Teenage Genital Exams

Regarding anatomical vernacular, I once encountered the phrase “underwear region” when filling out a medical form online prior to a real dermatology exam.

While it personally doesn’t bother me, it is humorous to see the effort made sometimes to avoid using even a generic anatomical descriptor such as “genitals.”

The female equivalent of the scrotum is the labia majora (part of the vulva), the equivalent of the penis is the clitoris (NOT THE VAGINA), the female equivalent of the foreskin is the clitoral hood, the female equivalent of the SKIN of the penis is the labia minora.

In addition, the nerve endings of the female vestibule are equivalent to the nerve endings interior to the male foreskin.

If females want to know what sensations get cut with circumcision all they need to do is stimulate only their vestibule tissues.

I guess I just don’t get offended very easily. Slang terms for male genitalia, no matter what word or words, don’t bother me. Junk, cock, package, family jewels, etc. I could care less. The same goes for female genitalia. I won’t use examples for that as some women object strongly to some of the slang terms.

There is one slang term for a woman’s vagina I would never utter aloud, though. It’s the c-word, and I think nowadays it is used as a vulgar term used to describe a woman’s attitude, or bad demeanor, than to be used as slang for vagina. Maybe long ago it was more common to actually say it and actually mean vagina, but certainly not anymore.

It’s the c-word, and I think nowadays it is used as a vulgar term used to describe a woman’s attitude, or bad demeanor, than to be used as slang for vagina. .

This meaning has been borrowed from British usage and is becoming more and more widespread. And moreover, it applies to both genders, from what i can tell often for men. I'm sure our British members could explain more on this, but to me it sounds like it is becoming a unisex insult ...

It’s the c-word, and I think nowadays it is used as a vulgar term used to describe a woman’s attitude, or bad demeanor, than to be used as slang for vagina. .

This meaning has been borrowed from British usage and is becoming more and more widespread. And moreover, it applies to both genders, from what i can tell often for men. I'm sure our British members could explain more on this, but to me it sounds like it is becoming a unisex insult ...

Here in the UK the 'C' word is indeed a very commonly used insult and term of abuse, mostly but not exclusively by males to or about other males. I've heard it more times than I could ever count or care to remember.

@rabidbiker said

I guess I just don’t get offended very easily. Slang terms for male genitalia, no matter what word or words, don’t bother me. Junk, cock, package, family jewels, etc. I could care less. The same goes for female genitalia. I won’t use examples for that as some women object strongly to some of the slang terms.

There is one slang term for a woman’s vagina I would never utter aloud, though. It’s the c-word, and I think nowadays it is used as a vulgar term used to describe a woman’s attitude, or bad demeanor, than to be used as slang for vagina. Maybe long ago it was more common to actually say it and actually mean vagina, but certainly not anymore.

Thank Odin and Thor [the only TRUE gods] that SOMEBODY DOESN'T get offended easily. The human race is going down the toilet on that characteristic. As for the emotional weaklings who get offended by anatomic terms about the areas "down there," GROW THE FUCK UP!

Slang words are just words, who gives a crap?

Since it would be a mistake to assume [as the saying goes, when you assume, you make an ASS of U and ME] everyone should know that the "c-word" is CUNT.

CUNT

CUNT

CUNT

CUNT is becoming more popular in recent years and I have heard there is a movement on the west coast for women to take back the term CUNT and and remove its derogatory implication.

. . . . . It’s the c-word, and I think nowadays it is used as a vulgar term used to describe a woman’s attitude, or bad demeanor, than to be used as slang for vagina. . . .

The same can be said for the "p-word."

NO, you dummy, NOT prostate.

The p-word is PRICK and that usually has the same connotation as the c-word CUNT.

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@SwitchableSusie Don't forget about the other c-word, cock! You wouldn't want to piss off the gender equality police.

@SwitchableSusie Don't forget about the other c-word, cock! You wouldn't want to piss off the gender equality police.

Why do you think I mentioned PRICK?

Equal time buddy!

CUNT is becoming more popular in recent years and I have heard there is a movement on the west coast for women to take back the term CUNT and and remove its derogatory implication.

My own personal take, perhaps a bit snobbish I admit, is that when spoken in Received Pronunciation by a posh bloke, it sounds rather classy in a slummy way ... ha ha

This is getting really off topic.

Doctors are “genital obcessed"??? Are you crazy???? It's part of a routine exam, & done frequently duringo puberty chart progress of development, nothing more.

puberty chart progress of development

What's that? Never heard of that around here.

puberty chart progress of development

What's that? Never heard of that around here.

Probably the Tanner scale (or the Tanner stages).

Never heard of that either

Never heard of that either

You can find a description in Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanner_scale

"testicular volume" How do they measure that? Do they have the nurse suck you dry and spit it into a test tube?

