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What, you guys didn't have penis inspection day in gym class?
No for real. Penis inspection happened like.. every year?
This was definitely a thing in middle school PE class back in the 90s.
We had a coach in middle school who made it very clear to us on the first day that'd we'd be "dressing out" every day and we'd be expected to shower because you stink after you play sports. For the first month or so he stood outside the locker room and made sure your hair was wet, he didn't inspect any penises, or even come into the locker room that I'm aware of, but he made sure a gym full of 11yr old boys knew they were supposed to wash themselves after physical activity.
It was a few decades ago, and he was the same gym coach that taught "health/sex education" so I get it. It was pretty uncomfortable and awkward but some people need to be told to wash themselves. I still smell grown people out in public who clearly never had a coach explain stank to them.
RIP. Coach J you were alright even to the nerds
Awww, you just made me feel respect toward a gym teacher for the first time in my life.
The worst part was how they did it in groups. First they made you take your shirt off for the scoliosis exam. Then you put your shirt back on and drop trou for the penis inspection.
As a fat kid it was terrible
What the fuck? Where do you guys live?
America, obviously
2010's aus school, if you got injured in that area, they just called an ambulance, not the nurses thing to deal with lol