I’m mostly the type of person that’s scared of having something found that is really bad and not being able to do anything about it.
When I was scheduled for a pap, my GP was going to perform it. He is a man. I felt awkward about it. Not so much because he’s a man although i went with that as he seemed understanding, it was mostly because he’d been my doctor for a few years and he makes me feel confident about talking to him as he doesn’t immediately dismiss my issues as being overweight, stress, anxiety, the usual hat pull of most doctors when it comes to being a woman needing medical help. as such, i almost feel like he’s a friend. I’ve even ran into him at the store and had conversation. So someone like that having a close inspection of my privates felt uncomfortable for me. I’d have been the same if my GP had been a woman