I don't think men should be gynecologists
Summary
A woman on the subway argues that men shouldn't be gynecologists, calling it "a bit performative" that male doctors choose to specialize in the one body part they don't have. Kareem agrees. The conversation escalates quickly. Why would a 15-year-old boy decide he wants to be a gynecologist? The guest says she'd tell her son to do surgery instead, something more with his life. Then things get wild. She declares that every podiatrist is a pervert because "no one's passionate about feet unless they want to suck on toes." Kareem calls it a hot take. The rider isn't backing down though, insisting that if someone's becoming a foot doctor, it's not about helping people with pain when there are so many other ways to help.
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So, what's your take? I don't think men should be gynecologists.
100% agree. Why are men gynecologists? I don't know.
It makes no sense. I honestly think it's a bit performative in a way. Like they could study anything in the human body and they're choosing the one part that they don't have. Vaginas. Vaginas. And they think they're doing a favor to women, but women don't want to see male gynecologists.
Because it's uncomfortable? It's uncomfortable. You have to lay on a table with putting your leg in stirrups with your like legs open and this guy that you don't know is putting his face in your private part.
Face? Like he's like looking.
Oh, okay. Just taking a peek. Taking a peek.
They always tell you to like you know, do what you love and you'll never work another day in your life. So maybe the gynecologist is just like I love ___. Sure, but a lot of the time women are going to the gynecologist cuz there's something going on down there that's not ideal. So if like a guy is going there to kind of improve his personal life in a way and he's going and seeing all the stuff, I'd feel that he'd be deterred. Yeah.
It's too much. Yeah. I don't want my husband doing that all day.
I don't either. I mean, when I was a kid I wanted to be a veterinarian cuz I liked animals. Different. You're not putting your face in a vagina. That's what I'm saying. I wanted to be a veterinarian cuz I liked animals. I don't know, man, if I was 15 and I was like, "You know what I like? I'm going to be a gynecologist."
Yeah, and also to do that, if you're doing that, like you can't have cuz they're clients. Like you're not going there, you know what I mean? It's like so if you had a son and he was like, "Mom, I think I want to be a gynecologist," I would say, "Son, why don't you go into surgery?" Do more with your life. Yeah, and you also don't want to be a podiatrist. That's fine.
Oh. Unless you have a foot kink. If I was going to become a foot doctor, it would be because I like feet.
It's not cuz you want to help people from pain? Well, there's so many things to help.
Right. Why the foot? No one's passionate about feet unless they want to suck on toes. Every podiatrist is a pervert.
Hot take.