Checking yourself out

[Animal3393]

My Sex-Ed teacher told us once that both the guys and the girls should use a mirror to take a look at what we each look like between our legs. That way we’ll be able to learn what’s normal for ourself.

Anyone else been give this advice? Or done it?

[Usudirekfm]

I'd call it a good idea - and I would even go a step further. It's important to know what looks normal, but also feels normal. I think guys are supposed to check themselves for lumps down there. And girls, maybe not as much between the legs to feel for, but we are supposed to check our breasts as well.

[ska8er]

I agree but what is suppose to
b considered normal between the
legs.

[Brandon618]

Never heard that but sounds good. I do check myself out in the big mirror on the door in the bathroom, but this sounds like you could see all. But what is normal as Ska8er asked? We are all different.

[Sofiya02]

Never been given the advice but I’ve check out myself in the mirror a lot for sure

[FameMonster]

I'd suggest a step further and checking beyond just between your legs. Probably not a bad idea to check your entire body every once in a while for unusual lumps, rashes, ect.

[Usudirekfm]

Hey that’s gotta be nice too that a teacher is actually offering some halfway meaningful advice about this stuff! All of my health classes so far have been super vague about everything remotely sexual.

[ChloeF]

Not so much between my legs but get familiar with the size and shape of my boobs and check myself monthly for lumps etc.
lf you're familiar with what you look like, it's a lot easier to pick something that's changed.

[Dis_boiii]

Haven't been given the advice but it's a good thing to check for problems

[hayley2003]

My Sex-Ed teacher told us once that both the guys and the girls should use a mirror to take a look at what we each look like between our legs. That way we’ll be able to learn what’s normal for ourself.

Anyone else been give this advice? Or done it?

Mondo bizarreo for a teacher to say that. Do most people do get dressed in the dark or take showers without taking off their clothes. just seems silly to me for a teacher to think they need to tell people that. :P

[HeyCameron]

Never been told that, but I have looked at everything down there with a hand-mirror before. I learned I don't necessarily want to see all that up close and at weird angles. I'm okay with just seeing my face in the mirror lol

[LITTLEANGEL19]

I was told by mum when at around 12, and now she told me to check my breasts.
It's so important that girls and women should regularly check their breasts.
Also it's also important boys and men should check their scrotum to for anything unusual.

[Shiny Moon]

It's pretty common, all my friend have "explored" their bodies as far as I know and I did too. It's important to get to know your body :)

Mondo bizarreo for a teacher to say that. Do most people do get dressed in the dark or take showers without taking off their clothes. just seems silly to me for a teacher to think they need to tell people that. :P

lmao! :lol:

[INACTIVEchaosphere]

My Sex-Ed teacher told us once that both the guys and the girls should use a mirror to take a look at what we each look like between our legs. That way we’ll be able to learn what’s normal for ourself.

Anyone else been give this advice? Or done it?

Never been directly given this advice, but I've done it, and it can be both fun and educational. Plus people regardless of gender should examine themselves, to see if there's anything developing that they should be worried about. That said, one subject does not a sample size make. How would you create an idea of what's normal for humanity in general by only looking at yourself? The prudish culture kind of looks down on trying to experiment with and experience others to get a better idea of, "average." It's a fairly antiquated system.

[ChloeF]

I was told by mum when at around 12, and now she told me to check my breasts.
It's so important that girls and women should regularly check their breasts.
Also it's also important boys and men should check their scrotum to for anything unusual.

Same here, l used to get reminded all the time but it's something l just do without even thinking about it now.
An annual breast exam from a doctor is a good idea too, they keep notes and know how you're changing as you grow.

[Usudirekfm]

Same here, l used to get reminded all the time but it's something l just do without even thinking about it now.
An annual breast exam from a doctor is a good idea too, they keep notes and know how you're changing as you grow.

It’s funny like sometimes I’m actually feeling and examining them like for changes, but then other times I’m just feeling them for my own curiosity- like “hey, I think these grew a little” lol. I guess either way isn’t a bad thing!

[Fiona2]

Yes, but I can see everything just fine without a mirror. And don't have any breasts to check yet.

[ImJulia]

I have checked myself out

[Caycedilla]

I’ve never been told that :lol: but I think it’s pretty normal for people to check out their bodies in a mirror. Not really just that one area but in a general sense. I think I’ve looked at most of myself from just about every angle I could (being critical I guess)

[Cangirl]

We were told the same about checking ourselves out and what to look for. About learning our parts and how they look so we know what to notice if things look different and if its something a doctor needs to examine. Basically its just learning our bodies as an adult body.

[Candy in CT]

My Mom and Step Mom told me to check my self out for any changes. With my problem of not growing as fast as I should be I check for changes with a mirror and I have a camera and have set it up on a tripod and a remote shutter release or timer I look and delete or show my Mom.

