If your doctor asked if you perodically masturbated, would you fess up?

Yes if my doctor asked I would answer honestly,if it was asked for medical reasons I dont think its ever wise to lie to your doctor and besides when it comes to masturbating there are only two kinds of people....those that admit it and those that lie about it.

I actually told my doctor that I masturbated on a regular basis. She had prescribed a medication that had interfered in my ability to orgasm, and I didn't like that. Fortunately, we went a different route there, and that went back to normal :-) I think I was just bringing her up-to-date on where I was at in life, right now. She agreed that I should, and do it as often as I felt like, as it was good for me. I had not seen her too many times, and our doctor/patient relationship wasn't going well. Since I was able to open-up to her on what had happened in my past, and what was important to me today, that wall was torn down, and now we are doing well. I like female doctors, as I believe they are more sensitive to needs, and to talk with, She is my second female doctor, and really missed the first one I had, as she was really great. I think it's far best to open-up as much as possible, where needed. Mike

Libido is an important aspect of men's health. If something happened that caused me NOT to masturbate, I'd certainly bring up the concern to the doctor. And there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Wankers of the World Unite!

Certainly! What have I got to lose?

I'm struggling to think of any valid reasons why a doc would ask that without it seeming very unprofessional. I think if I were to be asked about masterbation habits then I would be so surprised that I would answer honestly.

Why not? I would assume she had a valid reason for asking. It's never happened to me in a real life situation though I always ask play patients about it.

I would only be embarrassed if i answered honestly about the frequency and/or techniques employed to achieve orgasm. Other than that, no big deal admitting to masturbation.

My general practitioner asks me if I masturbate and tells me that in doing so I'm keeping my prostate muscles healthy.

Why not (: after all you know you won't be the only one

I'm on medication that can cause dryness and make it harder to cum. My doctor asked me if I was still able to orgasm since I'd been taking it and if I found I needed extra lubrication. She then asked me if it was with a partner or on my own. Doesn't seem any stranger than asking if you're sexually active which I've got no problem with earlier so I had no problem answering honestly.

Yes I would.

Your doctor is there to help you and keep you healthy. They can't do their job effectively if you lie or hide things from them.

I´ve never been asked that before 😃 but if a doctor would ask, i would tell him /her the truth

I would but I've never been asked that by a doctor. Even when I was a teen and it might have been an appropriate question to ask a teen patient, my physicals were mostly group sports physicals and no doctor doing those would have ever asked a boy that in front of other boys. After I became an adult, I heard that doctors began to ask teen patients, boys and girls, if they were sexually active and other questions that would have been unheard of when I was that age.

Even at the urologist, that question has not come up although I have been asked about sexual activity, erections, and given an exam that would have made my teen self blush.

I've never been asked.

Absolutely!!

I have never been asked that but I would tell the truth and say yes I do. It would be a rare man that could answer no with that being honest and accurate.

Never been asked but if a doctor asks i ll tell him .

I've never been asked that question, nor do I see why I could be asked such a question.

I think I would answer truthfully questions on my sexuality if I had an indication that this information is actually relevant to solve a medical condition, and not meant to satisfy the curiosity of the physician or some kind of moralistic stand.

I think most doctors (including those in the mental health profession ) would only ask such a question if it were medically relevant. Stupid question in my opinion. The answer is no.

The question that I've been asked was during evaluation for ED. It was if I had satisfactory erections during masturbation. It's the only time any doctor has mentioned masturbation at all.

I don't think this question would be relevant to an exam but I probably would not fess up. There's no medical need for my doctor to know that

What a ridiculous question. No doctor would ask such thing. The only way I can imagine that the subject would be raised at all is as follows. For fertility problems patients are asked to abstain from sex and masturbation for some period of time to increase sperm count. As Jds says it would be important in evaluating ED.

What a ridiculous question. No doctor would ask such thing. The only way I can imagine that the subject would be raised at all is as follows. For fertility problems patients are asked to abstain from sex and masturbation for some period of time to increase sperm count.

There's also the ED evaluation...

Sorry Jds you are correct. I should think more carefully before slagging off on the writer.

If a doctor ever asked me that I'd give the same answer as to the question "Do you drink alcohol?"

You bet, every chance I get.

Without a context, it is a perfectly useless question.

I would admit to it now, thinking if I denied it but something about my genital anatomy gave it away, I would be caught being dishonest. Besides, knowing what I know about the views of people in the medical profession standing behind the fact that it is healthy & therefore condoning it, I am now more comfortable to admit to it. Chances are, they do too, unless they're having so much sex with their partner that it's not necessary for them. Years ago, I wouldn't want to admit to it because typically it's something to be kept private, not talked openly about, done in private with no one around, & get rid of all the evidence. The fact that some people consider it wrong made it harder to admit to, until I got to the point that health facts trump subjective morality.

I have never been asked. I don't think I would tell him the truth. Lol

Liquidsky: One century ago, many, if not most, doctors considered that masturbation was harmful especially in children and teenagers; there are medical books from the 1920s actually advocating circumcision to parents in order to decrease the urge to masturbate. I read that the last clitoridectomy for "excessive masturbation" on a US girl was in 1948. So it seems to me plausible that even later (1960s and perhaps 1970s) some physicians would ask teenagers about masturbation and counsel them to tone down if they confessed to it.

Now we're in 2015 so I strongly doubt this could occur... but one cannot discount religious environments.

I also suspect this kind of question may be asked in a psychiatric context.

I can tell you without equivocation that I was never asked about masturbation growing up in California. I was asked about ,marijuana use when I presented complaining about fatigue. Since I began practicing in 1973 I can say from my own experience this was not considered even remotely by anyone I knew or practiced with. I think that many here have prurient minds.

Never been asked but I'd probably tell the truth. The Doctor would probably find it stranger if I said I didn't masturbate.