# Guys, would you show it upon request? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920 "2011-04-27T17:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/21 "2011-04-27T18:50:35Z")
She needs to at least offer me some Mardi Gras beads. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/22 "2011-04-27T18:52:43Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > What if it was a close friend? This is a great question. A friend who, say, has known you for years and is just curious. I’m thinking of a particular close friend, who has been alone with me in my apartment many times. The answer is still no. In our younger days, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/23 "2011-04-27T18:57:21Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’m thinking of a particular close friend, who has been alone with me in my apartment many times. The answer is still no. In our younger days, maybe. I have a very good female friend who a few years ago was worried about a medical issue, and wanted me to look at some kind of nasty boil festering on her vulva and give an opinion. I would have, but she got coy at the last minute - which was completely fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/24 "2011-04-27T18:57:25Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > I would show her a certified copy, but not the long form itself. Win. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/25 "2011-04-27T19:08:58Z")
Doubtful. One never can tell, but I doubt that I would. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/26 "2011-04-27T19:22:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I suppose it’d have to be a “you show me yours and I’ll show you mine”. I hope that you will not be surprised to hear that I’ll take that deal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/27 "2011-04-27T19:23:33Z")
It’s a trap! ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/28 "2011-04-27T19:27:49Z")
Voted no because of the lack of detail. I’m sure there’s situations where I would though. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/29 "2011-04-27T19:29:45Z")
KtK\*: I might, too. I’m kind of like a guy in that way. Sometimes it really strikes me that whatever guy I’m talking to has a penis! right there under his clothes! And I am often curious. But I know most girls don’t think that way. \*You have a cool username abbreviation. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/30 "2011-04-27T19:33:14Z")
You bet. I’m kinda mystified by all the “No” answers. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/31 "2011-04-27T19:33:40Z")
> [@SCSimmons](#): > > She needs to at least offer me some Mardi Gras beads. Saw this on cops. Guy on the street was being egged on by girls, cops are sitting back and you can hear them saying “If he does it we’re arresting him” - he did it and got arrested. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/32 "2011-04-27T19:41:37Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Is this a public poll? Depends on your answer! **pseudotriton ruber ruber** : I concur, you win. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/33 "2011-04-27T19:42:54Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > My wife would deeply object to the idea. > > Back in my single years, I’d have probably offered to show her mine if she showed me hers. 🙂 Sums up my position on penile exposure. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/34 "2011-04-27T19:44:27Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I think you mean vulva. I mean, normally I let the word usage slide, but in this case I think it’s kind of important, unless you really mean to get down there with a flashlight and maybe a speculum. :eek: Way to skirt the answer. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/35 "2011-04-27T19:47:42Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Way to skirt the answer. :dubious: Oh. You specifically said “OP”. In answer, I doubt I would show it to a stranger, but a close friend, if I was single? I already gave my answer, indirectly: > [@Myself](#): > > I suppose it’d have to be a “you show me yours and I’ll show you mine”. I never got to play Doctor as a kid or teen. And btw, there are some guys in this thread I’d like to see. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/36 "2011-04-27T19:47:49Z")
Poll as posted: No. But not because I consider it the holiest of holies or anything, it’s just that even I have a basic concept of what is and is not appropriate. There are circumstances where I would be able to answer “Yes” in a casual setting, but to some stranger just rolling up to do a gender check? Nah, I got other things to do. Besides, once it’s out it’s kind of a hassle to coil it back up and stow it again. ETA: Sorry, ' **mika** but I couldn’t show _you_. It’d just get weird. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/37 "2011-04-27T19:50:59Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh. You specifically said “OP”. I did, but since you responded, I picked on you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/38 "2011-04-27T20:13:38Z")
> [@Ladymarmalade](#): > > Guys, if some woman came up to you and asked to see your penis, would you show it to her? > > That’s all the information on which to base your decision, that’s it. > > Enquiring minds want to know! 🆒 Not now; I’m married. Only my wife and my doctor are allowed to see my cock. Before I was married, maybe; it would depend on when. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/39 "2011-04-27T20:22:29Z")
Totally would depend on the situation 9/10 not a chance is hell. but if I just got out of a hot tub with a good looking woman and had a nice buzz going I’d say there is a 50/50 shot of me whipping it out. As far as the poll goes I voted no since there are few situation where I could even see myself considering it. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920/40 "2011-04-27T20:29:06Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > No. It sounds like something a woman would do who’s trolling for a sexual assault accusation or a hidden camera show would do. BINGO! For women, a penis is a toy, not a sexual be-all, end-all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-show-it-upon-request/579920.md?page=3)