# Admit it, women: ever use your breasts to your advantage? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275 "2002-07-16T19:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/1 "2002-07-16T19:07:17Z")
And I’m not talking about trying to seduce someone, or pick someone up, or something like that? I’m talking about trying to get a job, or get out of a traffic ticket, or get better service, or something like that. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/2 "2002-07-16T19:27:28Z")
I once used them as padding when I fell down. Does that count? What body part have YOU used to your advantage? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/3 "2002-07-16T19:39:50Z")
I once used my breasts to help me job. They put the stamps on the envelopes I mailed my resume in. They came to the interview with me but they were oddly quiet and inactive… ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/4 "2002-07-16T19:43:15Z")
I use them to distract my boyfriend during arguments. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/5 "2002-07-16T19:45:15Z")
Nope. I get enough of asshole guys blatantly staring at them when they’re completely covered. Sorry to disappoint you. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/6 "2002-07-16T19:49:55Z")
The only advantage I derived from them was saving on the cost of baby formula when my daughter was a baby. And they keep food from falling into my lap. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/7 "2002-07-16T19:50:36Z")
Um, no. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/8 "2002-07-16T20:13:17Z")
I’m going to plead the fifth on this one for now. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/9 "2002-07-16T20:24:12Z")
If only I had worn a low-cut top… My jubblies coulda gotten me out of that jay-walking ticket. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/10 "2002-07-16T20:25:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*I’m going to plead the fifth on this one for now. \*\* I’m not familiar with the US, but shouldn’t that be the second? :smack: Free the [insert female poster name with crude sense of humour here]'s two! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/11 "2002-07-16T20:29:57Z")
No, not really. I’ve always been sort of self-conscious about them, and I avoid clothes or bras that emphasize them. However, I have used them to get my husband to do things. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/12 "2002-07-16T20:36:54Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/13 "2002-07-16T20:41:23Z")
Heck yeah. When I was a bartender, I used to wear button-down shirts unbuttoned just enough to show some cleavage. I may not be the most beautiful girl, but I can flaunt 'em. Especially on Football Package Sundays, when I was the only person in a bar with about 40 guys. They didn’t care about your face as long as you got them their beer and they had the potential to spy a little eye candy. I made a lot more tips on those days than the ones where I wore the regulation t-shirt. Now that I don’t work there anymore, I keep 'em covered. Besides, I think my SO might get a little jealous if I was running around town flaunting myself. ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/14 "2002-07-16T20:42:03Z")
Errr…nope. ~V ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/15 "2002-07-16T20:42:38Z")
Awww, **FairyChatMom** beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/16 "2002-07-16T20:54:50Z")
**Skerri** : > [@](#): > > …when I was the only person in a bar with about 40 guys. I assume that you mean that you were the only person _working_ there, and not that you really have that low opinion of guys (despite our tendency to look). ---
**Author:** ![trishdish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d2c977/32.png) [@trishdish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trishdish)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/17 "2002-07-16T21:04:22Z")
I’ve always believe in using what the good lord gave me - be it a nice rack or a good head on my shoulders. And when there are 50 people waiting for a drink at the bar and a girl is parched, perfecting the technique of leeeeeannnning over the bar seems to get the bartenders attention and consequently, a drink a bit more faster that the bloke standing next to her. \*this technique has only been employed by trishdish on bartenders of the male persuasion. I’ve also found placing my husband’s hand on my tit usually means _I_ win the argument. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/18 "2002-07-16T21:55:54Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/19 "2002-07-16T22:27:04Z")
Not intentionally. I dress pretty modestly, much to the dismay of my most recent S.O. However, can I help it if dudes dig 'em and provide differential treatment accordingly? ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/20 "2002-07-17T01:07:14Z")
All the time. I’ve been pulled over 20 times, only gotten 2 tickets…those 2 times, I was covered to the max. Has to mean something. I’ve also gotten free service at Midas…it could be that they just feel bad for me cuz I’ve put so much money into my car in the last few months, but I’m leaning to the boobage theory [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275.md?page=2)