The shaving stories make less sense than anything to me. In my *private *life, I have shaved a man’s pubic hair, and an erection actually makes it easier to do! A soft penis is floppy and hard to grab to taughten (is that a word? Should be.) the skin properly to get a good close shave. An erect one does most of the tautening for me.
Why would a nurse whack away a *useful *erection? I’d probably say, “Oh, don’t worry about it, it actually makes my job easier!” and keep shaving! 
Let me point out that there is an absolute difference between a female getting aroused and a female getting wet. Of course it does happen together but not always. Most vaginas - not all - do become moist at many things, which is why sometimes rape victims get wet. (And feel guilt!) So during gyn exams, sometimes, women get wet. It doesn’t mean they are aroused at all. I should hope the doctor knows that is normal and just goes on and doesn’t…I don’t know what, try some way to make her not wet?
I am not sure what to think about nurses flicking erections, except that my mother was a nurse for over 40 years and I am cringing all over because I never, ever thought of her having to deal with some man’s erection, somehow. I’m sure she just ignored it and moved on because I can’t imagine her touching it, not even to flick it, but the thought of her whacking it with a spoon makes me want to just curl up in a ball.
A cursory look at the posts in this thread indicate:
My mom said she was taught this technique in nursing school - 2
I am/was a nurse and was not taught that - 4
I am/was a med student and was taught to ignore - 3
I saw it done to others - 1
I heard about it from a friend/uncle/etc. - 7
I am a nurse and I’ve done it several times, as have my colleagues - 0
This continues to have the sense of urban myth, promoted and promulgated by guys who just wish it were true - a nurse paid attention to their boner, etc. Face it - if you have a Y chromosome, you’re susceptible to hearing and passing along such b.s.
Given the millions of nurses who’ve had to endure millions of erections I can believe that “the flick” has happened a few times. However, I won’t believe any individual anecdote without some documentation, which is unlikely.
If time travel was possible today, I would love to take you on a few little jaunts and laugh while your head exploded… ( Pun intended )
Pretty sure my husband wasn’t lying about it. What would be the point?
Let me point out that there is an absolute difference between a male getting aroused and a male getting hard. Of course it does happen together but not always. This morning circa six-thirty there was damn all going on for me to feel aroused about, but I still awoke out of a non-erotic dream with a… formidable erection. (And mine are pretty damn formidable when they get going, even at my age. 
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Quick, hide the women and children.
Hang on, let me get a spoon…
Knew a guy in the Air Force who had a later in life circumcision, around 20 years old. With the stitches and all, he carried around those ammonium capsules and they did the trick.
People would shave their genitals with a straight razor? The dread should have been sufficient.
I dated a total of two nurses back in the day. They handled my erections very skillfully, I must admit.
Just put your nurse uniform on. No spoon will be necessary. 
And if you’re offering me some soup afterwards, uh, no, thanks.
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Yeah. The name “Bobbit” comes to mind. 
So the best thing a nurse can do for a patient with an erection is spooning.
The Bobbitt reflex is little known outside of the medical community. The proximity of a sharp object to the erect penis induces the reflex, where it will instantly undergo detumescence and retract into the body cavity. In individuals with an exceptionally strong reflex, the testicles will join the penis in its retreat. The evolutionary origin of the reflex is uncertain, but some believe it to be a response by modern humans to the vast numbers of predators who would consume the genitalia of the males of the species.
Ignore the first block quote, I had it accidentally selected and missed the edit window.
I don’t know any guy that would rather sit naked in front of a medical professional, male or female, with an erection than get a little tap and make it go away. I mean, when ever I’m turning my head and coughing I’m generally ok with the whole thing because it’ so sterile with the gloves and professional attitude, but if I ever got an erection, sexual or not, it introduces an incredibly embarrassing sexual element to the whole thing.
I’m assuming that said tap is to the penis and with about the minimum necessary force to kill a housefly (no idea how that idea got into my head), essentially totally painless. If it were any harder or to the testicles that would be a big difference, however.
As I said before, grow up. It’s only a penis.