Poll: Comparing penises in the shower.

[Hlain]

It's still sort of unbelievable to me that you don't shower after P.E.
Makes me want to create a new stereotype on British/American people: Smelly...

Are you perhaps a woman? Because here in Sweden, it's very common (at least up to 15-16, after that people get more mature) to skip the showers. That's why we have the phrase turkish shower (turkdusch), where you just spray yourself with a lot of deodorant.

 

[tahrey]

It's something that I've seen enough examples of in media... but no. Never happened. Not in an organised or even consensual way anyway. Yeah, we did PE and sports. Yeah, there were communal showers after where you were required to de-kit so as to get the sweat and dirt off all of yourself. It was pretty much impossible not to catch a glimpse of random other guys' junk.
But except for the few poor unfortunates where a class troublemaker spotted they were severely underdeveloped (very short, or not getting pubes even in their teens), there wasn't any comparison or comment passed. You just don't do that kind of shit in real life, even as a kid.

Maybe if we had been 8 or 9 years old instead of 13-14 it might have been seen as a funny thing to indulge in, but... yknow... early teenage body horror and all that.

However a question in return - do the girls do it as well? The boobs, butts, and elsewhere? There's a whole lot more to compare, it's a lot more obvious and easily exposed...

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I do it all the time with my brother.

Anyway, back on point: never heard of this in-shower-cock-comparison happening here and frankly, I'd be fucking weirded out if it did!

Your avatar, it disagrees.

Having a bunch of macho guys comparing their sizes in a school shower ranks right up there in "list of experiences I never want to have any part in" somewhere in front of "slapped with a fish" and right below "having my cock bitten during oral sex".

Sure, guys whipping their dicks out in a shower to flash them around sounds ideal for a cock-loving sexual deviant such as myself, but the reality of it is that it's one of those situations that's better left in potential fantasies, since in reality it will always be a MASSIVELY awkward situation at best, the set-up to a pre-planned gangbang at worst.

Hahaha, it used to happen at the school I was in. There were a lot of athletes and gym goers. Nearly all of them would pretend they were gay by making grunting noises, grabbing people's dicks or doing other gay shit like licking their face. I don't know why they did it, I assume to make people feel uncomfortable. They saw it as a joke, I don't think they realised how gay it actually was.

I would bet half my wages for the rest of my life that at least a quarter of the guys that did that later realised "damn, I like cock". Seriously, half my fucking wages. Forever. I've encountered every kind of guy when it comes to sexuality, and NO straight man would EVER do that shit if he didn't secretly want to fuck blokes. Or be fucked my blokes. Either or, I don't judge their position.

But yeah, there was a lot of dick comparing in that school. I usually chose not to shower, but one PE teacher liked to force me to shower, telling me if I don't get in he will get me expelled, major pedo.

I had to make up some bullshit excuse not too shower when I was in school. With the teacher I had, there was zero chance of "I'm gay and worried I might get a hard-on in there" flying as an excuse. He'd have forced me in there and told everyone I was gay at the same time.

But that same teacher did leave the door of the boy's changing room WIDE open. And the shower HAD no door. And the corridor outside led to both the male P.E staffs office, AND the fucking staff room. Which means that if a staff member forgot to close the staff room door, they could see into the guys' changing room. If they left the staff room by that door, they could see into the guys' changing room. If the P.E staff left their office and looked to their left, they could see into the guys' changing room.

Add to that that the place was too small for an entire class, and you had guys changing along the wall RIGHT IN VIEW OF THE OPEN DOOR! To this day I suspect the staff of my school to be paedophiles or other varieties of massive perverts.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

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ah i see, similar enough, lol it's not hard at all to get A's/6's in high school here, i think it should change but too many things are based off your gpa and getting into college not based on your gpa? your Shit out of luck

lolol nice response there, i used to hate coaches that would say that kind of shit -_- but at the same time i would be inclined to agree but the endurance i had built up from soccer/football was ridiculous, sure i couldn't run top speed for 2 miles straight, but that wasn't quite...useful for a long days work/tournaments (unless a zombie apocalypse is going to happen anytime soon)

 

[Jonluw]

unless a zombie apocalypse is going to happen anytime soon.

And who are you to say that isn't going to happen, huh?

Nah, I kid.
I keep hearing phrases like "straight A student" when I'm on the internet, and it almost seems mundane. I'm aware that it isn't, but getting all 6s on your report card over here is pretty much impossible. I heard a girl who did apparently got an article in the newspaper.

It's still sort of unbelievable to me that you don't shower after P.E.
Makes me want to create a new stereotype on British/American people: Smelly...

Are you perhaps a woman? Because here in Sweden, it's very common (at least up to 15-16, after that people get more mature) to skip the showers. That's why we have the phrase turkish shower (turkdusch), where you just spray yourself with a lot of deodorant.

