After a mother of two shared a troubling experience where a doctor allegedly asked her to lift her dress to see her breast during antenatal care — raising concerns about medical professionals abusing their position, especially toward less-informed women — one response read, “Male doctors have no reason to be a gyno especially in a corrupt environment like Nigeria.”
While the concern about abuse is valid, this comment unfairly generalizes all male gynecologists as potential abusers. Gender does not determine professionalism — ethics and accountability do. Condemning all male doctors based on isolated misconduct promotes bias instead of addressing the real issue: enforcing stricter medical oversight, patient education, and stronger disciplinary systems to protect women from exploitation.
