Most embarrassing age

Definitely the preteen/early teen years, so around 10-14.

Being taken by mom to her OBGny (male) aged 15 was pretty embarrassing though so were the school exams though they were much less intrusive.

With puberty comes embarrassment definitely.

I can't remember ever being embarrassed before that. 2 weeks after my mum bought me my first bra I'm standing in the doctors office showing it off...omg

I agree with @Laura_L that it is definitely the first time after puberty.

That happened to me at age 15 and really was the first time anyone had examined me while I was stripped naked. I had terrible body self-image at that time, something I only ever overcame when I entered middle age. The hernia exam and rectal exam were humiliations. The experience likely shaped my medley. I wrote an account of the experience on Zity , in case anyone is interested.

https://en.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;msg=1199088

I’m going to break the mold and state truthfully that for me, it was age 10-11. At that time in my life, I suddenly got a little pudgy, which in my mind, meant that I was fat. I hated being seen naked and that’s what going to the doctor meant.

Definitely puberty. The female doctor examined my testicles with usual cough and then totally retracted my foreskin! Of course the expected happened as I turned beat red!

For girls there are several embarrassing events that seem to occur in rapid succession. The one that sticks in my mind is when I had to buy a box of tampons for the first time. It was in the healthcare section of the supermarket and my fear was that I would be in the checkout and run into someone I knew and there I was about to make my purchase.

For me I think it’s around 12-13, when your sexuality awakens, your body starts to really change and you all of a sudden become hyper aware of your differences.

About 14-15 when you really start to think things tru.

Question for you guys. Do you think that teenage body shame is natural and instinctive, or is it the result of negative conditioning? In either case, what can be done about it so that future generations don't suffer needlessly like in the past?

Overall I would say the middle school years were the worst. I remember getting one exam when I was much younger though and the doctor slid a finger in my butt. That mortified me after it happened but it wasn't as embarrassing as things were in middle school.

In general terms: I think something like around 14. You're unsure of your body. Girls have to deal with adult problems (periods, etc.). Yet you're ordered around like a child.

(This remark is general! In my own particular case, I don't re call any intimate examination in those years. I had a number of embarrassing examinations and procedures done to me in elementary school, with, like @Nixie, among other things, digital rectal exams. The embarrassment then came from things never quite being explained.)

@emom For girls there are several embarrassing events that seem to occur in rapid succession. The one that sticks in my mind is when I had to buy a box of tampons for the first time.

My mother would at times send me to the small neighborhood store to buy her sanitary napkins. That was when I was around 14. And that was in a small store where you had to ask the storekeeper for what you wanted. While other customers waited in line (more or less) after you.

Talk about embarrassing. I stuttered and stammered so much in a low voice that of course no one understood me until repeating the item I had to purchase several times.

For me it would also be between the age of 12 and 16. But I never liked going to the pediatrician and being undressed.

Definitely between 11 and 16 years old

I’d say 10-13

8 getting first rectal exam and enemas when home

I would say the earliest parts of puberty for me. Like 10-12 when everything just started developing

For me it was very young. As I got older I understood more abt what was happening and why.

Definitely the early development like 10-11

Well with 11 to 14 in school fully naked everybody can See everything and you get stif 100% a Nightmare

Well with 11 to 14 in school fully naked everybody can See everything and you get stif 100% a Nightmare

@smallteen , did you have it?

Always embarrassing but at 12-14 especially.

Yes several times

For me it was the age of about 12. My breasts were starting to bud and I had my first pubic hair growing. I found being young to be the most embarrassing. As you get older and have more gynaecology procedures carried out you are a little more aware of what is coming next .

Medical exams in the teenage years are the most embarrassing. You are very self-conscious about your changing body. Before that age, you just do what you are told and if a doctor needs to look at you, so what.

As an adult, it's just a fact of life. If a new job requires a medical exam, so be it.

So from the previous logic, outside the teenage years, it's either "so what" or "so be it" so nobody really cares except for the teenagers.

For me it was around the time of jr high school. I always Knew I was Going to have an erection during my exam and there was nothing I could Do about it.

It's been mentioned already but probably around the time my pubic hair started developing, the horror of having the doctor see that!

I would say around 12 or 13 when your body is changing and you are insecure about it.. for the dr or anyone else to see you naked or touch you. I remember being so embarrassed when I started getting breast and hair in the lower area..

For me it was 12-15 ish. Knowing that I would have to drop my pants for the doctor and I never failed to get erect when touched down there.