# A couple of questions for straight guys **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658 "2009-02-06T02:30:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/61 "2009-02-06T16:21:13Z")
yeah a couple times…funny story. There were about a half dozen guys showering in the communal shower at the gym when this guy walks in with a comically large hard penis. The guy stayed in the shower only briefly to rinse off (presumably because he was just in the hot tub) and then left. The guy next to me then pipes up with, “so everyone, how’s your ego”. Everyone had a good laugh. Also, at the same gym i happen to walk in on one guy performing oral sex on another in the sauna once. I didn’t stay long. Incidentally the next day there was a sign on the sauna warning guys against having sex in the sauna. Incidentally, I used to go to a gym near Church & Wellesley in Toronto which has a large gay population. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/62 "2009-02-06T16:29:17Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Dude. No offense but I’m genuinely curious - in what social circles do young guys teach each other about masturbation through demonstration? That wouldn’t have been considered a normal part of growing up by myself or any of my friends (that I know of). > > I do remember the first time I heard about masturbation - I was about 8 years old and it was at a friend’s house when there were several boys playing video games. He briefly described what the word meant, some child-like snickering followed, and that was that. There was definitely no demonstration. No offense taken, but I don’t know what else to tell you. A friend, two years older than me, asked me one time, “So, do you beat your meat yet?” When my response made clear that I had no idea wtf he was talking about, he first tried a few other terms and then gestured with his hand in front of his pants. I confessed that I still didn’t get it. FWIW, actual sex was pretty well-understood ground for me at that time, having first discovered my dad’s porn stash sometime in the second grade or so. I had just somehow never connected the idea of all those girls rubbing themselves with the concept of male masturbation. Anyway, he explained the generalities to me, and to make sure I wasn’t short-changed, gave a brief demonstration. To be honest, I think he may well have been one of those “came up with the idea on his own” guys and thought he’d invented it, so he wanted to make sure the concept caught on. The friend I passed this science (art?) on to and I pretty much did the “teenage guys alone in a house with porn” thing that has already been discussed above. He apparently stumbled upon the concept of “mutual masturbation” somewhere because he once suggested we do each other. I drew the line there, though. Not my game. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/63 "2009-02-06T16:39:28Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I am not sure how you would go through becoming an adult without seeing another erect penis anymore than you could go without seeing your mother, sister, or other female relatives naked at some point. Sorry, none of the above. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/64 "2009-02-06T16:58:10Z")
I think I became an adult the normal way, without seeing another erect penis and certainly without seeing my mother, sister or other female relative naked. Well, I take that back. I saw my female cousin bottomless once when she challenged me to a pee distance contest. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/65 "2009-02-06T17:02:29Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Well, I take that back. I saw my female cousin bottomless once when she challenged me to a pee distance contest. No way! How did she do? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/66 "2009-02-06T17:04:39Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I am not sure how you would go through becoming an adult without seeing another erect penis anymore than you could go without seeing your mother, sister, or other female relatives naked at some point. It’s perfectly possible (and I’m 55). ---
**Author:** ![Chase\_Ransom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@Chase\_Ransom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chase_Ransom)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/67 "2009-02-06T17:25:09Z")
Wut? Talking about sex amongst guys is like talking shop or baseball. All the details included. More often than not, told in a funny context. This is quite normal in my opinion (at least with friends you know very well). But exposed pipi? Negatory ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/68 "2009-02-06T17:33:21Z")
I’m 41, and have never seen a female relative naked (to my recollection), but yes to the penes. Quite a few over the years in lockerrooms at the gym or Y – most often, the occasional weird guy who stands around with a woody. Occasionally, mortified younger guys still in that “everything makes hard” phase of life. And, of course, I’ve been to the French Quarter in New Orleans. Entire clutches of penes on display, in both hard and soft options. And that was just on the streets. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/69 "2009-02-06T18:51:04Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > And, of course, I’ve been to the French Quarter in New Orleans. Entire clutches of penes on display, in both hard and soft options. And that was just on the streets. Really? Can you give the context for this or do I just need to get myself a flight to New Orleans? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/70 "2009-02-06T18:59:33Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > No way! How did she do? Hard to tell, we were laughing too hard. I think we were in our early teens, and her little sister was there- maybe 11, and my older sister was there. We all started laughing pretty hard about it, and my cousin dropped her shorts and leaned back and tried to get a good arc going, but by then we were all in hysterics so she pulled her pants up. But I saw bush. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/71 "2009-02-06T19:00:05Z")
