Do people lowkey think that males with gyn interest are 'pervs'?

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maybe not pervs, but you know, lol

when males pursue gynecology do people in the back of their minds laugh or smirk that they are going into that field, or does everyone know it's obviously a serious necessary profession and doesn't think twice about it?
 
From what I've seen with trainees, some men in OB-GYN subspecialize in gynocologic oncology, maternal-fetal medicine (high risk pregnancies), and reproductive endocrinology (infertility treatment). Do any of those sound pervy??

I mean no disrespect to my sisters, but I would think that engaging with the pelvic region all day long in the way the physician does, and with the patients who seek care for problems in that region, would not be "a turn on" for 99.9999999% of people who are attracted to women.
 
Absolutely not.

However I will say that being a male on the gyn service made the field an immediate non-starter for me. Despite enjoying OB-Gyn and especially gynecology oncology many patients, not just one or two, would ask me things in a negative tone like “why would you want to be a gynecologist?”, or act incredibly awkward in clinic, or flat refuse to see a male. The older and oncology patients were generally more neutral/positive encounters. That got old quick so I can’t imagine an entire career of that. Gyn and especially gyn-onc are really amazing fields that shouldn’t be restricted to female physicians. Males that go into these are committed to the field, much like female Urologists.

As a corollary I think many younger patients share your thoughts about male ob-gyns whereas in the past they largely didn’t.
 
Pervs? Probably not. Do the vast majority of women prefer a female physician over a male when dealing with uro/gyn? Absolutely. This is especially true when dealing with younger females. I don’t think I’ve ever had a female 40+ ask for a female physician but I’ve had numerous 20 years olds flat out refuse pelvics from a male. I’m not saying this is right or wrong or anything, just what I’ve observed over the years.
 
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Do GI’s like it up the.....I think OP gets the point lol
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I mean...this does look like something Mr. Gray would have...

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No, don’t think it’s pervy. On another note my husband did say he would divorce me if I go into urology.
 
No, I can assure you they don't. I strongly considered that as a career. It tends to be the one of the most polarizing in medical school. You either love it or hate it. It's really neat that you get to bring new life into this world with usually happy endings (healthy babies and mothers), become really good at a few specific surgical procedures (c-sections and hysterectomies), and have a nice mix of pathology. It has gotten better over the years as it transitioned from solo practices to group practices. Most of my female friends actually prefer male OBGYN doctors for some reason.
 
Yes. Also, anesthesiologists are all somnophiliacs, and forensic pathologists are all necrophiliacs. When people choose career paths for themselves, there always have to be underlying sexual motivations.
 
I think some people do, but like everyone else here has said, most people don't think that way.

My take on it is more in the realm of fairness for lack of a better word. In a field like urology where the patients can be any sex, women urologists still comprise roughly < 10% of all the urologists out there. Compare that to ob/gyn where the patient population is only female and roughly 45% of obgyns are men. I think far more people bristle at the idea of a female urologist than a male obgyn.
 
in my exp, i’d argue that men are more likely to be viewed as having ‘noble’ or ‘genuine’ scientific interest in gynecological health whereas women ob/gyns are more likely to be seen as ‘self-interested’ unfortunately
 
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in my exp, i’d argue that men are more likely to be viewed as having ‘noble’ or ‘genuine’ scientific interest in gynecological health whereas women ob/gyns are more likely to be seen as ‘self-interested’ unfortunately
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Is it that far-fetched to think that some female Ob/Gyns chose to specialize in women's health at least partly because of their own experiences as women, and because it allows them to care for their sexual ilk? I suspect that, on the whole, self-interest plays a bigger role for female Ob/Gyns than male ones. That being said, there's nothing inherently ignoble or insincere about devoting one's life to one's in-group, nor is there something inherently noble and genuine about devoting one's life to one's out-group.
 
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