# Being fussy - "sharp knees" on a woman **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422 "2016-03-28T01:51:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/21 "2016-03-29T11:00:47Z")
Well, to be fair she’s been dead for a few decades, so she’s probably more obtainable now. I say you give it a go! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/22 "2016-03-29T12:25:45Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > (yes she is very attractive but if she is unobtainable it comforts me to think that she isn’t perfect) So you’re a male model, right? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/23 "2016-03-29T12:28:33Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Well, to be fair she’s been dead for a few decades, so she’s probably more obtainable now. I say you give it a go! Nah, her collarbones are showing. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/24 "2016-03-29T14:35:28Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Well, to be fair she’s been dead for a few decades, so she’s probably more obtainable now. I say you give it a go! That’s a tough call. Which is harder? Convincing a beautiful woman to date you, or digging up a formerly beautiful woman who’s been dead for 50 years and taking the corpse out to a restaurant? I’d say it’s a wash – which you better do to the corpse anyway before going out on the town. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/25 "2016-03-29T14:49:08Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Look at the belly on this girl: > [Marilyn Monroe's First Modeling Photo 1949 - Imgur](http://imgur.com/9liDmW0) > (yes she is very attractive but if she is unobtainable it comforts me to think that she isn’t perfect) See, I always wondered if Mr. Sharpknees standards were ridiculously high or just ridiculously different. Marilyn never really did a thing for me, but I’m sure there are women that turn my head and don’t turn others’. Maybe there are women out there that most guys wouldn’t look twice at but who have perfect, non-pointy knees. I hope he’s found one and they make each other happy. The part I don’t get is when people talk as if everyone shares their taste (in attractiveness, or anything else). It’s in the original “sharp knees” comment, and in the posts condemning it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/26 "2016-03-29T19:17:39Z")
'Tis better for a man that his woman have sharp knees rather than a sharp tongue. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/27 "2016-03-29T20:45:43Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > See, I always wondered if Mr. Sharpknees standards were ridiculously high or just ridiculously different. Marilyn never really did a thing for me, but I’m sure there are women that turn my head and don’t turn others’. Maybe there are women out there that most guys wouldn’t look twice at but who have perfect, non-pointy knees. I hope he’s found one and they make each other happy. > > The part I don’t get is when people talk as if everyone shares their taste (in attractiveness, or anything else). It’s in the original “sharp knees” comment, and in the posts condemning it. I think there’s a component of that, but short of fetishistic obsessions, it’s kind of hard to argue against the fact that when the “sharp knees” meme pops up, it’s because someone’s finding ridiculous or strange fault with an otherwise objectively beautiful woman. Not seeing the forest for the trees, to use a metaphor. I mean, I never really saw what was so special about Marilyn Monroe, especially early on in her career. But she’s not unattractive either, and someone looking at \*\*JohnClay’s \*\*photo and grumping about her belly or hair or whatever is going out of their way to find minor flaws and/or being outlandishly picky or demanding. It would be like taking Cindy Crawford ca. 1987, and saying she was ugly and undateable because of that mole on her face. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/28 "2016-03-29T21:48:12Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Look at the belly on this girl: > [Marilyn Monroe's First Modeling Photo 1949 - Imgur](http://imgur.com/9liDmW0) > (yes she is very attractive but if she is unobtainable it comforts me to think that she isn’t perfect) OMG, you took the picture of Marilyn that I linked to on the Giraffe Boards and posted it HERE? That’s so hilarious. Now I have to go see if the Gweebs noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422/29 "2016-03-29T22:04:14Z")
Forget sharp knees. You know what I can’t stand on a woman? Fingers. Fucking gross. Get that shit out of here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-fussy-sharp-knees-on-a-woman/750422.md?page=1)