# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/21 "2002-07-17T01:11:09Z")
I wouldn’t even know how to. Nor would it occur to me. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/22 "2002-07-17T01:13:18Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/23 "2002-07-17T01:17:15Z")
No ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/24 "2002-07-17T02:19:38Z")
I’m sure I have, but I can’t think of any specific examples for you at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/25 "2002-07-17T02:39:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by trishdish \* > \*\*I’ve also found placing my husband’s hand on my tit usually means _I_ win the argument. 😃 \*\* Yeah, we men are funny that way. Derails our train of thought. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/26 "2002-07-17T02:51:20Z")
If I want to catch the waiter’s attention, or get some service in a store, I’ll lean over a little bit so there is just a little bit exposed…just to give a hint of what’s there and no more. Sometimes I’ll wink. And let me tell you, that will get me service REALLY fast! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/27 "2002-07-17T03:39:08Z")
Yea. Whenever I want a raise I put hypno-powder in my nipple pack and spray it into my bosses eyes when he stares at them. I once used them to stench the blood from a wounded confederate soilder. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/28 "2002-07-17T05:13:23Z")
That would be my boss’ eyes. And staunch the blood of a soldier. Musta got some of that hypno-powder in my own eyes. ---
**Author:** ![dawnjoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@dawnjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawnjoy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/29 "2002-07-17T10:57:41Z")
If only I could. No one seems that impressed by AAs, though. ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/30 "2002-07-17T11:05:06Z")
I want to be reincarnated as **Biggirl**. For many years, I found my breasts something I wished to hide and ignore. I did notice that I got more attention from men when I showed a little cleavage, but it never went further than that. I was showing it for me, to build my own confidence, rather than to get free stuff. ---
**Author:** ![snermy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@snermy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snermy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/31 "2002-07-17T11:58:46Z")
No. Guys, have you ever used your dicks to get something? Not like, sex, but like, promotions and better service and so on? you know, just thrust your hips out a bit, let everyone know whatcha got… I mean who needs dignity when you could get a discount? snermy, curiously. (I would be very upset if I found out I was hired because my boss liked my breasts. I mean, I’ve got to work with this guy now, he’ll have to occasionally notice what I’m saying _up here_) ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/32 "2002-07-17T12:27:41Z")
:eek: You think that’d work??? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/33 "2002-07-17T12:36:42Z")
Works for _me_. Of course, I usually slip a zucchini into my pants first, especially if the greengrocer tab comes to $10.02 and I don’t happen to have any pennies on me. ---
**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/34 "2002-07-17T12:40:41Z")
Most men don’t notice me to begin with so I’d look pretty lame flaunting them when no one’s lookin. ---
**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 17, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/35 "2002-07-17T13:09:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by snermy \* > \*\*No. > > Guys, have you ever used your dicks to get something? Not like, sex, but like, promotions and better service and so on? you know, just thrust your hips out a bit, let everyone know whatcha got… I mean who needs dignity when you could get a discount?\*\* Well, it’s not really the same thing; let’s face it, your breasts are out there, whether or not you want them to be, and they’re close enough to your face that it’s harder **not** to notice them. Popular media is full of examples of women flaunting their cleavage for attention; I wanted to know if that actually happened IRL. Yes, we men could probably use our penises to get attention, but 99 times out of 100 it probably wouldn’t be the sort of attention we’d want. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/36 "2002-07-17T13:26:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*That would be my boss’ eyes. And staunch the blood of a soldier. > > Musta got some of that hypno-powder in my own eyes. \*\* Now if women are even staring at their _own_ breasts, why should men get in trouble for the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/37 "2002-07-17T13:50:04Z")
Nah **Abe** , I couldn’t get the nipple packs to point at my eyes even if I tried. And I did once-- just to see if I could. Think of it this way, didja ever cut chili peppers and then try to get that little peice of nasty, crunchy crud out of the corner of your eye? Don’t do it! Especially if your fingers are also covered in hypno-powder. P.S., I’ve got really big chesticles. If I walked around flaunting them people wouldn’t say “Oh, wow!” they’d say “Oh God!” ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/38 "2002-07-17T14:00:32Z")
True story from earlier tonight: **Scene: Astrogirl is sitting at my computer playing EverQuest… I approach and stand behind the chair. Gently, I kiss her on top of her pointy little head. Looking at the screen, I notice that her group is in a bit over its head, and has 4 or 5 monsters kicking their collective asses all over the Paludal Caverns while AG and the others in her group try to get their collective acts together so that they all don’t die…** **Me** : Oh… good luck honey! Use your assist key… you need to all be attacking the same monster… **AG** : I know! I know! Cholo-ka!! (“go away” in Korean) **Me** : You using those? **AG** : No… (distracted, and not caring about what ‘those’ I was referencing) **Me** : Cool… you mind if I do? **AG** : No… (click! A quick heal on a group-mate… click! Try to root a monster… spell fizzles… Click! This time the monster is rooted… Assist main tank, and begin meleeing…) Go ahead… (curses under her breath in Korean… a group-mate has died…) Shit! **Me** : OK… thanks hun. (reaches down and begins, WITH PERMISSION I might add!, to play with her breasts…) Result: :smack: **AG** : CHOLO-KA!!! PAPUN-AE!! (“GO AWAY!! I’M BUSY!!”) **Heavy sigh** It’s a hard life for me… ( **AG** and most of her group survived the fight… and her breasts went UNUSED the entire time! Waste, I tell you! Waste!) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/39 "2002-07-17T14:32:21Z")
Pal, you’re lucky you lived through that. If I’d played that sort of game with Lady Chance during her Ultima Online days that would have simply been it for me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275/40 "2002-07-17T14:38:49Z")
:Cindi leans over the desk vainly trying to contain her thinly veiled bodacious boobs within their gauzey fortress of solitude: seduce someone? I don’t know what you are talking about pick someone up, or something like that? not really trying to get a job? No I rely on my education,training and degrees, personal references, professional conduct and appearance and excellent clinical, verbal and technical skills. traffic ticket? No I don’t get traffic tickets. better service or something like that?. I’m sure I have no idea what you are talking about. 😉 I do have an ample bosum but honestly I have always been a little annoyed when that is the main focus of some people’s attention. I am not particularly modest and have been known to compare body piercings a bit too quickly. But, nonetheless, I am not my boobs! They are merely a fascinating adornment of a real intelligent, thinking and feeling human being. We are more than just the sum of our parts, you know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-women-ever-use-your-breasts-to-your-advantage/119275.md?page=3)