# Are lesbians turned on by women's bodies?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lesbians-turned-on-by-womens-bodies/349239>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lesbians-turned-on-by-womens-bodies/349239 "2006-03-21T02:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![rubymermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@rubymermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubymermaid)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lesbians-turned-on-by-womens-bodies/349239/41 "2006-03-25T19:25:56Z")

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> [@Priceguy](#):
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> The question I’d like to ask is “Are straight women turned on by men’s bodies?”, because that’s something I’ve never heard. I could take your entire post, change a few words and post it. I’ve never heard a straight woman say “That guy is so hot I’d like to (&%#)& him all night” and I’ve never seen a straight woman see a hot guy pass by and lose her composure and concentration because of it. Straight men, gay men, lesbians - absolutely. Straight women - no.

[Wow - as a straight woman, I completely disagree! Now, perhaps I wouldn’t say "I’d like to (&%#)& him all night, but I DEFINITELY notice a hot guy pass, and have been known to lose composure. Was in Maui with husband, brother and sister-in-law. We were all woken up our first morning at 6 AM by a false-alarm fire bell. One of the firefighters was hotter than any fire would have been, and I oogled him shamelessly. Got teased by the three others for the rest of the week, every time we passed a hydrant!

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lesbians-turned-on-by-womens-bodies/349239/42 "2006-03-27T01:00:34Z")

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I think it was Hippocrates who medically diagnosed this in a woman. She presented with vague symptoms of listlessness. He was taking her pulse and it suddenly shot up. He looked at her. She was gazing out the window. This really hot guy was walking past. This must be the first medical diagnosis of heterosexuality on record. jk

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lesbians-turned-on-by-womens-bodies/349239/43 "2006-03-27T02:45:54Z")

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Thanks for the responses everyone, I was sure that the general consensus was what it was going to turn out, I just didn’t have any anecdotes to support it. I was sure I was going to get flamed as well, but there was fortunately what I consider the bare minimum of self-righteous asides I’d expect for a thread like this 🙂

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