[gina_g]

My Mom and Step Mom told me to check my self out for any changes. With my problem of not growing as fast as I should be I check for changes with a mirror and I have a camera and have set it up on a tripod and a remote shutter release or timer I look and delete or show my Mom.

No one ever told me to do this but i've used my phone a few times to record myself up close between my legs a few times. I never showed anyone and delete it right away.

[NotSky]

I never directly got this from teachers but I think kids will eventually do it by themselves.

[xanadu4]

Never been told do do it, but definitely spend a lot of time doing it haha

[angelina]

as ChloeF said I guess this idea has been mooted to see in the mirror and check by touch for any abnormality like lumps in the breasts for the females.I think it is irrelevant for the boys

[teeeem]

Never been given the advice but ngl, I do that often haha when I'm changing or what not

[Hermes]

Never got that specific advice. I also wonder what the intent was.

Thething about checking for cancer is obviously a good idea but that's surely more about touch that looks. The comparison is from one time to the next to detect changes rather than comparing with some standard. Guys would find, for example a squidgy bit (the epididymis) but once you know it's there you get used to it.

So I think it is more about saying that, though you don't show that area to random strangers, that doesn't mean it needs to be considered a dark corner where even you don't know what's there - you should be familiar with it even to the point of seeing it from a different perspective, perhaps the one a future partner will see it from.

[Animal3393]

Never got that specific advice. I also wonder what the intent was.

Thething about checking for cancer is obviously a good idea but that's surely more about touch that looks. The comparison is from one time to the next to detect changes rather than comparing with some standard. Guys would find, for example a squidgy bit (the epididymis) but once you know it's there you get used to it.

So I think it is more about saying that, though you don't show that area to random strangers, that doesn't mean it needs to be considered a dark corner where even you don't know what's there - you should be familiar with it even to the point of seeing it from a different perspective, perhaps the one a future partner will see it from.

I think you’re right I didn’t take it to mean check yourself for cancer I understood it mean something more like ‘ know your own body, you don’t want to show it to everyone but you should ‘show’ it to yourself’.

[Jordan99]

Not so much between my legs but get familiar with the size and shape of my boobs and check myself monthly for lumps etc.
lf you're familiar with what you look like, it's a lot easier to pick something that's changed.

EXCELLENT ADVICE! I do the same!

[Anneki]

From documentaries on tv i have seen call that girls should check out them selves more. Good idea so we can be more relaxed about our bodies.

[Phldet123]

Good idea

[kimmykim]

i have done this many times

[Henry333]

I always check myself out. Good to see what's going on...

[MasonBA]

i stand naked in front of the mirror, wishing for puberty to go faster. plus I like seeing myself naked I guess

[Katie2003]

Yes, upon my first gynecology exam the nurse spent quite some time showing me exactly what was what down there while using a mirror and having myself opened. She advised me to learn to check my own body at least once a month and note any changes or unusual appearance of anything and to immediately bring those to my mother's attention so she can look and then we can come back to the doctors for a follow up exam.

[Candy in CT]

I almost fell down laughing last night, my youngest sister was looking at her self with a hand mirror and said " Shit we have a lot of stuff down there" I saw her hair brush on her night stand and I knew what she would be doing later with it.

[gurquenjen]

I almost fell down laughing last night, my youngest sister was looking at her self with a hand mirror and said " Shit we have a lot of stuff down there" I saw her hair brush on her night stand and I knew what she would be doing later with it.

I got my younger sister a hairbrush for Christmas. She had just shaved her head and didn't seem to get why I would give it to her. Now she understands perfectly well.

Myself, I've always inspected for lumps, bumps, and oddities everywhere I can see and/or feel. Since I was...11, really, just kind of one of those things my doctor suggested I should do. I also have my girlfriend do regular exams on me, because having another set of hands and eyes can sometimes help you pick out something that you might otherwise miss because sure you spend a lot of time with yourself, but maybe someone else sees you only once a week...they might notice if something has changed. Hand mirrors are wonderful things but my god phones with good cameras on them have just revolutionized self-exploration.

[scott2002]

My Sex-Ed teacher told us once that both the guys and the girls should use a mirror to take a look at what we each look like between our legs.
I think that's way too creepy that a teacher would be telling kids to do this. Yuck! But, when I was 14, my doctor took out a plastic nutsack and showed me how to examine myself for testicular cancer! (There ARE such things! Google "testicular cancer teaching model" and take a look.) He told me that testicular cancer was most common between the ages of 15 and 25, so I'm "in the age range". (If he asked me to drop my pants and examine myself while he watched me do it, I woulda been outa there!!!)

[Pultost]

I do it from time to time. No one in particular advised me to, I just read about it and figured why not. As already mentioned in here, a good way to tell if something's off one day.