# Guys - Has anyone been in a men's group shower and someone accidentally got an erection? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-anyone-been-in-a-mens-group-shower-and-someone-accidentally-got-an-erection/1020543 "2025-07-05T18:44:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-anyone-been-in-a-mens-group-shower-and-someone-accidentally-got-an-erection/1020543/13 "2025-07-05T23:19:38Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > For some reason I remember this absolutely being a fear among guys in high school of having to take the PE shower and accidentally getting an erection while showering, to the point there were “techniques” you’d learn to not get an erection. This must have been some traumatic and recurring fear, to have scarred your psyche so. Because you pretty much asked exactly the same question 4 1/2 years ago. > [@Was being afraid of getting an erection in the locker room shower an actual thing among guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-being-afraid-of-getting-an-erection-in-the-locker-room-shower-an-actual-thing-among-guys/930710): > > Inspired by another post here, despite never actually taking a fully nude shower in the PE Locker room in Middle/High school (if you did took showers you took them with your underwear or swim trunks on) I remember both among my classmates that getting an erection in the boys shower was a fear for obvious reasons, that if you were naked around a bunch of other naked men in the shower and got a boner you’d be called gay and ostracized for the rest of your time in school. There were even tips I hea… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-has-anyone-been-in-a-mens-group-shower-and-someone-accidentally-got-an-erection/1020543)._