wanderingchana -“I had an amazing female OB/GYN with my first birth. I had a patronizing, condescending male OB/GYN with my second. I agree with interjection – I don’t know why men go into this field.”
interjection -“It’s nice to hear that a man approves of male Ob/gynos. I will not state my opinion on what I think of men who choose to go into the field. Suffice it to say that as a woman, I respectfully disagree.”
Yes, there are exceptions to every rule. I never said it’s impossible to find a good, competent female Ob/gyn.
I was giving my perspective from both angles as a father and as a professional.
What I don’t understand is your perception of men who go into the field? The guy must me a pervert acc. to your way of thinking. We must not live in a free society where anyone in the world can get anything they want with the type of a few keystrokes.
I can understand you being uncomfortable with a man provider, but that doesn’t mean the guy is a perv. It’s your projection.
There are many reasons males want to become Ob/gyn’s. Two off the top of my head are money -they make a nice living. Also, at least by OB, it’s basically the only area in medicine where providers are involved with bringing life into this world instead of preventing death.