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Originally Posted by Jamie89

I imagine this would have also been a very humiliating experience for the nurse, she didn't actually do anything wrong and it should be noted that she's doing an important job that helps and potentially saves the lives of a lot of women, she isn't a pervert to be afraid of. I imagine the patient understands that and wouldn't have wanted to cause her any more distress considering she didn't want her named. But yes she felt uncomforatable and made a complaint and the error was corrected, so this was sorted without hassle? So I do struggle a bit to see the big problem in all of this? Unless the suggestion is that transexual people shouldn't be allowed to become nurses in the first place?
Personally I think in an ideal world something like sex/gender wouldn't matter when it comes to medical issues because a medical professional is just that, and is doing a job to help their patient.

Many women find this procedure very intrusive and hate having it done. Many delay getting it done as a result. It will only serve to put women off getting it done at all as many women only want it done by female nurses. If some don’t mind that’s fine but no-one has the right to force the added tarauma of having it done by a man onto others?

Maybe if a self-identified transgender nurse can’t understand that he can’t really know what it’s like to be a woman and how such procedures can make many women feel.