Gloves or No Gloves for MALE Genital Examination

I read testimonies from ladies who, as teenage girls, had been sent to “reform schools” (for petty delinquency or for seeing boys and being wayward etc). They were checked for virginity, perhaps under the guise of checking for venereal diseases. One of them complained about being examined down there (perhaps with a finger inside?) by a doctor who did not even wear gloves. (These girls were essentially considered wicked liars and the shame of their families, so anything could be done to them, who would they be able to complain to and who would believe them?)

Vaguely recall having testes checked without gloves on occassion in the distant past but not in recent times. Guess its more for the dr really im not going to catch anything having my balls palpated.

Prostate and female digit exams are different matter and use of gloves benefits both parties.

Deffo no gloves and even better if cold hands - reminds me of my school medical having to be completely naked and felt all over … would love a uk docotr to recreate this!

When I was a teenager, the orthodontic consultant had his hands in my mouth with no gloves. I'd much rather a gloveless genital exam than that!

I've had my balls examined on more than one occasion but can't remember if the doc wore gloves or not. I'm fairly certain that the female doctors who would tell me to stand against the bed while they went down on one knee to feel my balls from underneath didn't wear gloves….It's a ‘dry’ exam so I suppose gloves are not actually vital unlike a ‘wet’ female genital exam…

My doctor uses to exam me fully clothe. Then remove shirt for heart exam. Then check lungs and all other upper extremity. Then I would lay down on the exam table. She would check stomach. Then for the genital exam she would go wash her hands and put on purple gloves and say “it is only okay for me to check your genital because I am a doctor and cause mom is in the room.” She would lift up my underwear and reach with one hand in to check my testicles and penis. Then exam other part of the body.

I remember all my pediatric genital examination have been done ungloved. The doctor washed his hands before starting the physical and after finishing. Examination were thorough and embarassing. I remember only one occasion the doctor used gloves and it was for a little incision (glans meatal cyst). As adult during urological exams the doctor allways wears nitrile gloves. During play exams it is a must.

My doctor never used gloves on me during the exam. Especially on the genital exam which i found interesting cause he always had no problem examining every inch of my genital area especially when i got older.

My doctors now always use gloves but I remember my pediatrician not using gloves. I also remember his hands were always ice cold. Makes me wonder if his sinks only had cold water?

When I went to the kiddie doc, like others, I can't remember the doc using gloves. When I went to see my dad's doc, after I aged out of the kiddie doc, I remember the SNAP, then the feel of latex against skin. Something about the SNAP makes the anxiety increase.

All of my exams from teenager into adulthood the doctor has always put on gloves right before beginning the genital exam.

I prefer gloves i dont want a finger in me and get sick because of germs

I prefer it without gloves. I've never had a doctor wear gloves for the genital exam. Plus I think it feels better without gloves.

Gloves every time more hygienic and feels nice too

Gloves can make you feel objectified, which people who enjoy being objectified can enjoy . Like you're and object to be handled with gloves.

For me, gloves are important. They add to that anguish feeling that you know you're about to be examined by the doctor when he's pulling them on. The feeling of gloved hands stroking the penis and testicles during the exam is also really nice. Last time I saw my doctor, he was wearing dark purple nitrile gloves.

Gloves every single time. My new doctor wore gloves when she examined my foot last week, very happy she did wear gloves

Real doctors will almost always wear gloves, so I like gloves. However, my current real doctor does not put on gloves for testical exam. She just casually sneaks that exam in with overall exam. I am usually hard or semi-hard and leaking precum a little bit so I think she assumes all is working there and just does a visual inspection of the shaft, glans and meatus. If I have a complaint of soreness she will put on gloves to handle my penis. It goes without saying I do complain a lot.

As a “doctor” I like to put on the gloves with a “snap” I think it brings back memories and adds to the realism of a play exam. It also sends a message that this doctor is ready to get down to business. Wearing gloves give more of a clinic feel / more disconnected were as without gloves feels more personal and intimate. With all of my patients I start out wearing gloves but with most towards the end I am examining them skin to skin.. that turns the exam into a more intimate situation for both the doctor and the patient.

I think we all agree that in the real world general physicals rarely include examining the genitals unless there is a special concern.Even my urologist doesn't exam my penis or testicles unless he is suspects some abnormality. Even then, unlike the old days, he ALWAYS use a glove and for that, I am grateful, as I have know idea where those hands have been before me.

In my childhood, when it came to check my genitals he wouldn’t use gloves and he would take off my underwear. I would get erections and ejaculate onto my stomach but he continued to examine my penis without getting any on him.

Gloves indeed! they had that touch of medical and exciting situation to the scene! :-)

Back in the Sixty's, every year, in a French lycée near Paris, I had a physical and the school doctor spent quite a lot of time inspecting my penis and testicles. The two female doctors involved never wore globes.

Nor did the old doctor who gave me in 1977 a preemployment exam for a job ( job I did not get) in a bank and also palpated my penis and testicles and retracted my foreskin..

Definately with latex gloves.. surgical ones

Duting my many real physical exams … including my one play exam … gloves have always been worn by the provider.

I wouldnt want my meat in the supermarket handled by an ungloved hand….same applies anywhere else.

Mine never used gloves until I was an adult.

My pediatrician never wore gloves when examining my genitals. She would palpate my abdomen, slide her hands into my underwear, feel my groin, and then begin to examine my testicles and penis. She would instruct me to raise my hips and then pull my underwear down and off. She would continue to examine my genitals and then test the flexibility of my legs. After that, I would be asked to hop down from the table and walk towards her. She would examine me again and perform a hernia exam. She would tell me to turn around and bend over. She would feel my spine and then spread my buttocks. Sometimes, I had to stand on one leg or walk the length of the exam room.

I've had my genitals examined only once (real exam), and she wore gloves. I wish she didn't but I guess it's mandatory procedure. So I'm ok with it.

Gloves always. I would be very uncomfortable if they weren‘t used