I am getting a physical done today and I am wondering if it is sinful to have private
parts examined by a doctor. I think it it probably is, and will decline that part of the exam, but I am not 100% sure if it is sinful. Anyways thanks for your input.

This post is retarded. A complete physical by a doctor is not sinful. I knew a person that could have lived if he actually had regular physical exams and had his testicles checked. He didn't and died from very curable testicular cancer.

This post is retarded. A complete physical by a doctor is not sinful. I knew a person that could have lived if he actually had regular physical exams and had his testicles checked. He didn't and died from very curable testicular cancer.

If we live or die doesn't determine if something is a sin or not.

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This post is retarded. A complete physical by a doctor is not sinful. I knew a person that could have lived if he actually had regular physical exams and had his testicles checked. He didn't and died from very curable testicular cancer.

If we live or die doesn't determine if something is a sin or not.

It can.

We are body and soul temples of the Holy Ghost and we have a moral obligation to care for both. A person could be culpable for an untimely death due to negligence or sin. I would think it especially so if they have dependents.

I would also add that doctors aren't as "tempted" as you might imagine.

(I'm speaking of the case of a male doctor and a female patient)

Sure, they're still men, but TO A POINT a person can build up massive defenses, and accustom themselves to something, or even "get sick of" it.

Remember that context matters. A fluorescent-lit exam room, with full pressure on the doctor to be professional, an over-booked schedule, pressure to make lots of money to pay off his student loans and his malpractice insurance premiums, not to mention his other bills, combined with the fact that he sees this stuff ALL THE TIME, and a lot of it is actually gross (STDs?), I wouldn't worry about the doctors too much.

Just like many gamers think it would be a dream job to test games for a living. But let me tell you something: those game testers consider it to be WORK. 100%. It's not sitting in your living room, popping in a game CD, playing it for an hour, then taking a break, then a few hours later popping in another game CD and playing it as long as you like...

No, they have to play the game in certain ways, reporting the various glitches, playing the same part over and over trying to get a glitch to happen, etc. They have to play the same game 8 hours a day, for weeks on end. I'm sure they have NO FUN while doing so.

Also, women aren't normally good at working for a living, leading, etc. by nature, but human beings were designed to be incredibly flexible, and can adapt. NOT SAYING THAT NATURE WON'T COME BACK TO BITE YOU, or that you can 100% change nature, but a person can go a long way towards bucking or modifying nature. Just look at the modern world.

A man can build up a mental wall -- call it virtue -- to deal with various things. The brain can block things out (horrible things, scary things, violent things, gross things, stimulating things, etc.) and deal with a wide range of situations, with the right mindset and training.

This post is retarded. A complete physical by a doctor is not sinful. I knew a person that could have lived if he actually had regular physical exams and had his testicles checked. He didn't and died from very curable testicular cancer.

The case you mention is especially ridiculous, since most doctors are still men, or should be. Let's put it this way -- male doctors aren't yet in the minority. It shouldn't be too difficult to arrange things so you can visit one.

And it's not as embarrassing for a man to turn his head and cough for another man doing the exam. And there certainly better not be any arousal involved, or you have issues!

I would guess, though, that the man simply didn't go in for routine physicals. Not everyone has health insurance, etc.

Perhaps the OP is worried about having a "reaction" to the female doctor.  If you do it is NOT sinful unless you give yourself over to it.  Take your wife with you--you won't have problems.

Okay, having said that....during the pregnancy of my 3rd child the Catholic female OB at St Joseph Mercy Medical Systems was outraged that I refused an amniocentesis.  She insisted I was "high risk" because of my advanced age.....36!!!!!  I did the research, told her that the risk of Downs for my age was 1 in 1000 and risk of miscarriage was 1 in 100 if I had the test.  She shut up and never bugged me again.

Thank you Matthew. exactly what I was looking for.

I am a male though, and my doctor is a female!

Find a male doctor if it's a problem.