I need help!
I have just objected to a male colleague beginning a story “My gynaecologist is Jane Seymour’s father”.
Am I right to object? It was his mother’s gynaecologist, surely. The words “my gynaecologist”, spoken by a man, suggest to me that a) he is in fact at least partially female, and b) he has been seeing a doctor about some rather sensitive matters. This assertion has earned me an accusation of workplace bullying.
Just my warped mind?
The OED has this to say of gynaecology:
the science of the physiological functions and diseases of women and girls, esp those affecting the reproductive system.
