Penis and balls hanging between legs during rectal exam

I have always found one of the embarrassing features of having a rectal exam either bent over the table or on the table in the knee-chest position is that the penis and balls are hanging between your legs visible to the examiner. I am wondering if other guys find this embarrassing? I have thought about possibly reaching down and holding up my genitals so they are not hanging down. Do any guys do that? I decided not to hold my balls up since I prefer to maximize my embarrassment during an exam.

Almost all the time I've had physicals, the doc has previously done the hernia check and ball check anyway, so being bent over with the scrotum hanging is most likely not showing the doctor much of anything new at that point. I just let 'em hang and enjoy the DRE at that point hoping it will be lengthy!

This position allows the examiner to observe the back of the scrotum for skin issues including skin cancer. Any embarrassment is a small price to pay for early detection and easy treatment of cancer.

I agree it's a little embarrassing having your penis and scrotum hanging down between your legs during the rectal exam. It's even more embarrassing if I drip a little bit of pre-ejaculate fluid from my penis while bending over. Once when I had that happen, the doctor cleaned it up with a tissue as it was hanging a few inches off of my penis, while still bent over for the rectal exam.

Otherwise though, I guess I never thought to try to hold or cover my genitals up, as I'm typically using both of my arms to support my upper body while bent over the exam table.

Yes, I also find that situation embarrassing. I've had two prostate exams while laying on my back with the legs pulled toward the chest. It seemed like it lasted forever due to being exposed. I also recall a physical with a primary care doctor that I saw for at least 6 or 8 physicals, I had the first appointment of the day and he walked in very late. The assistant already had me in the exam room when he arrived. He came in and said to remove all clothes except the shorts as usual, he did the vitals and the ears, nose and throat while I was sitting on the table. When I was asked to lay back, he said to remove the shorts and proceeded to do , lungs, kidney check, upper chest, abdomen with the shorts down, I remember trying to pull them up and he said to leave them down while he did the entire rest of the exam while I was completely exposed. I believe that he figured it would save time since he was late and had other patients waiting. I felt humiliated being totally exposed.

Well I'm still young (31) and don't see the doctor that much. My male PCP is also young and has me bend over the exam table and is very matter of fact about the entire exam. He's always tells me everything that is going on and that everything appears normal.

I'm not that embarrassed, but then there is a nurse that always gets my blood going whenever I see him. I explained my semi-erection over her once, he smiled and told me she was available.

Maybe when I get older and everything starts shriveling up, I'll feel more embarrassed.

When I've had GI problems the rectal exam's been done bent over the table; I like being exposed, the more females see of me the more fun I'm having. A colonoscopy is done on the Sim's position, lying on the left side. Either one's balls could be in front, not visible to the examiner or pushed back to let her see my scrotum; naturally I choose the latter. I assume that a GI specialist or nurse who sees assholes all day long has seen so many scrotums she would have zero reaction to seeing mine.

Nope.

I have always liked to expose myself anytime I get a chance; doctor’s office, gym, whatever. Plus I am still in pretty good shape considering age and all. So for me, dropping my stick and stones down there for someone to see—sounds like a fun time.

My doctor doesn’t seem to mind nor does his nurse who has occasionally had to give me a shot in the ass. When she gives me a shot my boxers are all the way to my ankles and I bend over the end of the exam table, I don’t want her to have to strain to see anything.

By that point I'm already too embarrassed to care.... after all they are looking at your asshole who cares if they see your balls at this point lol.

It's not a very esthetic looking posture, that's for sure. From photos of such exams it looks like the scrotum is disproportionately enlarged ... but what it even worse is that the few times I was in that position, I just had to drop my pants, not take them off. Not only is there the possibility of tripping over the pants bunched up around your ankles, it's awkward to climb up on an exam table like that and moreover the pants still around the legs makes it all look and feel even sillier and more embarrassing.

Naked, on the exam table on your hands and knees with everything hanging down for the doctor/nurse to see. I just doesn't get any better than that!

Naked, on the exam table on your hands and knees with everything hanging down for the doctor/nurse to see. I just doesn't get any better than that!

I'll take that and raise you some stirrups.

I'll take that and raise you some stirrups.

You may be correct. But I've never had the pleasure of being put into stirrups. I certainly wouldn't object to the experience.

You may be correct. But I've never had the pleasure of being put into stirrups. I certainly wouldn't object to the experience.

It's just a personal opinion, but I think being in stirrups, even for males, would be more of an esthetic sight than crouching on an exam table on elbows and knees. And less embarrassing as well ... and even more comfortable. Too bad that doctors seem to think that being in stirrups will stress a male out ... I'd go for the stirrups above the knees and elbows position every time.

