Oh well. As I said, I only read a few. Seems like some of the principles apply in ethics theory if not in regulatory or logistical practice, in any case.
Okay, consider my post a new subject, and the anecdotes merely anecdotes relating to the topic of gays and straights in a medical or similar situation.
In your discussion of the masseur's rights to restrict himself to massaging straight men, did the topic of doctors restricting physical examination to straight men come up?
There was, it occurs to me, a time when medical doctors took verbal descriptions of the condition of a slave, but did not come in physical contact with the patient.
I'm assuming that we aren't talking about a patient who behaves inappropriately toward the masseur, or doctor (and vice versa, the gay doctor at no time behaves inappropriately toward his or her patient).
Twice I've had male doctors behave inappropriately. Not so you could call the cops, just so you knew, but deniability was maintained. It happens. I didn't stop going to male doctors.
My aunt was a lesbian, and a diabetic. She'd had a sedentary job as an editor. When her doctor recommended she be less sedentary, she got credentialled as a self employed masseuse. Almost all her clients were women. Maybe they didn't know she was lesbian, but that seems unlikely. I think they just liked her and found her interesting and sympathetic as a person, and what was the big deal. She would never have behaved inappropriately, in any case. She was a very conventional, proper sort of person. Who knows, maybe she lost clients and never knew it, or at least never mentioned it. |
