My primary dr pulled down my pants, exposing my pubic area, and asked me to cough while laying on my back. he didn't touch me but why do it? im female

And the reason...: And the reason for being at the doctor's was what? Men and women can have a hernia, which can be pushed out by bearing down (as if pushing out a big firm poop). A cough probably is too short to push out a hernia to see, but a finger up either side of the scrotum can sometimes feel a hernia without seeing it. Women can get a hernia in the same area, but are much less likely to have it than men are.