Most embarrassing age

I've had a think about this to decide when it was most embarrassing for me personally. I've described before my exams at senior school where we had to strip down to our boxer briefs in the changing room before walking down the corridor to the gym and being whistled at by girls. Whilst there was some embarrassment at that the reality was that as a horny teenager it gave me a hard on before I'd even got in and turned me on that girls who I fancied were seeing me dressed like that for the first time.

So I think the award for the most embarrassing exam has to go to the one when I was eleven just before leaving junior school. I'd only previously had one exam at school when I was seven and on that occasion it was pretty basic: we were dressed in briefs and a vest (which at that age was the norm for indoor PE) and had our height and weight taken, and then lifted our vest while they listened to our heart, lungs and stomach. For the exam at eleven, most of us had ditched wearing vests and also switched to boxers, and it was a bit more detailed. I always remember when one of my mates came out from behind a screen and with a red face told us that he'd been told to take his boxers off. I didn't believe him, but sure enough, when I was called up, I too was told to take them down, and for the first time was standing there naked, even if it was only briefly. Whilst on that occasion it was only a quick turn and cough test, rather than some of the longer genital exams I had in the future, I think this takes it as the most embarrassing simply down to it being totally unexpected and also coming at a time when I was becoming a bit more self conscious about my body.

"Scotty 95"

You are almost the only one to relate school physicals where the boy's students after undressing in boxer briefs in a locker room had to walk for a short distance ( according to you) in a corridor to go to a gym where the examination took place with several stations and could be seen by a group of girls having learned (by rumors) that the boys had that day their physical examination in the gym and would pass through this corridor and came in the corridor to see you in boxer briefs and whistle at you.

If it was me, I would have been very embarrassed. You have said that you might have run the gaunlet of girls so it means that they were not aside the wall but in the middle of the corridor very close to you and that there was a lot of girls, is it right?

I assume that you were not left alone in the locker room but supervised by a Pe teacher or a coach, did he come with you in the corridor? why did he said about the presence of the girls?

You said that it was at senior school, so from 14 to 17 or 18 age ?

was it the same each year of school or only one time ?

I know that it was in Scotland

It is surprising for me because generally there was a complete separation between boys and girls and even if the respect of the privacy of boys was not the main issue and their modesty a big deal, the girls had no opportunity to see them undressed.

At these physicals did the girls have also the opportunity to look at your examinations by the windows of the gym ? could they see something ?

I know that they could not see you naked since you were in the nude only behind a screen and for a short time for inspection of the penis with retraction of the foreskin and palpation of the balls, nevertheless it was odd for me.

I could not understand why the authorities of the school did not protect your privacy much by forbidden to the girls to come in this corridor.

Normally at school, there could not be a move in a corridor of several students without a good reason and a supervision of adults.

how was it possible at your school ?

And was the reverse also possible, did you see one year a class of girls undressed in bras and panties walking through the corridor to go to the gym for an examination ?

or were their examinations always performed ,in an other place than the gym?

Was it a school with a double standard regulation as regards the physical examinations of boys and girls?

So, Rachel, how was your physical for 6th grade? How physically mature were you at the time?

"esaterman", taking your questions in turn.

There were a fair amount of girls, but maybe hadn't described it right, as we walked down one side of the corridor to the gym. We were escorted there by our PE teacher who chased them away. Was it wrong for him not to check there was anyone there first? Probably, but it was maybe a case of it's only a short distance, 15 second walk from the exit of the changing room to the entrance to the gym.

Senior school was from 12-16. This only happened on one occasion, when I was 15, not every time.

The doors into the gym were solid wood, so they couldn't see in as to what was going on.

No we never got to see the girls semi naked going for the exams - if we had it would have been for longer as their changing room was a little further away as it was on the same corridor but further away. Like you say possibly double standards.

In my state, you have to have a physical to go into 6th grade. That was extremely embarrassing because you knew everyone else had done it, .

