i have found one male who is doing more for the occupation and other
males who want in the door than me here is the URL of his bio and the
services he provides.

http://www.csdoulas.com/keith.htm


The first male doula to be certified with DONA! He's quite a
celebrity in the doula world! Its a good read for those who care to
go there and look around at this site, a site of a group Doula
practice in the Colorado area "Pikes Peak Regional Doula Association"


--- In columbusmidwifesanddoulas@y..., crowning_moments
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> "Many women, when choosing gyn or ob care, feel a strong preference
> to have a woman as their care provider. When asked, they often say
> that they feel that a "woman doctor" will be more understanding and
> nurturing. The outcome of such choices varies. While some women may
> bring a great of care and gentleness to their practices, they are
> still trained in the same manner as male obstetricians. The same
> constraints and prejudices pepper their practices, and this can be
a
> disappointing discovery to make. For many women, then, the answer
was
> not the sex of their care provider, but the type of care that they
> were hoping to receive."
>
> from: http://idoula.com/dawly%20article.html
>
>
> I really need to know if many women feel as this auther does about
> the preferrence of clients to have a Female Provider. As a Male it
> concerns me that these stereotypical bias and the following
> discrimination occurs as a result of these statements. I think I am
> just as nuturing and supportive as anyone else who has the
philiosphy
> of birthin babes is a natural, life event and usually not a medical
> emergency! Maybe I am wrong thats why I have asked for your inout
> here and please don't sugar coat it, state it like it is I respect
> other peoples opinions and if I wanted it to be soft I would not
have
> asked. I would like to point out that the author did say that just
> being a female does not make a better provider! So although many
> women feel that gender matters it is revealed that in medicine it
> does not, if I read the statement right?
>
> I will say the site owner is a bit bias about how she protrays who
a
> Doula is, LOL! I think I would never meet those standards for her
> training.