I am probably much older than most people on this forum. I find amusing the fascination by younger people with situations that many years ago we took for granted. By way of example, for a man or a boy, going to the doctor often became a situation during which full nudity was involved. I remember asking my sister if she had to be naked at the doctor's office and her reaction was one of surprise that I would ask such a question but she replied anyway saying "My breasts are uncovered when he examines me there but I am never completely naked as you described." The doctor's office I visited had large windows in the exam area which were never covered when I was being examined although there were closable drapes at each side of the windows. In the warmer months, the windows were open because there was no air conditioning in the older building where his office was located. On one occasion the receptionist came into the exam room while I was sitting naked on the side of the exam table. She had come into the room to give the nurse some papers and speak with her. I remember distinctly her staring directly at my penis as she passed by. As the receptionist was leaving she started to close the sliding door but the nurse stopped her saying to leave the door open because the room was hot and she wanted the create a draft to cool the room. There were people in the reception and waiting room area. Two women who were standing at the receptionist's desk looked at me as the nurse had me stand naked on the scale. This was during the middle 1960s.
Someone mentioned a disbelief about a doctor not wearing gloves during an exam. Prior to the early 1980s, if I recall the years correctly, doctors did not wear gloves during physical exams.
Similar to other situations, the lack of privacy of males when they were disrobed for an exam by a doctor, is another example of the different attitude in our society pertaining to male nudity. Today this type of situation would be regarded as a lack of respect for the males but then such situations were at least to some degree common. Males were not supposed to be shy about their bodies and were thought of as being effeminate if they were bodily shy.
Someone mentioned a disbelief about a doctor not wearing gloves during an exam. Prior to the early 1980s, if I recall the years correctly, doctors did not wear gloves during physical exams.
Similar to other situations, the lack of privacy of males when they were disrobed for an exam by a doctor, is another example of the different attitude in our society pertaining to male nudity. Today this type of situation would be regarded as a lack of respect for the males but then such situations were at least to some degree common. Males were not supposed to be shy about their bodies and were thought of as being effeminate if they were bodily shy.