Eamon, I take your point. It's a a strange one right enough. However, nurses have traditionally been female and we've got used to being cared for by the "gentler sex". Males, including my son-in-law, have now joined the ranks of nurses, but for me it's too late to accept a male nurse for intimate care. Maybe younger people feel differently. My oldest son was here for lunch and I mentioned to him about females being washed by male nurses. He said that he wouldn't want to be washed by a male nurse either. He did add that a nurse like Pamela Anderson would do him just fine. You see, that's men for you. I rest my case.

Hi all,

Maybe it is old fashioned or prudish of me, but I prefer the sexes to be separate in every way.

As an old neighbour said to the District Nurse, when she attended him & attempted to give him a bed-bath, while he was confined to bed (with his cap still on).

He said to her " Missus, what are you doing washing auld fellas Away with you."

Each to his own I say. Pat