Penis lifted up with a wooden spatula or tongue depressor during an exam?

My penis was never touched for an physical exam. Only once testicles for hernia test and lumps.

I have had my penis touched when it’s being examined but with doctors gloved hands. Never had a spatula or tongue depressor used. If had various catheters inserted and cystoscopes but this is the first I’ve ever heard of this.

Never heard that with mine

Nope, if the doc needs to handle my penis, it's with gloved hands. I've also been asked to hold it out of the way myself.

During a genital exam my Doctor wore gloves to lift my penis and examine my testicles. He finished off his examination by demonstrating how to check my genitals before asking me to repeat his actions.

No, not at all.

No this has never happened with me. Don't really ever recall my penis being touched during the genital exam.

Nope, usually the doctor just sorta moves things around with their hands, of course they always wear gloves.

Yeah I'll chalk it up to that being nothing more than a myth cause it's only gloved hands during the gential exam

I'd concur with a lot of the previous posts and put this in the myth category. I don't really see what would be gained by using some sort of tool in the first place, when a suitably gloved hand would suffice. And secondly, why a wooden spatula? Why not go the whole hog and use a set of barbecue tongs? Or pliers? Surely the form and function of them would do a better job than a spatula?

Also, is there some kind of link between spatulas and genital exams that non-medics like me are unaware of? Like I said in another thread about school medicals, a favourite fable handed down from the kids in the year above was that if you got an erection during that exam, a stern nurse would thwack the offending member with a spoon or spatula.

So should I add a spatula to my medfet equipment list?