I’ve seen lots of wood in my 45 years. But the funniest time was in Basic Training. Sgt. Jackson (young female DI) called up on the intercom that she was doing a walk thru and to get dressed. We all get out of the shower put on pants and line the hall at prade rest. Wile telling us what sorry sacks of shit we were, she stops and ask"Where is Pvt. Midford?". In the shower she"s told. \*\*“Midford get out here, NOW!”\*\*in her best Drill Sargent voice. Out comes Midford wearing only a towel. Ass chewing ensues. Wile she is telling him what a low from of life she thinks he is,he catches wood and knocks off his towel.:eek: So she makes him drop for 20,and we all crack up wile he beats his dick into the floor.:smack:😃 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/72 "2009-02-06T19:04:53Z")
> [@Glazer](#): > > I’ve seen lots of wood in my 45 years. But the funniest time was in Basic Training. Sgt. Jackson (young female DI) called up on the intercom that she was doing a walk thru and to get dressed. We all get out of the shower put on pants and line the hall at prade rest. > Wile telling us what sorry sacks of shit we were, she stops and ask"Where is Pvt. Midford?". > In the shower she"s told. > \*\*“Midford get out here, NOW!”\*\*in her best Drill Sargent voice. > Out comes Midford wearing only a towel. Ass chewing ensues. Wile she is telling him what a low from of life she thinks he is,he catches wood and knocks off his towel.:eek: So she makes him drop for 20,and we all crack up wile he beats his dick into the floor.:smack:😃 I think I have the plot for my next porn film. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/73 "2009-02-06T19:20:11Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It sounded like you had only meant touching yourselves individually but worded it in such a way as to suggest actually making penis-to-penis contact. > > Apparently you _intended_ to do that, so…ok…I don’t think anyone had said anything about going that far, though. That’s going beyond the OP’s question about seeing one and moving into actual homosexual experiences. Every time the subject comes up, I always think of the Rodney Carrington skit where he says, "How did homosexuality get started, anyway? Was it two buddies out fishing one day, drinking some beer… their eyes meet, and one of them says, “Hey, Ted! Let’s rub our penises together!” Paraphrased, of course. So, I thought it was funny, but didn’t need to be reworded. That’s where the confusion came from.. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/74 "2009-02-06T19:29:15Z")
Plenty. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. Back in the early eighties (pre-AIDS, or at least pre-general knowledge of AIDS), I had a fair number of gay friends. Once in a while I’d go with them to gay clubs, of which there were plenty in New York. Some of these clubs permitted sex on premises, usually in the back or downstairs. I saw everything. I saw things you wouldn’t believe, up to and including huge group scenes. It was fascinating. I was never tempted to participate, but the dynamics of the whole scene were fascinating to me. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/75 "2009-02-06T19:40:00Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > It was fascinating. I was never tempted to participate, but the dynamics of the whole scene were fascinating to me. Yeah, they are that. Single sex orgies are the least complicated, if nothing else. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/76 "2009-02-06T20:36:17Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > We’d find a stash of one of our dads’, and look at them and giggle. But we never thought of rubbing our penises together, or of touching our respective penises individually. Am I wearing blinders that are making me miss something? Oh, no. I was just amused by the thought that you had meant to say “touching our respective penises individually” and only accidentally used wording which could also encompass “rubbing our penises against each other”. Anyway. Carry on… ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/77 "2009-02-06T20:46:15Z")
Another no, never here. Seen plenty of flaccid ones in the changing rooms, but luckily no-one has ever felt the need to extend their telescope in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/78 "2009-02-06T20:52:48Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > For the record, my buddies and I shared porn mags and looked at them together growing up, but the thought of **touching our penises together** never even crossed our minds. You might like [this NSFW clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkgMbU-we1o). (not pornographic) Joe ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/79 "2009-02-06T20:53:29Z")
> [@atomicbadgerrace](#): > > Huh, really? When I was in middle school, it was common for some of the boys to hang out at one another’s homes after school, before the parents got home, and watch porn/look at dirty mags, and jerk off together. Yeah, I remember hearing tales from a bunch of guys who camped out in someone’s backyard for a birthday party. I’d say they were 13 or 14 at the time. Mainly I heard about it because they were making fun of the one guy who couldn’t seem to finish. They were talking about it on the bus on the way to school. Can’t say I ever took part in any shenanigans like that though. I’d have been mortified. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/80 "2009-02-06T21:02:54Z")
Stories about straight guys (and a few gay guys, I guess) who jerked off together as teens, or even jerked off one another, are a dime a dozen. Like girls who role play fantasy scenarios and practice kissing, it’s usually just experimentation but still an occasional source of adult confusion and shame (and that’s when they write in to my friend the sexpert with ‘Oh my god I did this 12 years ago am I secretly gay, even though I’m not attracted to my own gender??1?’). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658.md?page=5)