I am a guy, and where I went to school, pretty much everyone had quit skipping showers by age 13/14.
There were of course still those that showered in shorts though.
Hadn't heard the term Turkdusch before... Reminds me of elementary school, where we'd run around the schoolyard spraying axe everywhere until it was banned from school.

It may be more difficult to find now that they tend to use crappy post-techno or no music at all. Maybe google 80's (or 90's) porn funk and see what comes up? Hell, there may even be some on Pandora. Or, alternately, you may be able to contact some of the people who worked on the soundtracks for movies like Boogie Nights and Orgazmo! Please tell me your purpose in finding this music is to use it in a parody or documentary.

I'm sorry. It isn't. It's more for making humorous comments, like turning on the music when my teacher tells me stuff like "you shouldn't be sticking your finger in that hole" (I was fiddling with the electrical outlet.)

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Note that those wearing swimwear for communal showers are insecure.

Or they don't want people they barely know, or don't know at all, getting the opportunity to look at them naked. That's not insecurity, that's just "not wanting to be perved on by strangers". There's a difference.

I'm kidding. Besides, I tend to do so anyway. Or rush through the shower as quickly as possible, to prevent inadvertent dong-seeing.

 

[DYin01]

I find it hard to believe that when confronted with another man's penis, one doesn't at least glance. You usually don't see those things, so it's only normal to at least look at it (and try to make it look like you're actually staring at the floor or at the fabulous wall next to said man). Not looking seems like a conscious effort to me.

''But we're talking about comparing here, not looking!'' I hear you think. Are you saying that you just take that penis-related information and don't compare it to your own? That would be weird to me.

-edit: Wait a minute, are we actually talking about guys getting together in the shower and comparing their manly bits like they're talking about their cars? Forget everything I just said, that is weird.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Note that those wearing swimwear for communal showers are insecure.

Or they don't want people they barely know, or don't know at all, getting the opportunity to look at them naked. That's not insecurity, that's just "not wanting to be perved on by strangers". There's a difference.

I'm kidding. Besides, I tend to do so anyway. Or rush through the shower as quickly as possible, to prevent inadvertent dong-seeing.

I'm the same. Despite enjoying knowing guys are checking me out most of the time, when in a communal shower if, through some bizarre, unlikely and most likely hilarious chain of events I'm forced to go in there naked I get shit done as fast as possible.

Mostly cause whenever communal showers are used outside of school, they seem to always be occupied by AT LEAST one fat, hairy old man. And I don't go for that.

 

[Nimcha]

I find it hard to believe that when confronted with another man's penis, one doesn't at least glance. You usually don't see those things, so it's only normal to at least look at it (and try to make it look like you're actually staring at the floor or at the fabulous wall next to said man). Not looking seems like a conscious effort to me.

Haha! I feel the same. You're gonna see it anyway, why not just look and get it over with?

 

[Klarinette]

Heh... my brother said he never showered after PE because the gym teacher was creepy and was like, "Come on, guys!" Also... showering at the school seems like a super easy way to end up humiliated somehow. The only time people didn't give grief about it was if we used the pool and were using the rec centre showers. I don't know why it was a different mentality, but it totally was.

That said, I don't have a penis, and probably wouldn't compare with people. I don't talk about my boobs or anything (some girls do, and I think it's weird), so... I can't imagine it'd be different if I had a penis instead.

 

[latenightapplepie]

No, I have never done this.

I do however, compare the size of my penis to that of the guy I'm having sex with. That seems reasonable.

 

[Jasper Jeffs]

I do it all the time with my brother.

Anyway, back on point: never heard of this in-shower-cock-comparison happening here and frankly, I'd be fucking weirded out if it did!

Your avatar, it disagrees.

Having a bunch of macho guys comparing their sizes in a school shower ranks right up there in "list of experiences I never want to have any part in" somewhere in front of "slapped with a fish" and right below "having my cock bitten during oral sex".

Sure, guys whipping their dicks out in a shower to flash them around sounds ideal for a cock-loving sexual deviant such as myself, but the reality of it is that it's one of those situations that's better left in potential fantasies, since in reality it will always be a MASSIVELY awkward situation at best, the set-up to a pre-planned gangbang at worst.

Hahaha, it used to happen at the school I was in. There were a lot of athletes and gym goers. Nearly all of them would pretend they were gay by making grunting noises, grabbing people's dicks or doing other gay shit like licking their face. I don't know why they did it, I assume to make people feel uncomfortable. They saw it as a joke, I don't think they realised how gay it actually was.

