One method of tucking involves pulling the penis backwards in between the legs while simultaneously pushing the testicles up into the inguinal canal.
There are also improvised or home-made contrivances whereby an elastic waistband is cut off from an existing garment and then a pouch placed along the middle to then be pulled up.
[4] Some people use purpose-made panty-like garments, often called gaffs, that serve to hide the genitalia and provide a feminine flat and smooth crotch area.
[citation needed] For other men, it is due to feeling embarrassment, while others do it to hide an erection,[7] to "not scare women" out of a sense of prudishness or phallophobia[8] or because the bulge is prominent at an inappropriate moment.
[9] Methods of tucking include placing the penis behind the waistband sometimes colloquially referred to as uptuck[10] while some men may wear purposefully designed compressing underwear.