Most Intimate Part of Anatomy

What do you consider to be the most intimate/sensitive/personal part of your anatomy that the doctor may touch during a routine examination? This isn't necessarily your most erogenous zone. For example, my most erogenous areas are the corona of my penis and my prostate (in terms of sexual stimulation). But the most sensitive, the most personal thing that the doctor touches is definitely my testicles.

I'm not saying the two concepts may not be the same thing, but be aware that they are not necessarily the same thing.

I remember when my doctor did my first testicle exam on me, the sensation of my testicles in her hands was just overpoweringly sensitive... I think it is what really got me into MedFet.

~ Humble Patient

Interesting question, and I would agree that there is a difference between private or personal and erogenous. I would say probably my anus is the most personal/intimate part of my body. This is mostly because of the hygiene/bathroom functions associated and the cultural connotations of these things.

I follow MetalStorm, given that you have asked about a doctor touching an area which he/she does during the prostate exam. Genitals are on display as are butts in the locker room. But the prostate access confronts the patient with a question: am I clean? Something difficult to feel, difficult to ensure. It also has totally intimate sexual connotations for many men.

~ Wrestler

Exactly, wrestler, and also total loss of control over something very basic. 😃

First, karma to you HumblePatient for asking such a great, thought-provoking question.

I hate to simply agree with everyone else, but I'd have to say my anus (or your anus if we're speaking in a planetary sense). I tried to think of something else, but no, that's really the answer for me. It's the one part of your body that you deliberately try to hide. It's associated with something that all humans do that is considered dirty and nasty. As wrestler said, other parts of your anatomy are on display at times, such as when you're changing or showering in a locker room. But your anus? No, you try to hide that even in those situations where your penis and testicles might be out there for all to see.

I definitely agree with you guys in terms of the most private, intimate part of the anatomy for someone to see. I have absolutely no shame in showing the rest of my body to other people, but having someone see my anus is always at least a little embarrassing.

However, I'm not so sure that that also makes it the most intimate/private area that someone could touch... I guess I would say it is my scrotum simply because my testicles are so vulnerable and the scrotum has so many nerve endings. There is no other part of my body that is as delicate or as vulnerable to being touched as the male scrotum is.

Again, not saying that this is the right answer. I'm just wondering if the answers that we are seeing are being formed based on the sense of sight or touch. From what I read, most people are responding about what they are most private in terms of letting people see as opposed to touch.

While many people see my scrotum in the locker room, for example, none of them are touching it.

Definitely would be the testicles.

I agree that this is a very thought provoking question and a difficult one to answer. I have been self conscious about my penis only a time or two when I was cold in the room and it shriveled up. It disappeared in me so far, very embarrassing. To have the doctor hold on to my testicles and roll them around, fearing pain in one instance, the next a sexual reaction can create an interesting conflict. I was also taken aback one time when examining my penis, the doctor opened the urethra and peered inside for what seemed several seconds.

The anus. It's touched more routinely in exams than the penis, scrotum etc, it's the only 'invasive' point on a man's body with a taboo associated with it. For most it is an erogenous zone AND there are hygiene issues associated with it to add that extra level of patient discomfort.

The anus is the most intimate part of the anatomy. Not usually seen even when you're completely undressed. Someone who wants to see it (for whatever reason) has to look for it or you have to willingly (or unwillingly) expose it.

Definitely the anus. It's the part of the exam that excites me the most.

The anus is the most intimate part of my anatomy also.

Rectum definitely.

This is an interesting question. I have rarely had a doctor intentionally touch my penis during an exam, and that has been to check the meatus. When that is done, the penis is definitely the most sensitive. Usually it only gets a look and an inadvertent touch as he is doing the testicular or hernia exam. It adds a lot to the humiliation of the experience when he does this and I really wish it was a standard part of the exam. That being said, the part of the exam that is always done, and, therefore, the most sensitive part that happens routinely, is the testicular exam. I get a sinking sensation in the pit of my stomach when the testes are examined. I prefer if the doctor is pretty aggressive in his palpation so that it actually hurts a little and I can still feel it hours later. Also, since my scrotum really contracts with the anxiety, generally the doctor has to pull quite a bit to access the testes.

The anus, especially when it puckers open, i think it is the most erotic, moment of sheer exposure.

For me personly it would have to be the anus and rectum to be the most

I would have to say my inner thigh right up by my balls!!! When I am touched there it makes me erect fast! ...since i stand on my feet a lot at work i always like a good leg massage and the guy i go to massages ALL THE WAY up my leg!! He is very careful not to touch my balls but, I always get hard!! and surprisingly when he is dont massaging there i do feel tension relieved on my legs!!!!

As for the doctor when he examins' me when he touches under my balls and around the same area on my my upper legs I find it intimate. He has not check my rectal region as I am still a bit young.

This is a great topic and really made me think as I read all of the other replies. For me, the most embarrassing and uncomfortable part of the exam is always exposing my genitals. I don't have a big penis and am always self-conscious about it, so showing it and having it touched is a very intimate thing.

Thanks for asking a great question.

The anus gets my vote

The anus, no doubt about it, can't be seen, in most cases. unless the buttocks are spread apart to expose it,

The anus for me

Surely the anus for basically everyone...

Anus or urethra

For men I would agree that the anus is the most intimate/private body part. A testicular exam isn't really intrusive.

I'm curious about the ladies' point of view, though, because the vagina is normally at least partly hidden, and a vaginal examination is intrusive, perhaps the same or more than a rectal exam.

I agreee with most of the Posters here, and would have to say the Anus is the most intimate part of the anatomy.

I would have to agree that the anus is the most intimate part i can show someone else. The momentary retraction of my clitoral hood during a visual exam is also very intimate.

The anus is definitley the most intimate area to me despite mine being inspected by the doc (and sometimes my mother) quite frequently during childhood to my mid teens.

Anus is hidden away and you have to get permission to see or use it

Definately my Anus! Not only is it very sensitive, but it can be a source of embarrassment and humiliation. So it takes a lot of trust to let someone examine it.

If we include psychologists it would have to be our mind. Without our mind to determine how we perceive our physical body we would have no "intimate" parts.