Did your genitals bother you as a child?

[DawnOday]

Not until high school where classmates had a habit of reminding me, I was not "hung" at all and I didn't even have pubes yet. Well I'm still not hung although i do now have pubes that get shaved often. Or at least I did until I got an ingrown hair. Ouch

[meatwagon]

i didn't pay them any attention.  i became vaguely aware after a certain age that boys had wieners, but didn't know what those really looked like or what it was like to have one, so i didn't think any more about them than i did about my own.  i was more concerned with the things i and everyone around me could actually see/hear.

[WolfNightV4X1]

I think it was apathy and indifference as a kid. I just didnt think about it, and I ignored genitals in general, on some occassions which was awkward I did pay a little attention to penises, simply because they were different and i wasnt used to it, this was rare though since I lived a naive life generally not focused on nudity.
I did use the word "peepee"  when I was a kid when peepee was supposed to be for boys and weewee for girls, that's the closest I can remember.

It got worse by puberty because by then I just wasnt even able to look at that direction for a few years, it was that uncomfortable.

[Doreen]

Did your genitals bother you before puberty? Or was it something you didn't notice?

Did you try to stand to pee or take some nail clippers or... somehow fix the problem yourself?

What were your first memories/inclinations concerning this? And I'm talking about strictly childhood here!

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Well, my downstairs didn't bother me as such. I don't remember feeling there was something wrong with it. But - I had a fixation on penises and used to draw them on every male character to show the world they were males and males only... ! I used to fantasize about having one in bed before falling asleep... And once when I was 5 I ran around the house naked chanting: 'I have a willy! I have a willy!' Let's just say I was obsessed about the concept of penis in general..... But I can't say I was disgusted by my parts. But in retrospect it does seem I had a strong preference for other parts..... !

What I had was misshapen so ya it bothered me. I knew what little girls, little boys... and what I looked like.   I locked bathroom doors from the age of 5 on, avoided public showers like the plague. NEVER would let anyone see what I had until I got it fixed when I was 26.  Also means no sex.  It wasn't what I was, and didn't fit me.   Now it does, thank goodness.

[November Fox]

Yeah, I remember being ashamed of "it", but I couldn't understand why.
In most situations though it didn't seem to be on my mind.

[SeptagonScars]

I wasn't too bothered by my genitals most of my childhood, but I did notice it from time to time. Sometimes I got envious of boy's genitals and wished I could stand to pee, but most of the time I didn't think much of my own parts. I had no idea what so ever if I saw myself as male or female before puberty, it was a concept I just couldn't grasp. I just saw myself as a person, or sometimes as devoid of gender. I did have envy for boys' bodies while feeling kinda "meh" about girls', but that was literally the only sign of me being trans as a kid.

I did try to stand to pee once or twice but only could if I was outdoors and not wearing anything at all on my lower body. I didn't really make more of an effort than that, but just complained about the inconvenience instead, then forgot about it later. I had no problem running around naked or letting others see me, although I was told several times that I was being inappropriate and needed to put on clothes. I just didn't understand what the fuss was about, cause to me genitals weren't more special or whatever than elbows or feet or any other body part. (Learning social cues while asperger takes a bit longer.)

I don't know, it's hard to say what/when were my first memories about it, it probably got into my mind after having seen something on TV or in a movie, or seen some random boys run around naked at a beach or something. I didn't have friends, male or female, at that age so I didn't really know anyone I could compare myself to, except from my sister.

At age 9 I got a lot more aware of my parts though, cause after my bullies sexually abused me and that lead me to start "exploring" myself I got ashamed of my parts, however that had little to nothing to do with gender dysphoria. Although it was certainly some other form of dysphoria. Keeping my gender issues separated from my trauma issues has been difficult at times, but ultimately and at this point, I do know which is what.

I didn't really start getting lower gender dysphoria until a lot later on in my teens, when I started to actually think of myself as a guy. Before then it was just confusing, also in retrospect.

[Holis]

Oh hell they did bother me! When I was 12, my penis hurt a lot when I had to pee and also when I got a boner. I was scared a lot that everything would grow together, so it would hurt more and more. It was embarrassing for me, but at some point I talked to my parents and we went to a doctor. So we talked and they recommended a circumstition and my father said to me that it wouldn't be a big deal. After the surgery it got worse, because I was peeing blood for some time and I had to avoid getting a boner. At school I felt embarrassed, I couldn't tell them why I couldn't do physical education and when I went to urinate I had to sit down. I hoped that the pain would disappear after a while, but it still hurts and got worse. I lost the feeling down there and if someone touched me there, I sometimes don't know if he/she touched my penis or the surrounding area. Having "normal" penetrative sex was not really exiting for me, but I felt an obligation to act as if it would pleasure me. Since the day of the surgery I wished I wouldn't had a penis at all. I like the rest of my body and I am really sensitive with a lot of body parts, but it doesn't feel part of me anymore (just feeling the pain).

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[Jin]

The only problem I had was with the cross-bar on the bicycle frame!! Ouch!!

[flightlessbird]

Yes, I remember hating that there was something there. I wanted it "smooth and flat" without even really knowing what I meant back then lol

[J2J]

Not really although I do remember when I was quite young I was very scared to even pull back my foreskin because I don't know why... it kind of scared me. Didn't do it until I was like 15-16 I think....

[Morgan78]

Yes. Since I was a toddler, I have felt incomplete as a person without a penis. I tried several times as a child to pee standing up, with horrendous results each time.