# A couple of questions for straight guys **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658 "2009-02-06T02:30:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/81 "2009-02-06T21:17:31Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Really? Can you give the context for this or do I just need to get myself a flight to New Orleans? Years ago, it was mainly in the Mardi Gras season. Somewhere along the line, the “tits for beads” thing got expanded. Good for the gander, good for the goose, I guess. Anyway, women (and men) up on the balconies in the French Quarter would shout down, penis would ensue, beads would follow. Later, it seemed like it spread into the rest of the year, since my trips to NO were pretty random, and I’d see that just about every trip. Guess it’s one of the touristy things to do for the Big Easy experience, or whatever. BTW, we observed that stiff ones got more beads, while limp ones often got ridicule. So, we saw guys in a huddle of the crowd (so only those nearby and above could see, to avoid the cops I guess), priming the pump to get beads. Haven’t been down much since the whole Katrina mess, so it might’ve gone out of fashion… don’t hop on that flight without checking. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/82 "2009-02-06T21:22:19Z")
Seen 'em, touched 'em, took a couple of 'em for a test drive. Hey, with damn near the entire world at consensus that a sissy guy like me _must_ be gay, and things with females entirely stalled out in limbo when I was late teens, I had no reason not to check it out! But I don’t like male bodies much and emotional involvement with male people who do like male bodies also didn’t seem at all like a good thing for anyone involved. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/83 "2009-02-06T22:33:23Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > …and emotional involvement with male people who do like male bodies also didn’t seem at all like a good thing for anyone involved. Aw come on, we’re not all bad. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/84 "2009-02-06T22:37:57Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Yeah, they are that. Single sex orgies are the least complicated, if nothing else. 🙂 Not in my experience. The range of sex acts I observed in those backroom joints was far, far wider than anything I’ve ever seen in the straight world. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/85 "2009-02-06T22:49:52Z")
Yes. [UR =“[http://www.powerexchange.com](http://www.powerexchange.com)”]Here, as well as other places/situations. 😉 I am wondering if it was my comment that is suggesting the question? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/86 "2009-02-06T22:59:17Z")
Never. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/87 "2009-02-06T22:59:27Z")
Uh, that is a NSFW link- I have already reported myself… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/88 "2009-02-07T02:49:05Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Circle jerks? Penis contests? Let me guess - British boarding school graduate? 😛 There’s also Boy Scouts of America. ---
**Author:** ![Jaglavak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jaglavak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaglavak)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/89 "2009-02-07T05:26:59Z")
Careful man! That thing might go off!! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/90 "2009-02-07T08:30:44Z")
Add me as a “Nope”. But I came close. Freshman high school basketball, apparently one guy had an unfortunate experience in the post-game shower. I didn’t see it, but I heard about it later. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/91 "2009-02-07T09:52:08Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Not in my experience. The range of sex acts I observed in those backroom joints was far, far wider than anything I’ve ever seen in the straight world. Yes, if nothing else, we do excel in thinking outside the box. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/92 "2009-02-07T10:46:54Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Not in my experience. The range of sex acts I observed in those backroom joints was far, far wider than anything I’ve ever seen in the straight world. My point was that if there’s only one gender involved you don’t have to worry about who you’re grabbing, whereas if it’s mixed and the people playing aren’t very relaxed about it you could end up touching the “wrong” gender and getting a bad reaction as a result. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/93 "2009-02-07T14:43:32Z")
Put me down for another “not that I can remember”. Even though I went to Boy Scout camp a couple of years. My wife was surprised when this came up. It never occured to her that she had probably seen more erect penises than I had. Never saw any female relatives naked either (at least, not after they were out of diapers). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/94 "2009-02-07T14:55:58Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > I go to a relatively small, though pretty well-funded, private school, mainly because it’s the best available education in my local area. > > Valete, > Vox Imperatoris Although apparently not good enough to teach any consideration for others. Look at me, look at me, don’t ask ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/95 "2009-02-07T18:00:31Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Although apparently not good enough to teach any consideration for others. > > Look at me, look at me, > don’t ask You obviously have some sort of vendetta against me, since you keep doing this. Stop doing it outside the Pit, okay? Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/96 "2009-02-07T18:39:15Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Although apparently not good enough to teach any consideration for others. > > Look at me, look at me, > don’t ask Not appropriate for this forum. If you have a beef, take it to The BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/97 "2009-02-08T06:26:25Z")
Yeah, during a 3-way with a friend’s girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/98 "2009-02-08T08:36:37Z")
Nope, never. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/99 "2009-02-08T13:18:17Z")
Put me down for a nope, never. > [@not\_alice](#): > > Don’t you have gym where you go to school? > > If you say “home schooled” OK, but then I would say you seem smart enough from your postings here to realize that when you are missing out on a particularly important aspect of socialization in our society (behaving in a locker room, not seeing another erection, not that there is anything wrong with that), then you will find a way to complete your education which comes not just from books but from social interactions as well. This just requires a comment. 1. I don’t think it’s common at all that guys are walking around hard in the locker room (except for that one guy). 2. Why would you be stripping down to your birthday suit anyway? Showering hasn’t been mandatory after high school gym class in a long time. And besides that, who actually puts that much effort into _gym_ that they’d be all sweaty and gross? > [@atomicbadgerrace](#): > > Huh, really? When I was in middle school, it was common for some of the boys to hang out at one another’s homes after school, before the parents got home, and watch porn/look at dirty mags, and jerk off together. It always amazed me how insistent the teachers were in sex ed that circle jerks and mutual masturbation were common. It just blows my mind because I can’t think of anything that was more uncommon. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658/100 "2009-02-08T16:55:31Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > It always amazed me how insistent the teachers were in sex ed that circle jerks and mutual masturbation were common. It just blows my mind because I can’t think of anything that was more uncommon. I’ve never heard of it either, probably until several years ago on this message board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-for-straight-guys/484658.md?page=6)