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[chopsuey]

I guess the thing is, you are unlikely to know that the radiographer is a lesbian, so there is not that immediate discomfort  that you might have with a male viewing you in that way.

Personally, although I'm fine with male gynaecologists,  I would prefer not to have a male carrying out a mammogram. Maybe because with gynaecology, there is often more instrumentation involved, whereas a mammagram just feels a lot more intimate, given the amount of handling involved. Having said that,  on 2 out of the 3 occasions I have had one, I have been a bit unhappy with how rough the women have been with my breasts in trying to position them on the machine! Maybe I've just been unlucky.

[sheila99]

Yes, I've had a couple of female radiographers with sadistic tendencies too.

[jaypo]

Yes,me too, I have found the clamping down of the machine very uncomfortable on occasion. It's like getting blood taken,usually pretty pain free but then the next nurse it's yyyeeooowww 
Yes, it's the intimacy thing,I've usually always a male gynaecologist but it's not the same hands on as a mammogram.

[Emma]

Was it on here I read once of a woman boob clamped and the fire alarm went off? Everybody scarpered and left her trapped. It was a false alarm thankfully.

[Aprilflower]

My God 😱.

The mind boggles 😂

[jaypo]

Omg 😳😳😳😂🤣😂 that's the sort of thing that would happen to me 😂

[SundayGirl]

Was it on here I read once of a woman boob clamped and the fire alarm went off? Everybody scarpered and left her trapped. It was a false alarm thankfully.

That is so awful but so very funny. 


I think everyone can agree, no matter what our point of view is, that we'd all be extremely happy to see a man in uniform walk into the room to release us if it wasn't a false alarm. 

[jaypo]

  Nooooo sundaygirl,a hunky fireman and we're clamped in the machine? 

[SundayGirl]

Talking genuine fireman there not strippogram fireman  I know the way your mind works!

[jaypo]

 

[Terri123]

I'm also breast-free so mammograms are no longer cllinically indicated.   However, dealing with male healthcare professionals has never bothered me in the slightest. Good thing really, the amount of medical stuff I've had going on.

For me it makes no difference whatsoever what gender the member of staff is, I just want someone competent, communicative and compassionate.

I guess I'm just a lot more relaxed about this than some other respondents on this thread.  Everyone's different 

How do the respondents who are so against male radiographers doing mammograms feel about then being referred on to a male breast surgeon or a male oncologist?  Believe me, they touch, feel, manipulate one's breasts way more than a radiographer carrying out a mammogram.

[CLKD]

I wouldn't want a male doing my mammograms.  Also when I go to the lorry to have my exams there isn't much room for an extra woman in the room ........ I've never had problems with male GPs - usually whilst growing up in the 1950s - or other males in the nursing profession though most Nurses were women: very few Charge Nurses. I do wonder why men would want to train to do mammograms .....

It's box ticking. How many men have been trained that are not being utilised to do mammas does any1 know?

[Aprilflower]

I'm also breast-free so mammograms are no longer cllinically indicated.   However, dealing with male healthcare professionals has never bothered me in the slightest. Good thing really, the amount of medical stuff I've had going on.

For me it makes no difference whatsoever what gender the member of staff is, I just want someone competent, communicative and compassionate.

I guess I'm just a lot more relaxed about this than some other respondents on this thread.  Everyone's different 

How do the respondents who are so against male radiographers doing mammograms feel about then being referred on to a male breast surgeon or a male oncologist?  Believe me, they touch, feel, manipulate one's breasts way more than a radiographer carrying out a mammogram.

My breast surgeon was female but there was still a Macmillan nurse in the room.

Regular mammograms are just you and the radiographer, that's the difference.

[Aprilflower]

One thing I would add regarding chaperones.  Throughout my life, when ever there has been an intermate examination by a male doctor, there has always been a female staff member present.

If you think about it, that's also protect the doctor from any false accusations.

It's not just about protecting the patient.

[Ayesha]

How do the respondents who are so against male radiographers doing mammograms feel about then being referred on to a male breast surgeon or a male oncologist?  Believe me, they touch, feel, manipulate one's breasts way more than a radiographer carrying out a mammogram.

The two scenarios are different, going for a routine mammogram I definitely would not want to be handled by a man alone in a room carrying out such a personal and intimate procedure, no matter what his qualifications are.
If I was then referred to the breast clinic then I would be more than happy, as I was in the past,  for a male doctor to examine me as I would be in a room with more than just the doctor present.
Both situations can be completely different to the other.