Poll: Comparing penises in the shower.

[ace_of_something]

I went to two different high schools. I can say that never happened. My first high school you were REQUIRED to shower after gym class however the showers we stalls with little doors that covered you from about your knees to your neck even still the entire school only had about 22 boys in it (and 40 girls) so when I had gym class there were only 5 other guys 2 of them being my brothers.
The other much larger high school i went to had showers in the locker room but you weren't required to use them for gym class.
I was on the football and swim teams and you did have to shower after practice swim team everyone wore there bathing suits in the shower, in football everyone wore their jockstaps in the shower. I can see why though the shower was a big open room with two pillars that had multiple heads on it. So you were all standing in a circle looking at each other.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Why do it? Its whole premise is based around making people feel bad and self conscious.

Just like the rest of adolescence.

just to point out this is definitely not an american thing, if it is, it's some odd subculture somewhere because i never hear of this happening anywhere, and i have quite a few cousins all over the place, or a private school thing.

I live in Norway, so I don't think it's an American thing. And I go to a public school.

When we were, like, 10-12 years old there were some who didn't want to shower, and some who showered wearing shorts. Still, when we had passed 14 people grew up and managed to not be so shy about being naked that it kept them from showering after having been sweating for an hour.

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...

well in our P.E., the kids who want to participate (me and my friends) we did so, had some fun, but we didn't sweat like hogs so the slight use of some deoderant or maybe body spray worked just fine, and for the people who didn't participate they just would walk around the track or w/e and not break a sweat either so they didn't really require showers either..

most of did shower once or twice a day as it is, so adding one into p.e. didn't change much, the people who wanted to be smelly were smelly and the rest of us just smelled like axe or w/e deoderant we had mostly.

honestly besides the people who never showered anyways (which we did have those, i'm not sure if they were just too poor to afford the shower at home or if they just didn't care..but you could DEFINITELY tell who did and who didn't) , we didn't smell bad at all.

 

[irtaco]

Yep. And it was awkward. Fun though!

 

[Zantos]

They mentioned in sex education that it was normal for us to be curious about how we "measure up". But the unspoken man code dictated that during after PE showering we nobody looked at someone else's junk.

Once or twice at the beginning someone would, but they got far more flak for looking than anyone did for the state of their manly region. Also included in the unspoken rules were no messing with people's towel while showering and no towel-whipping.

 

[Michael Logan]

Ive only heard about it on Bert, a swedish tv-show. But Ive never done it or heard of anyone doing it in real life.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Mental comparison, sure, but I've never seen/heard of anyone going 'Dammit, your dick is huge!' or anything similar. Just a quick check to see how you stack up compared to others, then carry on.

Note that those wearing swimwear for communal showers are insecure.

lol if i ever heard someone say that i would definitely start laughing, whether i knew them or not.

off topic: i actually did have this happen in high school basically, one of my favorite teachers ended up walking into the bathroom while i was taking a leak (urinals, not stalls) and of course being the old person he was he walked up right next to me instead of taking one of the other 8 urinals along the wall, and he goes "hey, hows it goin?" (old people love making talk in the bathroom for some odd reason) and i go about my business, but holy fuck as soon as he starts to go his dick took up 3/4 of my peripheral vision, i tried so hard to look away but he must have had ninja turtle ooze hit his dick as a child because that thing was like 9 inches long, fuckin scared the shit out of me as a high schooler

after that for a week straight i sat their mind boggled if mine was tiny on average -_-

 

[8-Bit Grin]

Curiosity leading to glances during mutual urination in a public restroom is more likely.

 

[deathninja]

You always catch glimpses in a busy Uni/gym locker room, but I think the deliberate comparisons are either an urban myth or restricted to public schools and rugby union.

 

[(sic) humor]

My public high school didn't make us shower after gym, so I've never had the opportunity to really, erm, compare.

And on a more graphic, but entirely true note, comparing flacid penises isn't the best way to gauge their length. But then comparing erect penises in a high school shower will do worse things to one's reputation, regardless or what you're packing.

(I'll take things I don't want my mother to come across on the internet for 500, Alex.)

 

[Mad1Cow]

It seems more a British thing to me. See in schools we have PE and a shower block for "hygiene" reasons. In the early years of secondary school the PE teachers FORCED you to do it (using, non-violent means of course...that would be weird otherwise). So yeah we were forced to openly shower in front of each other. However, we never really compared there, we just thought "THIS IS AWKWARD, GET THIS OVER WITH!!!" because...well, it was awkward. The fact I was at an all boys grammar school doesn't help either but I heard from the surrounding mixed secondary schools they had the same procedure.

However I did compare with a friend of mine, not in the schooling environment. It wasn't gay, it was more competitive, "I HAVE ACHIEVED MANHOOD FIRST, BOW BEFORE MY GLORY!" was what we were aiming for. Eventually we stopped hanging out and became normal people in society. So yes I'd say I've compared with another person, but that person was a dear friend at the time, not the after rugby, "HUARGH, MINE CAN REACH THE MOON WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING!!!" thing that you seem to be thinking of, but a sort of childhood, competition thing.

 

[(sic) humor]

Edit: very sorry, double post. Computer issues.

 

[Marik2]

Who the hell has showers after P.E?

I was always told this would happen yeah, but there never was any showers in any of our schools, we just carried on with our day.