I would think that if everyone, with no exceptions, had to be examined, that would in fact lessen the embarrassment. No one would have gotten off lightly or been excused completely. In other words, no one would have gotten preferential treatment. Which is usually the way that social group dynamics work in other unpleasant situations, like for instance in the military or in college hazing. If you know the whole group is subjected to the same treatment, there is far less chance of resentment or conversely, feelings of superiority.

I agree totally with you "agracier"

it is less embarrassing or at least you feel that it is less when a whole group is concerned and treated equally and it seems less uncomfortable to be naked.

it was true for hazing at university or great schools and also of course at the draft examinations.

To be among a group of twenty young men of 18 age stark naked in a large room to present in front of a draft board commission composed of around twelve persons was embarrassing but we could see the other guys also in the nude first in the line and then being examined one by one under our sight.

May be it is stupid but I think that we were less complaining of this bad treament because we knew that it was the rule for all boys of the same age.

"Scotty 95"

thank you for your answer

So it was only one time and certainly accidentally that you had to walk in underwear on a short distance in the corridor where there was as you said a fair amount of girls

Just still one point ; did the girls had known that you had a physical examination that day by their Pe teacher or by rumors or other information or were they present in the corridor by chance?

May be it is stupid but I think that we were less complaining of this bad treament because we knew that it was the rule for all boys of the same age.

Right indeed.

Once again I have to observe that you are talking about a different time and age, one where the egalitarian ideals of certain ideologies were more put into limited practice than today. We are now in a time of individual privilege and and growing inequality and that translates into people thinking they deserve different, ie. preferential treatment in so many areas of life.

When I was growing up, and you as well, we were still so close in time to the great 20th century conflicts that, for better or worse, imposed regimentation and sweeping group rules and group expectations on individuals. It didn't really do to try and claim individual rights or act like you were too different (and privileged) from others. That was not really admired back then, or at least not so much as it is now.

Now, if this is advantageous or not is another question. But back then it did lead to more conformity and hence less complaining about rules.

I can remember getting a physical by my pediatrician probably around the age 12 or so. I was right on the cusp of puberty and I remember laying flat on the table in my tighty whities and he pulled my under ware down and examined my penis. I guess he was checking to see if I had any abnormalities and where I was in reaching full puberty. Interestingly enough, my good friend had the same doctor and he said he got checked out the same way too.

I seem to remember my mother was in the room so this was a bit awkward being checked and having my mother close by. A bit embarrassing for me at the time.

"esaterman" from conversations I'd had later on, they'd found out because of rumours that had gone round.

Around 9 or 10, having my vagina looked into by older male doctor.

Around 9 or 10, having my vagina looked into by older male doctor.

As if there was some medically necessary reason for that...

When my mom attended my physicals, her view of my genital exam was always pretty much fully obstructed. The way the chairs and the exam table was positioned, the doctor stood between my mom and me on the exam table. I wasn't ever bothered with my mom in the room, but if I had to stand or I knew she had a clear view of me, I wouldn't have been as ok with it.

I feel that the decision for a parent to stay or not stay in the room for some or all of the exam should largely rest with the patient and the parent. If the child has a good rapport with the doctor and is comfortable going in alone, as long as the parent approves, I think it should be permitted. The toughest ages are 11-13 where more privacy is desired, but it may be considered too young for the patient to go in alone.

The most embarrassing age is definitely toward the beginning of puberty. At 13, I was embarrassed because I didn't have any pubic hair, and I knew it was "expected" at that age. At 14, I was embarrassed because I was afraid I would get an erection, which I did.

Thankfully, my mom was not in the room! That would have been humiliating.

Got my first DRE age 10 or so, very uncomfortable while my mom looked on (an RN herself) and tacitly approved of the male doctor's probing of me. Hugely embarrassed. Fast forward to near present, age 49, my first adult DRE (for prostate) completely normal but was embarrassed not because of a woman performing it but because a male LPN had to be there as a chaperone/witness. To his credit, he turned his back at the 'magic moment' so there's that...

