Any other guys feel embarrassed wearing only underwear?

Any other guys feel a profound sense of embarrassment when clad in nothing but underwear (boxers or briefs) during a physical conducted by a female doctor? NO NUDITY, JUST UNDERWEAR.

Is it embarrassing or a necessary, non-issue, given the circumstances of being at a doctor's office for an exam? Is it only nudity that potentially causes embarrassment or undies as well?

For me, it's a complete non-issue. The embarrassment comes with the exposure, and I'm not talking about skin. I'm talking about the detailed examination and questioning about your private issues.

Yes, sitting in your underwear can be quite humiliating - For either a male or female? Have you ever experienced for real?

I feel somewhat vulnerable, but I don't mind my female doctor seeing that way, and I actually prefer it to being examined while wearing nothing but a paper gown. It's just awkward and IMO unmasculine.

I believe that the amopunt of clothing you have or dont have isnt the issue. I believe that it's the loss of control and the setting, coupled with the uncertainty. Would you feel the same way sitting there if you didn't know the examiner was going to be a female or a male?

I can't see the issue with a female doctor seeing you in boxers or briefs. It is just the same exposure as being in swimwear at the beach or pool. I would have thought most men would be pretty relaxed in that state of (un)dress. The embarrassment/ humiliation/ lack of control is all about the request to remove underwear and stand in front of the fully clothed doctor completely naked IMO.

I never feel embarrassed being in my underwear. As Matt said, it's no different to being down the beach and in fact there's been a few times I've been down the beach with friends with no swimwear with me and just jumped in for a swim with my boxer briefs on. I quite enjoy lying on the exam table with my boxer briefs on feeling like a piece of meat knowing what's ahead.

I believe that the amopunt of clothing you have or dont have isnt the issue. I believe that it's the loss of control and the setting, coupled with the uncertainty.

I do think that the type of garment you're in does make a big difference.

True, briefs, boxers or such does in fact cover just as much as normal swimming attire. But just as ladies would feel different about being seen in public wearing undergarments, no matter how voluminous, the same applies to male undergarments. They are intended to be worn underneath normal everyday garb and not be seen in public. They serve a different function and are therefore perceived differently by others.

So there is obviously going to be an embarrassment factor involved to some degree. If not from feelings of loss of control, then from feelings of overstepping or not adhering to social conventions regarding clothing.

The couple of times I have had a female doctor I never felt really embarrassed sitting in my briefs. Like others have said, it is the same as having a swim suit on but only in a different situation. My embarrassment comes when I have wet spots on the briefs.

I have been under the care of a female doctor for several years. As time has moved forward the embarrassment factor has receeded significantly. She has examined me in various states of undress from relatively clothed, in my underwear or completely undressed depending on the nature of my appointment. Having seen a specialist or 2 over the years I find that being naked or semi naked far more embarrassing (male or female) than being on my PCP's exam table in my underwear. I have said this before and I say it again. I just take my lumps when I have to. Accept it and move on.

Never felt embarrassed at all by being in the nude.

In the distant past, I would strip down to just my briefs or boxers if those were the instructions I was given. And I didn't like it at all. For me, I feel more embarrassed sitting there in my underwear than if I were already totally nude. I can't really explain the reason why -- maybe it's just the anticipation of what's yet to come in the exam if you still have your underwear on -- knowing that you will have to take them off or pull them down sooner or later in the exam. In contrast, if you're already nude, you get all of that anticipation and apprehension over with more quickly so you can relax. At least, that's me. Of course now days, I always strip completely and forgo the gown if one is offered.

This was never an issue for me at the Doctor's as i have gotten used to being in front of her in just shorts and then nude. However, in High School, I was a competition swimmer and my mom often came to watch my matches. Speedos are skin tight and I always felt much more conscious of how they accenuated my penis and testicles - I felt more vulnerable than the times mom saw me full nude.

I have no problem at all, And I love it when she gives me a prostate exam

Not embarasses, but always a little excited at the propect of the upcoming exam.

When I was in my early twenties, I had a concussion from an accident at work, and had a full neurological examination as a follow-up. I didn't know what to expect, but was somewhat surprised to be stripped to my briefs the entire time I was with the doctor. Later that day my new girlfriend insisted that I tell her about my examination in detail, and she did not conceal her delight at hearing that I was almost but not quite naked while performing various exercises and coordination and balance tests in front of the neurologist. At that time we had only gone out on one date and barely knew each other, and had only seen each other fully clothed.

