Obstetricians and gynecologists: Which characteristics do Israeli lesbians prefer?. Issue 2 (17th September 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Obstetricians and gynecologists: Which characteristics do Israeli lesbians prefer?. Issue 2 (17th September 2014)
- Main Title:
- Obstetricians and gynecologists: Which characteristics do Israeli lesbians prefer?
- Authors:
- Amir, Hadar
Gophen, Ruth
Amir Levy, Yifat
Hasson, Joseph
Gordon, David
Amit, Ami
Azem, Foad - Abstract:
- <abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="jog12512-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Aim</title> <p>The aim of this study was to explore lesbians' preferences when choosing obstetricians/gynecologists.</p> </sec> <sec id="jog12512-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Material and Methods</title> <p>This cross‐sectional study included 100 lesbian and 100 heterosexual women. A 40‐item questionnaire assessed the correlation between a patient's sexual identity and her specific preferences for obstetricians/gynecologists.</p> </sec> <sec id="jog12512-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>The top five most important parameters for both groups in choosing obstetricians/gynecologists overlapped greatly. Four of those were experience, ability, knowledge and personality. Only one parameter differed: lesbians ranked 'sexually tolerant' as the third most important characteristic while heterosexuals ranked 'availability' as the fifth most important characteristic. Lesbians rated 'sexual tolerance' significantly higher than heterosexuals (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001). More lesbians (56%) preferred female obstetricians/gynecologists compared to heterosexuals (21%) (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001). When compared to heterosexuals, more lesbians preferred female obstetricians/gynecologists for intimate and non‐intimate procedures (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001). But within the lesbian population, a higher percentage of subjects showed a preference<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="jog12512-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Aim</title> <p>The aim of this study was to explore lesbians' preferences when choosing obstetricians/gynecologists.</p> </sec> <sec id="jog12512-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Material and Methods</title> <p>This cross‐sectional study included 100 lesbian and 100 heterosexual women. A 40‐item questionnaire assessed the correlation between a patient's sexual identity and her specific preferences for obstetricians/gynecologists.</p> </sec> <sec id="jog12512-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>The top five most important parameters for both groups in choosing obstetricians/gynecologists overlapped greatly. Four of those were experience, ability, knowledge and personality. Only one parameter differed: lesbians ranked 'sexually tolerant' as the third most important characteristic while heterosexuals ranked 'availability' as the fifth most important characteristic. Lesbians rated 'sexual tolerance' significantly higher than heterosexuals (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001). More lesbians (56%) preferred female obstetricians/gynecologists compared to heterosexuals (21%) (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001). When compared to heterosexuals, more lesbians preferred female obstetricians/gynecologists for intimate and non‐intimate procedures (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001). But within the lesbian population, a higher percentage of subjects showed a preference for female obstetricians/gynecologists only for intimate procedures. Lesbians used the following to describe their preference for female obstetricians/gynecologists: feeling more comfortable; gentle; sympathetic; patient; more understanding of women's health; better physicians in general; and more sexually tolerant (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001 vs heterosexual). However, when we looked only at the lesbian population, the majority did not exhibit a preference for a female obstetrician/gynecologist for any of these reasons. The main reason given by the 56% of the lesbians who said they prefer female obstetricians/gynecologists was feeling more comfortable.</p> </sec> <sec id="jog12512-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>Overwhelmingly lesbians prefer sexually tolerant obstetricians/gynecologists regardless of their gender; however, only a small number of lesbian subjects in this study considered their obstetricians/gynecologists as displaying this characteristic.</p> </sec> </abstract> … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research. Volume 41:Issue 2(2015:Feb.)
- Journal:
- Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
- Issue:
- Volume 41:Issue 2(2015:Feb.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 41, Issue 2 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 41
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0041-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 283
- Page End:
- 293
- Publication Date:
- 2014-09-17
- Subjects:
- Gynecology -- Periodicals
Obstetrics -- Periodicals
618.1005 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1447-0756 ↗
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/jog.12512 ↗
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- English
- ISSNs:
- 1341-8076
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