False Medical Modesty

Other than being penetrated, I can certainly see how you guys enjoy your DRE --- ALL FIVE SECONDS OF IT --- NOT!

That's equivalent to a guy ejaculating upon vaginal entry--NOT SATISFYING AT ALL..

Seriously, look at a clock, wave your finger around for five seconds.

Unless you have something seriously wrong being examined 5 seconds is all it takes, and then you'll have imaging done to isolate and diagnose the problem.

To be fair, we're talking 15-20 seconds for a thorough rectal exam (assuming no complications). Not a long time, but more than 5 seconds.

And for me, it's a lot more than just the 20 seconds the doctor has his finger in my rectum. It's the anticipation of sitting on the table undressed before the exam even starts. It's being informed that the doctor will now be doing the rectal/prostate exam. It's the process of being told how to stand or lie for the exam. The way the doctor says "I'm going to insert my finger into your rectum now, you may feel some pressure" etc., etc.

Go ahead and look at a clock while waving your finger for 20 seconds.

YOU'LL GET BORED. It doesn't take that long. The DRE is a basic exam. If they find something, they don't keep waving their finger on and on, they send you for imaging.

To quote Lois Griffin when she was at the gynecologist and he was taking a long time with the pelvic exam, she told him, "this is an exam, not a date." Maybe your doc likes you!

Not a long time, but more than 5 seconds...And for me, it's a lot more than just the 20 seconds the doctor has his finger in my rectum...

I agree that the actual exam with the doctor's finger up my ass is a very short period of time. But as wino69 said, it's the entire process that he enjoys (as do I) -- and that does take a bit longer. Removing clothing (if necessary) and exposing that part of your body, then getting into position, having the doctor pull on exam gloves, then retrieving the tube of lube, then lubricating their finger, etc. All of that is part of the process and it all adds to the excitement.

Think of it this way. When a female is receiving a gyn exam, I would think that getting into position with your feet in stirrups and spreading yourself apart for all to see is also considered part of the entire exam process. Likewise for males (at least for me!), I enjoy the entire process.

When you talk about how long it takes to do a DRE or a pelvic exam, nobody I ever knew included the time you spend in the room, getting undressed or anything else. It is solely the time the finger is in your ass. Five seconds, maybe a few more if the doctor wants to give you a thrill. (I'm kidding)

When you talk about how long it takes to do a DRE or a pelvic exam, nobody I ever knew included the time you spend in the room, getting undressed or anything else. It is solely the time the finger is in your ass. Five seconds, maybe a few more if the doctor wants to give you a thrill. (I'm kidding)

Seems like you're being somewhat anatagonistic despite my and JimmyJohnson's attempts to explain our thoughts on why the rectal exam (at least to us) is more than just the time the doctor spends inside the rectum. Fine. Whatever. We will have to agree to disagree on this one and move on.....

Not antagonistic, just disagreeing.

Did you look at a clock and wave your finger for 20 seconds yet? DO IT.

It's unreasonably long, not necessary, and like I already said, the DRE is a basic screening exam, not anything definitive, except to say the prostate is enlarged. If they suspect anything, you will have imaging done.

Not antagonistic, just disagreeing.

Did you look at a clock and wave your finger for 20 seconds yet? DO IT.

It's unreasonably long, not necessary, and like I already said, the DRE is a basic screening exam, not anything definitive, except to say the prostate is enlarged. If they suspect anything, you will have imaging done.

No, I'm not going to DO IT. Why would I do that?

I've had a number of DREs and I know how long they take.

And nothing you said in any way detracts from the fact that many of us here find the exam arousing. Is anyone arguing that it is anything more than a basic screening? Did I miss where someone said it was a major surgical procedure or something?

Do I wish it lasted as long as a woman's pelvic exam? Absolutely. Do I wish there were stirrups and stainless steel instruments and gooseneck lamps and swabs involved? Absolutely. But us guys who enjoy such things will settle for what we can get; including taking some satisfaction from the undressing, positioning and everything else that leads up to the actual examination.

No, I'm not going to DO IT. Why would I do that?

You won't look at a clock and wave your finger for 20 seconds? Is that something impossible to accomplish? DO IT or I'll have to send over someone to flog you!

If you do that, you'll see how long a 20 second finger wave is. You're much more likely to get that from your girlfriend than a physician.

I don't doubt that you find the DRE arousing. It is over so fast because it is only a screening.

DO IT or I'll have to send over someone to flog you!

Promise?

If possible, I would like her to be a busty brunette with a leather riding crop. 😃

OMG I'm glad you guys who like rectals rarely come to my ER. It doesn't take twenty seconds, it takes five. Thank god I don't know you get off on it. That's not what it's about. It's medical care. Believe me, when I find a rectal cancer there's absolutely nothing erotic about it.

^^^^ Thank you for your professional input.

It doesn't take twenty seconds, it takes five. Thank god I don't know you get off on it.

Since I don't get off on anything being inserted into my rectum, that 5 seconds feels like 20 MINUTES.

I like to think there's an imaginary sign near that region that says "exit only" or "one way" pointing outward. That's not me smiling. That's me wincing in pain, about ready to scream.

"false modesty" as I understand the term, in relation to a person's state of undress in the office would mean the patient pretending to be uncomfortable or embarrassed, when s/he really wasn't embarrassed. So the NP says, "you must be in a hurry to get dressed..." Were you standing with your hands over your groin, holding a cloth over yourself, signalling your desire to get dressed?

I surmise that health professionals in general understand a patient usually doesn't want to be exposed unnecessarily and will give him/her an opportunity to get dressed as soon as possible, or cover private parts as soon as possible after examining it. So after examining you and having the discussion, there was no further need for you to be undressed.

As for health professionals being embarrassed: They're people. Not every health professional is comfortable with genitals of own or opposite sex, even after being forced to examine/treat the parts during training. I read in a 'health assessment' text aimed at NP's a side bar saying female examiners examining male genitalia had to examine their own sexuality, that if the woman wasn't comfortable with that part of the exam, she should refer it to someone else. I surmise this side bar wouldn't have been written if women NP's weren't embarrassed examining male genitalia. Lastly a male doctor told me one of the few times he was embarrassed: He examined a young woman, and took care to expose only the part he was examining, with not only a gown, but with a sheet. As soon as he was done she asked if she could dress. When he told her she could, the woman whipped off the gown and standing facing him stark naked puts on her panties and bra while discussing her treatment. The embarrassment comes when one is not in control of the exposure. Here the doctor was 'flashed' by his patient.

Lastly a male doctor told me one of the few times he was embarrassed: He examined a young woman, and took care to expose only the part he was examining, with not only a gown, but with a sheet. As soon as he was done she asked if she could dress. When he told her she could, the woman whipped off the gown and standing facing him stark naked puts on her panties and bra while discussing her treatment. The embarrassment comes when one is not in control of the exposure. Here the doctor was 'flashed' by his patient.

Sounds like the lady patient thought all the sheets and covering was a bit over the top, needless and silly. So she showed the doc what she thought of all his covering her up.

Sometimes the embarrassment thing works both ways. Doctors may wish to go to great lengths to preserve what they think is a patient's modesty, but some patients may also become a bit exasperated at all the ultimately needless effort that goes into 'protecting their modesty'.

So I read it that she didn't so much flash the doctor as showed what she thought about all the work going into covering her up. And maybe a patient can take such covering up as a sort of unintended insult too. As in 'am I that ugly or gross the doctor can't stand the sight of my body?' Which is not that flattering a thought when you think about it.