You tell us.
Should the possible discomfort of some men outweighs the potential medical benefit of universal questions in a medical setting?
Change is hard. It almost always causes some degree of discomfort on the part of everyone. Usually more for those who believe they are experiencing a disproportionate share of the discomfort. Or who are not used to experiencing any discomfort at all.
Sure, change can be hard. Change for irrational reasons in particular is really challenging. And that's where I get stuck. Not that "oh noes some mens feels might be hurt" I don't care about that.
What I do care about is actual reality. What I care about is the inadvertent message that this question sends.
Half the population is completely incapable of being pregnant. Male humans CANNOT get pregnant. Not at all, end of discussion. That's reality.
By making it a habit to ask males if they "might be pregnant" it introduces the idea that we don't know, and maybe, somehow, reproductive biology will magically alter and maybe males might start getting pregnant. It attacks and weakens an incredibly fundamental element of our reality. This isn't a
social construct, this isn't a mere
idea... this is
how the species continues itself.
Introducing uncertainty into a process that is NOT AT ALL uncertain is completely irrational. If we allow this kind of nonsense, in a generation we're going to have gay male couples visiting the fertility clinic for treatment, because no matter how much they try, neither one of them has conceived. We're unraveling knowledge, objective knowledge about material reality.