Females or males more embarrassed by rectal temps?

I agree that it depends on the person, but if I had to choose, I would say probably boys... I agree that girls are more used to the whole "gyno" experience, and also, the "gay" stigma thing is true for some men as well, (not that there is anything wrong with being gay). In my opinion, maybe doctors are a bit more getle with women too? I dont know, Ive never had my RT taken.

I think that it has more to do with the patient's personal feelings and less about gender, because certain males and females like different things than others

Males

I'd say males, too, although I'd probably say that as a guy, and the ladies would probably say females.

I know when I was little I was scared to death!

I don't have much of an opinion on the subject nor a desire to speculate but it is an interesting topic worth pondering and reading the fascinating responses.

I don't know the answer to this, but I would think it would be pretty equally embarrasing to both sexes. When boys get older they will have a gloved, lubed finger shoved up their butt to check their prostate and women, according to my wife, get fingers up their butt as part of the pelvic exam. So once both sexes get of the age of genital exams they equally have their butt explored, like it or not.

Bill

This is impossible to know because there is no way to measure embarrassment. As a boy, I got rectal temps from birth through age 10. I was definitely embarrassed by the last couple of times. But I'm not sure that it was the rectal temp that caused it or the fact that I had to pull my briefs down for the nurse. Would I have been more embarrassed if I was a girl. Doubt that.

I would say boys because a large part of the pediatric profession doctors and nurses are female, and being stripped and exposed to a member of the opposite sex and receiving a rectal temp has to be an extremely embarrassing experience.

I vote for males

An interesting question. The degree of embaressment is very subjective - individual to individual irrespective of gender. The fact of embarrasment and excitement is universal and should just be enjoyed.

klyster3

Doctors will tell you that it's just another part of the body and that embarrassment isn't necessary. For that reason I say a boy examined by a female doctor is bound to be more humiliated and so a temperature taken by a female assistant equally demeaning especially if that person is a candy striper.

Polly

For that reason I say a boy examined by a female doctor is bound to be more humiliated and so a temperature taken by a female assistant equally demeaning especially if that person is a candy striper.

\nPolly

That would all depend on the upbringing and the social circles he frequents and what kind of beliefs he has been imparted by his family.

Just off the cuff here I could argue that having this done by a male might be construed as being a gay thing. Especially if any arousal were in evidence ... anal stimulation by insertion of an object by a male ... people get all kind of ideas in their head for no logical reasons.

You could also say that having a female do this would just be a continuation of a normal procedure at home, where, traditionally at least, it is the mother's who do the temp taking when kids are ill. So it wouldn't be that strange at all, rather a familiar thing.

The point being that it's just about impossible to say which gender would be the most humiliating ...

I'd have to think that females would be more embarrassed than males, as they have both breast and vaginal exams, versus just a penis exam. Plus, the female exams seem to be much more sensitive in nature.

As others have said, you can't really measure embarrassment, and there are many other factors that play in to how much embarrassment one feels. Girls are generally more modest and embarrassed by being seen, and I received many rectal temps growing up that didn't seem all that embarrassing. The last time I got it taken rectally by the nurse at age 12 was very embarrassing for me because of several contributing factors. The biggest factors were that I thought I had "graduated" past having my temp taken in my bottom, having had it taken orally for a couple of years, and then being barged in on by the doctor with the door left wide open for several seconds while the doctor chatted with the nurse about something or other. I was coughing so bad, I could feel it sliding around back there, which was a humiliating feeling, and I looked over my shoulder and saw the nurse and my mother intently staring at my bare bottom, and noticed how the nurse was carefully holding it in place.

I know that I was so embarrassed by this experience that I actually rehearsed a fake story of my doctor visit just in case the girl I had a crush on asked about it. I also asked my mom not to tell anyone I had my temperature taken in my bottom. At the time, I felt like I must be the only (almost) teenage boy to have their temp taken like a baby.

I think probably males

It depends on the person, but in general, definitely males. At least when I was in school, a lot of them are REALLY insecure about their bodies, they're always talking tough, going on and on about how they never let anything go into their ass, even into their twenties, a lot of them are still this way, so anything going in a guys butt is embarrassing enough for most of them, but it's even worse with a rectal temperature because the idea is that only babies get it taken there.

I think a man would be more embarrassed than a lady.

It all depends on how they feel about their bodies. If they are secure with the way they feel then it shouldn't be a big deal.

Females would be more embarrassed, just because they are more easily embarrassed. Of course there are exceptions.

Seems this is a chicken and egg exercise, a question that can probably never be answered but would suggest that we would all be equally embarrassed.

So many variables. Definitely depends on the person, male or female.

It depends on the specific person. Young lads have erections to be afraid of getting and from what I've heard from people in the field they can sometimes get very embarrassed indeed.

I'd say men are much more embarrassed by any sort of medical "insertion". Women are much more used to it with pap smears and internal exams.

Our pediatrican always had his nurse take our temps rectally no matter what! I can't speculate about how a male feels but back then and even now = to some extent - it was very embarassing, perhaps because it was taken in front of my mom and seemed to take forever to register. I was always made to lie on my tummy though some were taken on my side- more so as a teen or adult. I think the worst was having nurse pull down panties for it rather than already being in a gown and bare. There was somelhing about the feel of my panties being lowered to mid thighs that got to me and then when told to raise them still feeling some ky between my cheeks.

I'd say men are much more embarrassed by any sort of medical "insertion". Women are much more used to it with pap smears and internal exams.

I'm going to have to agree with you there. Especially the fact that women get internal exams every time whereas for men it usually doesn't start until 40+.

I think it depends on the situation and who is doing what.

I think males are more embarrassed. Anytime anything touches my hole I get erect.

This is a very individual thing. There are definitely in both genders such persons who doesn't like rectal temps or feel them embarassing in a certain way.

Males are probably more vulnerable to react having their temperature taken rectally... so probably some of them are very embarassed in that situation.

As a child I did not like when my mother did the rectal temperature. Today the rectal way is just the way that I do, if I feel sick.