity and self-image. things that would never be said to female patients by either gender. they also do it to show the power they have over the patient. i love how the obgyn that commented decided to fire the terrible nurse (or whatever she was) on the spot. it should always be done that way. male nurses are constantly walking on glass and know that one dumb mistake will get them fired when and if they deal with female patients. female doctors, nurses and techs believe they are untouchable and they usually are. i agree with many when i say that my number one concern with seeking medical help is the lack of respect, modesty, dignity and privacy that women show male patients. as someone said, we can usually choose the gender of the doctor we see and i am very comfortable with male doctors but we don't get to choose our nurses, aides or techs and almost always get stuck with females. that's just not acceptable. it blows my mind when medical "professionals" can't understand that, or most likely pretend not to understand. i will give an uneducated guess (though i have done much research) that the reason the vast majority of men won't seek medical care is the same as mine. when will the medical world understand that, or stop pretending?

I'm not gay, but if I need intimate care I would accept a gay male nurse over a female nurse any day.

I would trade pain for autonomy any day. If I have to suffer a little in order to make sure no females were ever in the room for the procedure I will. I don't trust the medical world enough to let them knock me out. I need to know what is happening with my body and who is seeing it. Versed is terrible.

i agree with you 100% cul2. to me, sending in a female cna to do intimate care on me is inappropriate. to send in a 16 year old female is very insulting. both gender and age make a difference to me, but apparently i'm not a person since pmfb-rn said "the two years in age is not going to matter to anyone." so i'm not anyone. pmfb-rn knows me better than i do. i can't believe that somebody who considers himself or herself a "professional" could say something so ridiculous. how could anyone claim to know what everyone believes? 16 is way too young. why is cul2 the only person on this string that cares about the patients? while everyone is so concerned about the precious 16 year old's feelings men are suffering the indignity of being gawked at and fondled by children. i think it would be wrong to let your daughter be involved with that class. should underage kids be allowed to drink or smoke if they seem mature for their age? if your daughter has a conscience how will she feel when she sees how humiliated a man is while she's washing his genitals? people in the nursing field are trained to not care about the patients' humiliation but aren't there any nurses or aides that are able to put themselves in the shoes of the patient and care about their feelings? age and gender both matter.