And yes it felt great.

I do think in the teenage years is the most embarrassing age. I never got my genitals examinated til my 30's, but had injections in my butt in my teenage years. It was embarrassing just in the first time...after that I just loved to have injections given by nurses.

Age 13 - especially since my penis is modest/average size and didn't seem to get near adult size until my Late teens! had a female nurse in the room a couple times. Absolutely humiliating - probably why i get turned on by "Small Penis Humiliation" videos...

Age 11-12, I was starting puberty and as the doctor was examining me he told my mom," he's growing public hair now." Then he measured the size of my balls.

My most embarrassing exam was at 15, though it wasn't for a physical exam; it was a sick visit.

Weird.... by some strange happenstance I bypassed the awkward teenage exam completely. My last real checkup was when I was 12 years old, and I never had another real physical again until I was in my early 20s.

During the puberty

15, been through puberty and mom still in the room with me with nothing blocking her view

I would think anywhere from 12-16. Puberty and exams.

Without question, definitely between 11 and 15 years old. The pre & puberty years were the most embaressing time because my mom and sister stayed for the whole exam. Until I was 11, I never thought much of it mainly just a quick look and feel with very little genital exposure. I remember laying flat on the table in my underwear and every year he would pull my pants further down exposing my penis and testicles.

As I got dressed, I dreaded hearing him tell my mom & sometimes my sister about how my pubic fair, penis and testicles were developing.

The last time my mom was present, I stood knowing she had a clear view of my genitals. It was extremely awkward standing as my doctor did a complete detailed exam of my penis and balls. The most embarrassing part of the exam was when he measured my balls, my first hernia exam standing and then I got semi-hard in front of my mom

12 to 13 age range for a male is the worst with mom still in the room and the anticipation of what will happen next

I agree with many that listed the pre-pubescent years as the most memorably embarrassing times. It was this period when I was terribly aware that not only my mother was still in the room with me, but as she would take the lead with our Pediatrician's nurse, I was still given a rectal temperature as a part of the check-up. This was in the early 1970's so it is probably not applicable to today's age of digital everything.

Sitting on the crisp white-papered table, and then being told to lay on my tummy began this feeling of no control and submission. At the same time, knowing what was happening and not having any say in it added to the humility. All the while, my mother and the nurse engaged in an ongoing conversation about me, as if I was not there.

Most embarrassing for me throughout youth and adolescence was what I deemed the childish treatment of bending over a receptionist's lap for injections in my bare bottom with her watching, but the most humiliating single experience was the one time I didn't get a shot back there.

I was fourteen and the doctor's beautiful teenaged daughter was acting receptionist during the school holidays. I really fancied her and craved her respect, so I didn't want her even to know that I still got shots in my bottom, much less suffer the abject humiliation of being held across her lap for her actually to see me get one there. I was so pent up with fearful emotion that the doctor's rhetorical question, "How about a shot?" made me burst into tears. My tantrum must have made me appear even more childish to the the girl than I would have bending pants-down across her lap for the usual dread shot in my bottom.

Most embarrassing for me throughout youth and adolescence was what I deemed the childish treatment of bending over a receptionist's lap for injections in my bare bottom with her watching,. . . . I was fourteen and the doctor's beautiful teenaged daughter was acting receptionist during the school holidays. I really fancied her and craved her respect, so I didn't want her even to know that I still got shots in my bottom, much less suffer the abject humiliation of being held across her lap for her actually to see me get one there. . . . .

Snow pants alert!

Yep she had red fingernails and the gentlemen doctors were there too.

You forgot to Capitalize - Red fingernails and Gentlemen Doctors.

For me it was that awkward age surrounding puberty. I was embarrassed about my changing body and its involuntary reactions.