Patient Modesty is very important to me. It really bothers me how the medical industry doesn't think that patient modesty is important. I cannot believe that many patients are required to take their underwear off for surgeries such as carpal tunnel, knee, arm, etc. I am thankful for those who have stood up like the man who had carpal tunnel syndrome who refused to take his pants off.

I am a Christian virgin woman in my 30s and I am committed to saving sex for marriage. I made a commitment as a teenager to True Love Waits. At the same time, I thought about how I was not going to let any men including doctors see and access certain parts of my body that should only be reserved for my future husband. I also believe that nudity before the opposite sex should be reserved for spouse only. I think it is very special for a husband to be the only man who can see his wife naked and a wife to be the only woman to see her husband naked. I don't want my future husband to ever have any intimate male medical procedures with other women present.

I am not against doctors or medical treatments at all. I simply believe that intimate male procedures should be only done by male doctors/nurses/assistants and intimate female procedures should only be done by female doctors/nurses/assistants. I feel like we have been brainwashed by the medical industry. Medical professionals are not above us morally. Why is it not okay for a man in other occupations such as teacher, pastor, plumber, computer programmer, etc. to see another woman who is not his wife naked? I feel like what happens in the medical industry in regard to patient modesty is a HUGE cultural blind spot.

- Woman Who is Committed To Purity From NC