Hi my name is Fred and I'm an artist, consequently I've had to do a zillion! different jobs to support myself over the years; a while back I saw an add in a college paper posted by a small medical college seeking men and women to be models for a physical exam class, it said that it would require an hour or two and pay a small fee, the college wasn't far away so I went up to respond to the add cause I needed the money (by the way this is a true! story so I won't mention the name of the college or actual names of individuals)
so I went into the office there and told the receptionist that I was interested in the physical exam class, she told me that, yes they still needed people for the classes and that I could do it if I wanted, I kind of sensed that there might be some women involved in the class; doing the exams (I noticed a lot of females in medical uniforms and few men) and I was a little concerned about that, so I asked and she said yes there are quite a few female interns in the program are you O.K. with that? I wasn't really sure if I was but I needed the money so I said sure; she said fine then, you do have to undergo a brief screening exam with one of our staff doctors prior to coming to the class; in order to participate you need to be in good health, it's really nothing she said, just takes about 15 minutes, I said o... k... she said that if I was willing to wait for a little bit she would see if there was a doc that could do the screening exam today, I said o... k... she left and came back in a few minutes saying yes Mr. Smith we can take you now, would you come this way please.
I followed her back through reception area and we walked down the long hospital looking hall of the medical college, we came to a door that said what else? "EXAM ROOM" she opened the door and said right in here please; it was a small room, just like a doctors office with all the ominous items that make you a little nervous, the exam table, medical supplies and such; she said go ahead and get undressed, you can leave your under shorts on for now and put the gown on open in the back, she referred to the exam gown sitting on the exam table, the doctor will be right in to do your exam, she left and closed the door, I got undressed, put the gown on as requested and sat on the exam table; there was nowhere else to sit, up until this point I just assumed it would probably be a male that would be doing the exam.
I don't know why? but I started thinking that it could be a woman and this thought made me quite nervous, not that I minded so much, but I had always had male doctors when I had check ups and such and even though I'm an adult now, the thought of a female doing the exam was really starting to make me nervous; just at that moment the door opened and in came the doc; sure enough! it was a woman; just my luck! ya right? she introduced herself as doctor 'such and such', asked me how I was doing today and told me that she would be doing my screening exam; I just sort of froze up but managed to eek out a little; I'm fine, O.K. meaning that I was O.K. with her doing the exam; I really wanted a male doc at that point but I knew there would be females in the physical exam class anyway, so I just let it be.