Yeah that was basically my high school.

Only people who showered were athletes and that was it.

 

[Jonluw]

So showering after gym is something only Scandinavians do?

Apparently. I'm absolutely dumbfounded.

well in our P.E., the kids who want to participate (me and my friends) we did so, had some fun, but we didn't sweat like hogs so the slight use of some deoderant or maybe body spray worked just fine, and for the people who didn't participate they just would walk around the track or w/e and not break a sweat either so they didn't really require showers either..

most of did shower once or twice a day as it is, so adding one into p.e. didn't change much, the people who wanted to be smelly were smelly and the rest of us just smelled like axe or w/e deoderant we had mostly.

honestly besides the people who never showered anyways (which we did have those, i'm not sure if they were just too poor to afford the shower at home or if they just didn't care..but you could DEFINITELY tell who did and who didn't) , we didn't smell bad at all.

Wow. Your P.E. sounds really lax.

Over here it works sort of different. First of all, participation is required like in any other class, and you get grades, again like in any other class.

If you manage to get through the class without breaking a sweat, you either have a broken leg, or you are going to get a really poor grade.

A normal P.E. class consists of us playing basketball or bandy or football (that's soccer to you ), which doesn't really wear us completely out (we're still pretty damn sweaty though).
However, certain parts of the year we will focus on strength. Then, an average class works like this:
Do push-ups for 2 minutes, 1 minute break. 2 more minutes of push-ups, 1 minute break.
Pull-ups for 2 minutes, 1 minute break. 2 more minutes of pull-ups, 1 minute break.
Sit-ups for 2 minutes, 1 minute break...
etc. for an hour or so.

Then we have the parts of the year when we focus on endurance. Those are the worst parts. Last time, we had to constantly run and jump our way through an obstacle course for an hour. I was practically dead at the end of that lesson.

Two times a year, most schools (after 7th grade) will also ask you to either run 3000 metres (2 miles) or take the Cooper test (run as far as you can in 12 minutes).
My personal record on the 3000 meter test is 11 minutes and 17 seconds.
I do worse on the Cooper test for some reason. I only reach 2900 metres.

As for the showering twice a day thing: I have P.E. class first thing in the morning, so I just skip my morning shower and take it at school instead.

Also (not a reply to you per se): People get stalls in their showers? Wow. We just have an open room with showerheads sticking out of the wall.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I assume this is an American thing. Never heard of this happening in the UK.

My school did have showers, but as far as I was aware, everyone wore their P.E shorts when they went in there (unless they all took them off the second they were inside).

I wouldn't know for sure, I never went in there. A lot of people didn't, only the real "enthusiastic sports-loving jocks who give it 110%" ever did, and they all hated me. So me going in there wasn't a good idea. Add to that the added risk of erections when around half-naked, wet guys half of whom I wanted in my bed, and it would have lead to VERY bad times. Or an orgy... but most likely bad times.

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!

Two times a year, most schools will also ask you to either run 3000 metres (2 miles)

My school only did this once, for the Year 7s. And even then I don't think it was 2 miles. For the boys it was twice round the full outside of the school field, and the girls went round it 1 and a half times. It was fucking BIG field (basically just two different fields stuck together, essentially) but I don't think it was a mile around the entire outside.

I remember I came in last. Well, technically 2nd to last but only cause some dude broke his ankle. But he was a jerk, so fuck him.

Still, that was the worst day of my life. I was probably teetering on the edge of having a heart attack for about 3 days afterwards.

[sub]I'm really out of shape.[/sub]

 

[kittii-chan 300]

oh god... i thought they were talking about their surf boards...

I have no idea. But let me just say, I used to compare my boobs to the others. So I can understand why guys would do this.

yay im not the only one



PS- "That pussy's got my heads protection!"~lelouch whilst chasing a cat.

 

[electric_warrior]

I've never actually engaged in comparing with other people, but in the shower you do sometimes catch a glimpse and think of it in terms of your own, i.e. "I'm bigger" "I'm smaller" etc, but I've never voiced that opinion or even dwelt on it in any way.

I've played rugby and swam since I was 5, so if anyone had ever had such a conversation in the shower, you'd figure it would be me. I think its a myth, or at least isn't nearly as common as people think.

 

[fenrizz]

The only way to really measure them is to have them erect, and that is not something I'm willing to do with another male.
Ever.

So, no.

EDIT:
There are actually people out there that don't shower after P.E.?

That is just disgusting to be perfectly honest...

 

[funguy2121]

Sounds like someone's been messing with either the OP or his sex ed teacher. There are probably more gay/bi/curious men out there than are willing to admit it, so I'm sure there are those who would steal a glance. But actually comparing?

"Hey Mark, whatcha got there?"
"Oh, hi, Dave, I was just washing my uncircumcised penis."
"Whoa, that thing's uncut? Lemmie take a look!"
"Sure, buddy." (Hands Dave his loofah.) "Make sure you pull back at the base so you get it all clean."
(Dave cleans underside of Mark's penis.)
"This sure is a nice cock."
"Well, buddy, I can't even see yours with that towel in the way!"
(Cue the dated midi-funk.)

Seriously, what scenario involving comparing genitals in the shower doesn't sound like the beginning of a porn?

Verdict: incredibly uncommon occurence.

 

[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.

 

[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.