I have only had one rectal exam, but I didn't care that my penis and balls were hanging down...the doctor just got done feeling and examining them so he already knew what they looked and felt like. It didn't bother me that he might catch a glimpse of my balls again from a backwards position.

As mentioned in several prior postings, I really like our family Doctor. a woman just slightly older than me, and have gotten very used to the brief exposure once a year. I also agree with the poster regarding the ability for the Doctor to do a skin check in areas that a person normally can't see on their own.

I have never thought about this. It would be interesting to tap into the doctors mind, especially play doctors.

So, as long as we're "catching" things... What is a "recital" exam, anyway? I haven't had a "recital" since I was taking piano lessons! lol!

So, as long as we're "catching" things... What is a "recital" exam, anyway? I haven't had a "recital" since I was taking piano lessons! lol!

Not fair to make fun of typos ... we all make them from time to time ... 😃 You should see what I come up with if it weren't for the spell checker ...

Not fair to make fun of typos ... we all make them from time to time ... 😃 You should see what I come up with if it weren't for the spell checker ...

Often, it's the spell checker that finds the wrong word, spelled correctly, but wrong nonetheless.

My doc has already seen my penis and balls while I'm standing or lying down for the hernia exam. That said, I was in the knee chest position once and found it extremely uncomfortable.

The exam doesn't really bother me - what i DO find annoying is when he drops a box of tissues on the table, and continues talking to me while I'm squatting and wiping - that is horrific. Please just gimme a minute to myself, OK Bubba?

I had some rectal issues a few years back and went to a gastro-nterologist for treatment. I was always instructed to lay on my side with one leg up and my pants and shorts down. I learned later that this is called the SIMS position. I once posed like this for a play partner who told me that she could "see everything." I wonder if the people in the doctor's office did this deliberately because I always waited for a long time like that and the door was always open. Also, it seemed like a lot of staff would walk in during the exam and procedure.

I have one other story but not related to medical exams. I lived in an apartment and had to use the building's washer and dryer for laundry. I used to be a terrible procrastinator usually put off doing my wash until I hardly had anything to wear. This meant I was usually dressed in the most threadbare, raggedy clothing I owned while doing my wash. Well, one day I was doing a giant load of laundry dressed only in a pair of loose fitting gym shorts and a t-shirt. I was taking laundry out of the washer and was kneeling down with one knee on the floor and the other bent. I heard someone behind me and turned to see a woman who lived in the building. I said hi and went about my business. She was never very friendly. I took a look back and noticed that her eyes were wide open and her mouth agape with a beet red face. I noticed that my penis was sort of hanging out of the front of my shorts but wondered if she saw anything else. Later, I went back to my apartment, which had a full length mirror on the closet door. I bent over the same way with a hand mirror and discovered that, indeed, all my privates were completely hanging between my legs. Honestly, even though I was about 25, I never realized you could see everything from that view. No wonder that woman looked so shocked! I have to admit, it was pretty embarrassing.

Anyway, those are true stories. I'd like to hear what the ladies think about that view. Is it appealing or off-putting?

I was always instructed to lay on my side with one leg up and my pants and shorts down. I learned later that this is called the SIMS position.

That position is named after James Marion Sims, an American gynecologist who was a pioneer in his field, not only describing and preferring the position named after him, but also for developing a speculum also named after him.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Marion_Sims

It has never bothered me. I am usually lying on my side, so there is nothing to see, and they usually just finished the pelvic exam so it does not matter.

Most of my rectals have been done in the Sims position, but I do recall that during my first prostate exam I thought about this as I was bending over the end of the table. It also was my first time being examined by a female doctor, and I momentarily wondered what she would think upon seeing by balls hanging down between my thighs, even though she had just finished giving them a thorough examination as I stood naked before her.

With reference to the "recital" mentioned below, several decades ago in the Village Voice newspaper in New York City, a young pianist was advertised as offering a "Piano Rectal." Don't know if he went through with it.

With reference to the "recital" mentioned below, several decades ago in the Village Voice newspaper in New York City, a young pianist was advertised as offering a "Piano Rectal." Don't know if he went through with it.

It occurs to me that in this case the newspaper can easily be forgiven for the typo, after all it was the Village Voice lol (alternative weekly famous for adult content including ads for "adult" services).

Never given a rectal exam of course, but this is one of my favorite views of a man. There's something so extremely intimate about it. I can definitely see why you would be embarrassed to show that to a stranger!