Does YOUR REAL doctor ever ask about masturbation?

The only doctor that ever asked about whether I knew how to and was masturbating was my pediatrician and it was extremely embarrassing because my step mother was in the room and I answered yes I knew what it was but no I didn't do it. She proceeded to tell me it was ok to do and actually healthy for boys and would eliminate wet dreams.

How old were you for that conversation, @Badgy1 ?

Prior to 16, my pediatrician only asked my mom if nocturnal emissions had started. But on my 16th birthday exam, I suppose I finally had caught up development-wise that he knew I had started to ejaculate just from looking at me while he had my undies down. Though he didn't use the word masturbation, he asked if my penis had started ejaculating semen, and I said yes, and then he asked when that started, and I said a few months earlier. Finally, he asked if I was awake or asleep when it happened, and I said awake, essentially admitting to him and my mom that I was masturbating.

No doctor since has asked about masturbation, but my new PCP did ask a couple months ago about my sexual activity, to determine whether I needed an STD test. I told him I had been a "side" for the last decade -- only engaging in oral sex and mutual masturbation, so he ordered a throat swab but agreed I don't need to be on PrEP, since my HIV risk is extremely low. I have a "sexual health" appointment with him tomorrow where I plan to ask whether I should get the mpox and/or HPV vaccines (before Brain Worm Guy bans them), since both of those can be transmitted without penetration. Not sure if he wrote "gay side" in my file last time, or if he again will ask the same questions. If he mentions masturbation, I'll be sure to report back here.

@spbb I was around 13 I think? It was so long ago I am not totally sure. Growing up we were not supposed to masturbate and I was told the pediatrician was obviously a non believer or something to that effect.

My real doctor never asked me about masturbation. However, in a medical examination at MEDFET they asked me how many times a day I masturbated.

Only in my adolescent years. Once I became an adult, it wasn't ever brought up. When I see a new doctor, they may ask if I'm sexually active, which, unfortunately, I am not at present.

Never

I’ve never been asked that question, and I would consider it to be irrelevant and unethical. I would ask the doctor if they would like it if I asked them that question.

The subject was raised to me by my Doctor here in the Uk, during my visit to him concerning ED. I had been through a stressful period consequently I made an appointment to discuss him of my anxieties, not only did he enquire if I woke up in the morning with an erection he also asked if I was able to masturbate to orgasm, and as a help, prescribed Sildenafil (Viagra), which helped enormously - and still does on occasions.

I was very relieved that he spoke to me in a relaxed, man -to - man way.

Since two years I have a really cool and open minded urologist and he directly asked me about my sex life and sexual behaviour during his first exam. If he wasn't as he is, I wouldn't have answered this question with a smile.

Yes. When I had a physical before going to college, after turning 18, my doctor, while examining my genitals, asked whether I was sexually active and whether I had any difficulties masturbating. I am not circumcised, which was unusual in my age group, and at the time I thought he might be honing in on whether foreskin proved some kind of impediment to wanking. I assured him I had no issues — except that maybe I masturbated too often. He chuckled and said something like everything looks in good working order so don’t worry about that.

I suppose that after you reach a certain advanced age, it would be flattering if a doctor asked such a question.

I don't routinely ask. There is is a standard question about sexual concerns in the intake paperwork. If that is checked as a concern or if she brings it up then the conversation might steer that way.

I'm in the US, and my primary care physicians have never asked. That said, a urologist once asked how often I masturbate and then recommended that I do so at least twice a week. The next time I saw him for a follow-up, he asked again how often I was able to masturbate and whether I met the minimum frequency that he prescribed.

He wouldn't even be able to pronounce that word.

He wouldn't even be able to pronounce that word.

LMAO Ain't that the truth with many Dr's these days!🙄

Yes when I turned 12 he would ask that question and right in front of my parents, little did they all know I started a few years before that...

I actually do not see why they would ask this unless

- one complains of some irritation that could be explained by.. over-use

- or perhaps questions about ejaculation in infertility proceedings or similar topic

(Decades ago, when people believed that masturbation was harmful and was to be "cured", perhaps they would ask in other circumstances!)

No, and if he did, I'd ask him, don't you? Literally!

Yes when I turned 12 he would ask that question and right in front of my parents, little did they all know I started a few years before that...

@Amy93 And how did you answer?

My Doctor has never asked, but in the course of discussing prostate health I have volunteered that my sex life is self-inflicted.

The only time my doctor has asked about masturbation was when I was around 18/19 he asked me about it but just as casual conversation when he was examining my genitals.

The doctor I saw at 17 (different than my regular one) mentioned it as more of “all guys do it” but didn’t directly asked me if I did it.

But any sexual health questions I always got asked while being examining like issues getting or keeping an erection, wet dream, pain urinating, itching in my pubes or redness. Or tenderness in my testicles

I've had it come up a couple of times (no pun intended), though it made sense in the context. I was seeking advice related to some intimacy and performance issues. They later went away and were assumed to be stress related, but that wasn't known at the time. Anyways he asked if I masturbated and if so, had any issues there. I responded that I do and the issue isn't as apparent, since the same level of hardness isn't required for self pleasure. He agreed with this and continued his exam. This conversation all happened while I was receiving a thorough genital exam. After such, I received a prostate exam to make sure nothing was alarming there either. Between the exam and conversation, it ended with me mostly erect. He made the comment that looks like all works. Since I wasn't fully hard, he was able to see my point of hard enough for masturbation, but not intercourse.

Not my doctor, but since I was around 12, my priest would sometimes ask me during confession.

First, after we greeted each other, he would ask me if I had anything to confess that I had sinned since my last confession, and because I said I had nothing to confess, he would start asking me various things to which I would usually answer monosyllabically with "yes" or "no".

The first question was if I listen to my parents and do my chores, then if I do well in school and don't fight with other kids, then, suddenly, he would ask me if I used to masturbate - and I would always answer "YES".

The funny part was that my priest was a bit old and a bit deaf, so he used to speak loudly and ask the parishioners to respond loudly too, so if there was a line at confession (as it usually happens during Holy Week or Christmas Eve) quite a few parishioners waiting for their turn could easily hear entire conversations 😂😆

I remember always running away without lifting my face from the ground as soon as I was granted forgiveness 😆😂

I'm pretty open about my sexuality with my doctors they tend to ne LGBTQIA themselves, I'm queer and poly so its relavent, never asked directly about masturbation specifically, but I've had trouble bottoming so they ask what materials my toys were made of, and being a model for rope bondage has nerve damage risks so I'm open about that as well.