Girls Versus Guys, Genital Exams While Growing Up

Often while growing up, I would ask female friends about their exam experiences and it became apparent that most of the time, they did not receive a genital exam or even have to lower their panties. While growing up genital exams where par for the course for me. I always wondered why it was so important to check males' genitals at every exam, but females always seemed to get off the hook so easy. Anyone have opinions on this?

At the pediatrician growing up, my dr would pull down the front of my panties and take a quick look or feel, but i cant remember him ever pulling them completely down or off. when you were growing up, did your dr examine your genitals every time?

I always had a genital exam as a kid at every checkup....the dr would pull down the front of my underwear and feel my groin and look at the underside of my penis...not too bad i guess

Growing up- every physical I can remember consisting of the waistband of my underwear being pulled forward while lying down on the table. Each testicle was felt and my foreskin was pulled back- took only a few seconds, it seemed like minutes at the time! I too often wondered how the other sex fared during there time on the table?

Like most of the other males who've replied, quite a few of my childhood exams included a brief testicle and foreskin check, usually with underwear just pulled down.

It was at one of these, when I was between 15 and 16, that it was noticed that my foreskin was too tight and not pulling back enough. That's how I came to be circumcised!

I recently had occasion to note that the physical exam form used by our local school district has the following on it:

Genitalia (males only)

I could males only for an inguinal hernia exam, but if the genitalia are to be examined, panties should be coming down and off as well, IMHO.

The first childhood examination that I can remember happened when I was about six. The doctor had gradually undressed me down to my shorts and I was lying on the exam table and he pulled down the front of my little briefs for a few seconds to look at what my mother used to call my "mister" in those days.

Subsequent exams by the same doctor required me to strip to my shorts right off the bat and he would have me stand up for the genital check with my shorts down to just above my knees. I never had to take them off completely.

The last exam by this doctor happened when I was fifteen and was quite memorable. It's somewhere in the "...Experience to Remember" thread and played a very major role in developing my medical fetish.

Yes, as others have already said, most of my exams while growing up included a quick genital exam. I just assumed that was the norm for everyone (girls and boys).

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There is no reason to for an exam down there (girls) at that age.

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What is the reason to examine guys at that age? That is the point that I was trying to make.

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I recently had occasion to note that the physical exam form used by our local school district has the following on it:

Genitalia (males only)

I could males only for an inguinal hernia exam, but if the genitalia are to be examined, panties should be coming down and off as well, IMHO.

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There was a big issue a few years back regarding females receiving genital exams during school physicals in my area. The final ruling was that males could have their genitals examined but not females. Other than concern for embarrassment, I cannot find any other reason for such a ruling. If everyone was so concerned about embarrassment, why not eliminate genital exams for both genders?

Only the guys had to get genitalia exams during sports physicals. I believe girls did not even have to take off their bras, to my best knowledge.

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Only the guys had to get genitalia exams during sports physicals.

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Absolutely every sports physical that I ever had included a hernia exam. And while they had your balls in their hand, they usually went ahead and gave them a quick squeeze and exam which I guess you could call a genital exam.

There is a lot more that can go wrong with a boy's genitalia than a girl's. About 1% of boys will have a testicle that does not descend and hernias are also common. Testicular cancers are common in the teens also. If a boy is uncircumcised, the doctor needs to see that his foreskin is healthy and retractile. Circumcised boys can have problems with scarring of the meatus, making it smaller and causing difficulty urinating. Not much to go wrong with a girl's vagina until she becomes sexually active.

I remeber as a kid growing up my mother would go with my sister and I for our annual physicals. We all would go into the exam room and the dr would examine my sister and I at almost the same time. As I have stated on other posts there was a double standard as I was always nude and my sister would be in her panties. The doctor would examine my penis, testicles etc in full view. With my sister she would have her lie on the table and check everything and from what I remember she only would pull down her panties a little and examine her front and then have her lie on her stomach and spread her cheeks)I assume to see her rectum) but there was no internal exam done.I think with boys they are always checking for proper development of the penis and testes and with girls (since everything is inside) they are not as concerned and only do a cursory exam of the outside.?

I remember one time when I was 15 and had a fairly young female doctor give me a genital exam. She had me stand up and lower my underware, then took hold of my penis which was beginning to harden , pulled the foreskin back, ran her finger around the bottom of my penis heas, then pumped my foreskin several times.At that time I was fully erect and seminal fluid had started to flow.She looked me in the eyes, smiled, and said "I can see you are ready!".Sorry to say she didn't continue further.

It's simple. A male's genitalia is all external, and therefore more subject to injury, especial in the prepubescent and puberty years. A girl doesn't normally need to have that area checked, especially as a youngster, as often.

I always kind of wondered about that too. The most I ever heard of a girl undressing at a physical when I was a kid was some girls talking about the doctor sticking his hand just into the top of their panties. That's it though.

As a kid, I always had to strip to my underpants for a physical. When I was younger, maybe under 10 or 11, the doctor would have me stand and then he would pull my briefs down to my ankles to perform a hernia check. When I got older, after age 10 or 11, the doctor would tell me to drop my shorts and I pulled them down myself.

I don't recall undressing to any great degree at the doctor as a young person. The first undress I ever remember was a sports physical and that was just to my underwear. The nudity started with the pelvic exams.

I was usually stripped to shorts for every exam they always came down standing up for school/sports exam and lying on the table at doctors office.

The male geitalia are external organs and as such are at a higher risk of damage.

My pediatrician would usually lift up my underwear, retract my foreskin, and feel my groin. I think around 15 my pediatrician did a testicular exam too.

My pediatrician would always do an exam with me in my underwear. When I was very young (5 or 6, probably even younger.) he would pull out the waistband and have a quick look and make sure both my testicles were where they were supposed to be. As I got older, he would pull my briefs down, check for hernias and foreskin retractability (and, I assume, hygiene.) Once puberty hit, the genital exams became slightly more involved, mainly feeling my balls for abnormalities, size, growth rate, etc. Pretty much evolving into an adult exam, (Minus the rectal exam.)

The reason for the "double standard" is very simple.Boys genitals are external, girls are internal. Add to that the fact that, at least when I was a kid, playing could get pretty rough and tumble, not to mention that boy's bikes have crossbars, and girls bikes don't. I remember a few times stopping short and ending up on the crossbar. (Thankfully, no damage done.).