I do remember my first genital exam. Unfortunately, the nurse was in the exam room watching as the Doctor was looking at my Penis then touching it, and having me cough. I felt my Penis getting hard, and got a little embarrassed that the nurse saw me getting hard, and just smiled, which made me more embarrassed. My doctor always had a young nurse.

"testicular volume" How do they measure that? Do they have the nurse suck you dry and spit it into a test tube?

Generally they just estimate visually, but if they need to know exactly for some specific reason, they compare with an orchidometer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchidometer

Generally they just estimate visually, but if they need to know exactly for some specific reason, they compare with an orchidometer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchidometer

My doctor always checked testicles with an orchidometer when I was 10 to 18 years old.

When i was a tween my doctor would only lift my underwear waistband and take a peak but when i became a teenager he’d fully bring down my underwear and fondle my balls

My doctor always checked testicles with an orchidometer when I was 10 to 18 years old.

I had an orchidometer used on me from about 10/11 until 17 but not by my regular doctor.

It is a time of change: 12, 13, 14 years. On the part of the adolescent, at 12 they can convince themselves that "it's okay, another check-up, I'm going to the pediatrician", but at 13-14 years old it is possible that other connotations are taken, which at the time are not explained or shared. The most delicate moment, I suppose, is the total retraction of the foreskin. What sensations do you guys have? Other connotations outside of the strictly medical ones?

Indeed it is the most delicate moment. With a male pediatrician is a very humiliating moment, with a female one it is a weird feeling and erotic thoughts go to the mind.

What sensations do you guys have? Other connotations outside of the strictly medical ones?

For me, it was a very weird feeling having to retract my foreskin in front of the doctor. It is a quite intimite act that I mostly associate with masturbation. Having to do that with the doctor watching was very intimate and embarrassing. In the moment, it did not feel pleasurable but that connotation was certainly in my mind. But overall, I think the doctor actually touching me and feeling my testicles was more embarrassing than having to retract the foreskin.

It is a time of change: 12, 13, 14 years. On the part of the adolescent, at 12 they can convince themselves that "it's okay, another check-up, I'm going to the pediatrician", but at 13-14 years old it is possible that other connotations are taken, which at the time are not explained or shared. The most delicate moment, I suppose, is the total retraction of the foreskin. What sensations do you guys have? Other connotations outside of the strictly medical ones?

You are right up until 12 or 13 I can’t remember which exactly but where I lived the pediatrician always retracted the forskin themselves and although not particularly pleasant having a male do it, it wasn’t a big deal. When my stepmother switched to a female pediatrician at age 10 it was more embarrassing because i would be lying on the table and she would take my underwear right off first and then immediately retract my foreskin with my stepmother in the room. Then at 12 or 13 I got an erection in front of both of them as soon as she started to touch my penis. I remember my face burning red and then every year before the exam I would be anxious for a couple days about the embarrassment and sexual feelings to come.

@MotherLauraSpain I agree it was definitely a time of change from around 12 upwards. My foreskin was retracted by the dr, although they had been doing this from a younger age. They became more interested in my testicles, and examined them by rolling them between fingers, and the hernia checks began. They also inspected my anus, visually. I think there was more of a focus on development, for obvious reasons, and the examinations felt more detailed. Foreskin retraction was always embarrassing and intimate. The doctor was always very efficient, and pulled it back to check. and moved on.

After being operated on for a phimosis at about 6yo (about 0.4in of my foreskin was cut), during my youth, no more doctor ever retracted my foreskin. A quick look in the panties showed that there was no problem there because the tip of my glans was perfectly visible.

During my youth, doctors never palpated my testicles nor checked for hernias nor inspected my anus. I was very happy about that because at the time I was very modest and shy.

Yep. Front of the panties were pulled down and quick spread of my labia for a peek.

@MotherLauraSpain, the "sensations" as my mom drove me to my 13 year-old "puberty check" were so strong that I was already starting to get erect in the car. Each year she got more excited when I got stripped naked and she saw my penis and testicles being examined and handled by the pediatrician. The year before she was disappointed that I didn't yet have pubic hair, but by 13 some hair had started to sprout and I knew she would be pleased that as soon as the underpants would come off she would finally get to see my penis and testicles with hair growing above the penis! When the nurse had me strip to just underpants I was almost totally erect, and mom's eyes bulged out as she looked down at my boy bulge. During the "regular" part of the exam my penis was completely erect in the underpants, and mom could hardly contain her anticipation. When doc removed the underpants my penis was sticking straight up and mom was doubly ecstatic to see my erect penis with some hair above. Her look of joy was so emotionally arousing for me that as soon as doc started palpating my boy parts that (although I didn't know what it was at the time) my penis squirted semen. It felt fantastic, but it felt even better to see the broad smile and deep look of happiness and satisfaction on the face of my beloved mom as I could see her eyes taking in the sight of my bare penis and testicles, and the semen dripping down my hairy and erect penis.