Later after we became initmate she told me that she had often been picturing me in her mind wearing only white briefs from that time until she finally did see me nude, and that that was more exciting than imagining what I looked like completely naked.

My embarrassment is only when they have to come down for injections.

I've never actually been examined by a female doctor but I have been observed by female medical students and the sitting around in underwear wasn't at all embarrassing especially when compared to the part where you pull down said underwear. I usually wear boxer briefs and they're not all that much more revealing than swim trunks.

I don't like to say it's embarrassing because I'm not ashamed of my body and I don't really mind it being seen. I don't have a six pack but I do have a flat stomach and I'm in good physical condition. However when I have a physical exam I'm very much aware that I'm only one more item being removed from being nude, whether it's a gown or briefs, and there is the antiicpation of what will happen when that last thing comes off. So for me it's more of a feeling of vulnerability.

I am not embarrassed being in briefs which I is what I ware. I am actually quite at ease with nudity in the medical setting since I have had many occasions where my genital area was in open view by women doctors or nurses or men doctors. In my experience over the years, the mindset of the medical staff is always about doing their jobs and so they put me at ease and of course they look at naked people all day long. So I am really no different than the long line of people that they see every day.

Many years ago, my primary physician was female. I was completely nude for the entire examination. I'm totally comfortable with nudity -- she didn't seem to care.

I find it somewhat surprising that adults are embarrassed during normal practices at the doctor. I want the doctor to see my body. It could save my life.

You might also mull on the idea that in our present society, gowns are in essence a piece of feminine apparel, much like a nightgown or some type of long female undergarment. So what doctors are doing, is dressing males up in female clothing. I think that might very well explain part of the discomfort and why many males prefer nothing at all. That way there are no subconscious gender confusion issues to deal with.

While I doubt very much that males who wear gowns at the doctor think in such terms, somewhere, deep down, it will probably be an issue that causes some sort of dissonance.

Think on it. All you need do with a gown (supposing it's made of cloth) is add the teensiest bit of frilly lace around the arms and hem and you've got a nice nightgown ...

It is not embarrassing for me at all. I just have to remember to wear clean underwear. Seriously, I actually feel stupid in some of those "one size fits no one" gowns that some clinics and or hospitals make you wear.

I am seeing a medical professional for a purpose and I expect that they will act professionally. When they do, there is no reason for me to be embarrassed -- in underwear, gown, or just plain nude.

There was a time when that was a thought but now so many physician's assistants and physicians are women, I just go with it and try not to get too turned on when she says, "bend over and spread your cheeks."

Most men on this forum are not embarrassed in that situation, but if you surveyed the larger population you might see a larger number of responders who are. But my guess is you would come to the same conclusion.

OMG dude, in high school on the swim and water polo teams we wore Speedos. You know those are the things that barely cover your junk and look more obscene than if you were naked. I stood on the edge of the pool in front of bleachers full of people in those—when they were wet no less. When we got out of the pool after practice there was usually a bunch of girls hanging around—I thought they just wanted to watch us swim or play water polo, until I heard one of them say, “I told you he was cut.” And if the Speedo was wet you could tell.

All that time in outside pools and as a lifeguard I had a couple spots of melanoma. So once a year I go to the dermatologist for a head to toe check. My dermatologist is a very attractive lady, about my age, with a wacky sense of humor. She specializes in skin cancers, especially melanoma and sees people totally naked all day long. She tells jokes about it while she is looking you over; it is hard to be embarrassed when you are laughing. She tells people that she sometimes doesn’t even recognize her patients with their clothes on, so if you see her on the street just strip naked so she will recognize you.

All but one of my doctors are female. Most have seen me in my underwear or completely nude. I am not bothered by it at all. When I was younger I thought the worst thing in the world was for the nurse to see my brightly coloured boxer shorts and worse to have to pull them down for a shot. Now that I am older I see doctors more frequently and if the only thing they see is the color of my underwear I'm doing good.

Always a little embarrassed, bit that's part of the whole thing.

The only time I remember being in briefs was back in my childhood days and I had a male doctor. In my adult life my doctors have all been males and the only time there was a female in the room was just a few years back. I had an appointment at the urologist and he had a female NP following him around that day. He ask if it was alright for her to be in the room during the exam, I agreed it would be alright. I was still fully clothed when he had me drop my pants do genital exam and then bend over the table for the rectal Prostate)

examination. It was a little strange with her in the room just watching...but I was only mildly embarrassed.