re: #767 unrealizedviewpoint

How do they feel about prostate exams?

Less than enthusiastic. Like everyone else. I don’t know if they were any more upset about it when the examiner was female, though, because I’m male, so I wasn’t there.

That brings up another interesting point though. A male doctor performing a pelvic exam on a female patient, even a gynecologist who does it all day long, is required to have a female nurse or other female staff member present. However, a female doctor who’s doing a prostate exam, scrotal exam, or any kind of exam on a male patient is not required to have any sort of chaperone present.