I'm another of the 'wombless wonders', as they were called at a convalescent home many years ago. My young, male doctor recently confirmed by examination that everything was taken away so no need for pap smears now.

I'll go for the boob squashing regularly - having had one brush with cancer, that was discovered almost accidentally, I want to make sure that I take every precaution for early warning now.

I really don't care whether the examining doctor is young, old, male or female. At 17 I was about six months pregnant and having my check up surrounded by about a dozen medical students, mostly male and not a lot older than I was. Somehow that puts modesty in those situations into perspective.