Kermaline J. Cotterman wrote:

> <I just tell
> them to "hold onto their nuts,"  because residents are always very into
> gross humor (in my experience;)>
>
> Great post Barbara. I just thought of an additional reason this
> approach
> may be so effective, specifically because it can be perceived by males
> as
> very personal. Sauce for the gander, so to speak, since they will never
> experience engorged breasts, an experience which is so very personal
> for
> women.[...]

> Even though male residents may not "know" the exact numerical volume of
> their own testes, they would certainly have observed intimately the
> changes in their own body while (hopefully) passing psychologically and
> physically from adolescence to adulthood, let alone doing physicals on
> other males. That volume is close enough to a walnut, and the wrinkles
> make it all the better than a golf ball!

I know this is verging a little off-topic, but I'm curious...  just
what is the proportion of male to female med students/residents In your
region? In Australia, as of 1999, women now outnumber men at medical
school intake[1] General practice, in particular, has undergone quite
rapid feminisation, with women now outnumbering men by a fair margin
(60/40 or more, I think) in general practice training.

The walnut thing would work for both men and women, but I can't see the
testicular volume & puberty analogy working well for most young adult
women.

Lara

[1] http://www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/doc/WEEN-5GB3PG

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