I would bet half my wages for the rest of my life that at least a quarter of the guys that did that later realised "damn, I like cock". Seriously, half my fucking wages. Forever. I've encountered every kind of guy when it comes to sexuality, and NO straight man would EVER do that shit if he didn't secretly want to fuck blokes. Or be fucked my blokes. Either or, I don't judge their position.

They did, I was friends with a lot of them. It was funny seeing them all admit to being bisexuals around the time we started college. I don't think they did it originally though because they were attracted to males, I think it went from "hah, this is funny seeing you uncomfortable" to "huh, this is funny, I feel uncomfortable".

But yeah, there was a lot of dick comparing in that school. I usually chose not to shower, but one PE teacher liked to force me to shower, telling me if I don't get in he will get me expelled, major pedo.
I had to make up some bullshit excuse not too shower when I was in school. With the teacher I had, there was zero chance of "I'm gay and worried I might get a hard-on in there" flying as an excuse. He'd have forced me in there and told everyone I was gay at the same time.

But that same teacher did leave the door of the boy's changing room WIDE open. And the shower HAD no door. And the corridor outside led to both the male P.E staffs office, AND the fucking staff room. Which means that if a staff member forgot to close the staff room door, they could see into the guys' changing room. If they left the staff room by that door, they could see into the guys' changing room. If the P.E staff left their office and looked to their left, they could see into the guys' changing room.

Add to that that the place was too small for an entire class, and you had guys changing along the wall RIGHT IN VIEW OF THE OPEN DOOR! To this day I suspect the staff of my school to be paedophiles or other varieties of massive perverts.

Glad to hear at least your PE teachers were as bad as mine, mine made jokes about homosexuality. I'm not gay myself, but I imagine it would've been difficult for anyone to tell people that they are gay with the (probably) homophobic PE teachers and impressionable school kids.

 

[awmperry]

Well, I've gone to school in Sweden, Belgium and the UK. In Sweden everyone showers after PE/Gym/Sports/whatever you want to call it. (Well, all except me, because I'm British and neurotic.) Not showering, unless it's the last class of the day and you're going straight home, is considered terribly uncouth and dirty. After and before swimming in a public pool, showering is absolutely mandatory - many pools even state that swimming costumes are not to be worn when showering. I don't go swimming these days.

In the UK, there were showers, but nobody ever used them. Showers (with trunks/costumes on) still mandated after swimming, though, because of the chlorine.

In Belgium, showers were provided, and many people did shower after PE if they had time, but it wasn't mandatory.

During my military service we had communal showers and communal dorms. At that point, it pretty much becomes a non-issue, particularly when you're sharing your living areas with female soldiers as well.

I have never encountered any actual overt comparisons, though my wife tells me I'd be a firm favourite.

 

[Kakujin]

Well, there was a fair bit of discussion rather than any real comparison, but yeah, I can't remember even one shower experience with guys my age, where there wasn't an exclamation about someones gentleman sausage....

 

[Jonluw]

Also... showering at the school seems like a super easy way to end up humiliated somehow.

That is true. I remember this one time those of us who finished showering first went over to the girls and let them into the boys' locker room while the rest were still showering.

Hah. Good times.

 

[PhiMed]

I've always heard "comparing dicks" used by coaches, in a similar fashion to "playing grab-ass" and "having a pissing contest". As in, "Stop comparing dicks and start washing them! The bell's about to ring and you guys have been messing around the entire time!"

I never heard it discussed in health class, other than being told that being curious about what other people's junk looks like is natural early on. From a personal perspective, other than looking around the first couple times in the shower to see if I was "normal", I've never done it and I've never seen it done.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

No, I have never done this.

I do however, compare the size of my penis to that of the guy I'm having sex with. That seems reasonable.

This is pretty much the way to go.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

This never happened and I never heard about it happening. But then again you didn't shower in school unless you wanted to be carried outside naked and dumped into a thistle bush while someone farts in your face.

Yeah, you kept your fucking head down.

 

[PhiMed]

Heh... my brother said he never showered after PE because the gym teacher was creepy and was like, "Come on, guys!" Also... showering at the school seems like a super easy way to end up humiliated somehow. The only time people didn't give grief about it was if we used the pool and were using the rec centre showers. I don't know why it was a different mentality, but it totally was.

That said, I don't have a penis, and probably wouldn't compare with people. I don't talk about my boobs or anything (some girls do, and I think it's weird), so... I can't imagine it'd be different if I had a penis instead.

Adolescent boys need to be encouraged to shower as often as possible. Males sweat more than females (generally speaking), and guys are gross during that stage, anyway.

The only times I showered at school were after organized athletics functions. My dad refused to let me or my friends into the car if we hadn't.

 

[alandavidson]

If you're in a public shower you're going to see other people's junk, that's just a fact of life. But stand around and compare sizes and styles? No way man.