Does YOUR REAL doctor ever ask about masturbation?

No but I remember there were rumours at my school that during a pelvic exam the doctor would be able to tell because it changed the shape of the labia. I started masturbating at least weekly when I was around 12 and so by the time I was 15 and had my first pelvic exam I was a very skilled and experienced masturbator :-) (although still a virgin) and on top of the general massive humiliation I felt during the exam I remember wondering if the doctor could tell about my masturbating habits...

Oh my goodness no. I've had a LOT of exams (had severe medical issues for a long time) and the only time masturbation ever came up was when it became painful - as in "are you experiencing pain during intercourse? Yes? What about masturbation - are you experiencing pain there too?" I imagine that in most cases, it doesn't come up. It's just not relevant.

Lillian said: No but I remember there were rumours at my school that during a pelvic exam the doctor would be able to tell because it changed the shape of the labia.

Yes Lillian, I remember a similar sort of rumour concerning us boys circulating at school when we were due for our final medical examination before leaving. It just served to ramp-up the tension a little more.

Even if it had been true, I doubt if many of us would have 'tested negative', but when you are coming up to 16 - and in living in a more 'innocent' and uninformed era - it felt almost as if there was a danger we would walk out of the medical room with something (quite what is best left to the imagination) branded on our foreheads!

When I was a teenager, I had a nurse practitioner ask me a whole list of questions once before an exam: one of which was if I ever used objects to masturbate with either vaginally or anally. Some of the other questions were: how many sex partners had I had in the last week, month, and year. Did I have sex with women? Oral sex? Anal sex? Sex with animals? If I came into contact with or consumed blood durring sex.... I know it sounds like I'm making that up, but I swear, I'm not. I don't remember the rest of the questions, there were like a hundred of them. I think I was puzzled by why she didn't just hand me the paper to fill out instead of asking me herself. Who knows? Maybe she was enjoying herself. LOL.

Did she tell you that you should alternate arms? 😁 😁 😁

@mastrbator46 Patients offer many things and the doctor will take that as 'history'; however, her offering you information about her own masterbation was unprofessional - and risky if ever misunderstood.

Never ever has a Dr asked me about anything sexual! Its odd that women get asked this.. I can assume for a virgin it is important not to do invasive exams. but...seems overly intrusive to ask all those questions...

Never, and if they did, I would ask for a new doctor.

Never happened to me and, if it did, I certainly wouldn't answer.

Webshark said:

Never happened to me and, if it did, I certainly wouldn't answer.

If you didn't answer, he would know the answer was YES, because you do, don't you?

Back when I was much younger I had a breast lump, and the doctor said it was because of some kind of a hormonal thing, and he did ask me some questions about erections etc. That being said, he did good job of prefacing his questions with a good description of imbalance I had and explained that he was trying to get a handle on the extent of it. I had no negative effects outside of the lump. That was pretty much that. It was the closest a doctor ever came to asking me about anything sexual.

My doctor asked me if I ever put anything into my vagina or rectum other than my fingers, he then asked if I get any pleasure from it ....so I guess they do! Needless to say I did not answer truthfully!

@NotJuliet: It is very common for the doctors to discuss masturbation with teens. They are supposed to educate teen patients about the fact that masturbation is completely normal (though with the proliferation of internet material, this is probably not required). For any adult exams, unless you bring it up, they are not supposed to ask since this is considered normal(at least not in any of the practices I have been to in California)

I can totally relate to the never ending questionnaire you need to fill out - Blue Shield has a 4 page questionnaire document that you need to fill out before you go in

No. Doctor never asked

No i've never been asked that

My gynecologist has never asked me about masturbation, but he did ask me once how often I engaged in sexual intercourse and if my orgasms were normal. I was completely surprised by that question (are there abnormal orgasms?) I wasn't sure why he asked me that...or how to respond.

I have never been asked that. I have been asked if I was sexually active. But never anything about masturbation.

Webshark said:If you didn't answer, he would know the answer was YES, because you do, don't you?

Studies show that 86% of men and 72% of women admit to masturbation. The rest lie.

Webshark said he wouldn't answer if he was asked if he masturbated.

I said his doctor would then know that he did masturbate.

Switchablesusie, I think that my previous answer was actually incomplete. I wouldn't answer because the real answer is: almost everyday. Reading in retrospect, I was misinterpreted 😃.

I have never heard of any dr asking this question..

Webshark, you said you would refuse to answer the question, "do you masturbate."

From your refusal to answer the question, I would have inferred that you do masturbate and your refusal to answer would incline your physician to believe you do masturbate. Then you said your answer was incomplete and that you wouldn't answer the question because in actuality you do masturbate almost every day. So I was correct in my supposition that you masturbate.

How were you misinterpreted????

In my early 20s, when you'd expect a young, single guy to be fairly sexually active, I wasn't. So my doc asked if I masturbated, and I said I did. He asked if everything functioned normally during masturbating, and I confirmed that it did, and he reenforced that it was a healthy and normal alternative to sex, and a good choice for people who weren't otherwise sexually active.

I have never, ever had a doctor ask me but it seems a lot of men do, based on posting here....of course the societal pressures for a woman to be nonsexual in any but a heterosexual, missionary style, married situation kind of places pressure on the doctor as well so I imagine that is the cause....

I had forgotten until reminded by HMGFirestar that I was asked when first treated for ED. Of course the doctor was trying to figure out if there was a difference between masturbation and partner sex.

Yes and No? My Urologist asked me about ejaculating, and being sexually active. But I figured he being a Urologist I felt that these questions were the norm.

Reluctant to comment as this was meant to be a gynecological thread, but yes, my urologist also asks me from time to time whether I have any problem in ejaculating. However he does not press me to state whether the ejaculation comes about by hand or in some other way.

No doctor has asked me if I masturbate. Years ago my gynecologist at the time asked me if I was sexually active.

During my physicals my doctor has asked me if I have any problems with sex. I interpret it as an open question or lead in to discuss any problems that I may have in that area. I answer that everything is working fine and that is the end of it. I have never had a doctor ask about masturbation or any other specific sexual behavior.

My doctor asked me last year, and she advise that it was healthy for men my age.