# Boobies and visual awareness **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035 "2012-03-28T12:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/1 "2012-03-28T12:58:01Z")
In normal walking, looking basically straight ahead as one does when walking there is very little of yourself that you see, really just part of your nose, swinging hands pop in and out of view, perhaps shoulders and feet depending on your head position and hair depending on length and style. Q1, Do boobies over a certain size appear as regular features in the boobies’ owner’s field of vision. Q2 If so, is there any advantages or disadvantages of having that as a reference point such as improved spacial or situational awareness or perhaps on the other side blocking areas to be viewed? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/2 "2012-03-28T13:26:37Z")
[They do in mine](http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/BFBoob_STK_32_L.jpg). [SFW!] ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/3 "2012-03-28T13:36:19Z")
Alas, I cannot comment on them blocking my field of vision, but even modest boobage does block the view of, say, a bit of dinner that I managed to spill down my front, or a mosquito that’s just about to bite the upper abdomen area. Sitting down, I do notice I unconsciously lean back a little bit if I need to see something that fell into my lap. Perhaps others more generously endowed can shed some light (as it were) on your question. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/4 "2012-03-28T13:37:51Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > Perhaps others more generously endowed can shed some light (as it were) on your question. As opposed to what? Cast a shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/5 "2012-03-28T14:03:56Z")
Boobies are a wonderful thing. If I’m asked to describe a female I’ve just encountered, that description includes, hair, eye color, and boob characteristics, not necessarily in that order. In fact, I believe boobs smile at me when I look at them, that may explain why I appear to be staring. I realize I’m a pig. Anyway, Q1. Yes. Q2. No. You can’t conceal boobs. It’s a crime against nature. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/6 "2012-03-28T15:08:24Z")
female, 38DD > [@kanicbird](#): > > Q1, Do boobies over a certain size appear as regular features in the boobies’ owner’s field of vision. Yes, there have been times when I’ve been practically blinded by the sun’s glare reflecting off a pale coloured top. > [@](#): > > Q2 If so, is there any advantages or disadvantages of having that as a reference point such as improved spacial or situational awareness or perhaps on the other side blocking areas to be viewed? I trip over a lot. It (they?) tends to affect other people’s spacial awarness. One guy nearly fell off his bike staring. Another guy bumped into a low wall. Saw a car swerving violently on the road. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/7 "2012-03-28T15:27:25Z")
I am constantly visually aware of boobies. . . next question. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/8 "2012-03-28T15:57:24Z")
Gratuitous, yet obiligatory Nando’s Double-Breasted Chicken commercial: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/k97AIRy5Z5U/hqdefault.jpg "Nandos Chicken breast advert") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k97AIRy5Z5U) (Yes, it does actually address the OP) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/9 "2012-03-28T16:19:37Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > … One guy nearly fell off his bike staring. Another guy bumped into a low wall. Saw a car swerving violently on the road. I call stealth brag! 😉 38 DD here, too. _waves hello to **Corcaigh** while hiding the last good bra on the sales rack_ (Heh, heh … “rack.”) If I walk with very good posture (shoulders back, spine straight) and look dead-on straight ahead, I can’t see them. If I tip my chin very slightly down, then, yes, they are in my peripheral vision, just below the edge of my glasses. I do not, however, use them as a reference point, at least not consciously. Our brain does all sorts of nifty things with the visual data that comes down the pipeline, so it’s _possible_ that their presence in the bottom edge of my peripheral vision provides my brain with some sort of spatial awareness feedback. But it’s not like I lose my balance based on whether or not I can see my own tits. I can’t see the undersides of them anymore (where the crease to join back to the torso is / where the wire sits for underwire bras) but I could back when I was a B-cup. I mean, I’d have to manipulate them with my hands to do so, but it was possible. Now if I have a bug bite or something right there, I have to use a mirror to investigate. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/10 "2012-03-28T16:22:25Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Boobies are a wonderful thing. They’re _two_ wonderful things. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/11 "2012-03-28T16:24:18Z")
I suppose this explains why my wife is constantly stubbing her toes on things. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/12 "2012-03-28T16:38:05Z")
This seems to be more suitable for IMHO than GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/13 "2012-03-28T16:50:34Z")
If I wear one of my “good bras” and use a little padding (to make them both look the same size :() - which is not my regular mode of dress - then yes my eyes are quite distracted by my boobs. Others’ eyes are too. It is a weird feeling. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/14 "2012-03-28T16:51:10Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [They do in mine](http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/BFBoob_STK_32_L.jpg). [SFW!] Where do you live that these are normally within your field of view? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/15 "2012-03-28T17:00:11Z")
I don’t understand the question. I don’t even have boobs, and my chest still shows up on the edge of my peripheral vision when I’m looking straight ahead. Surely, this would be all the more true of someone with a more prominent chest. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/16 "2012-03-28T17:09:16Z")
They’re always in my peripheral vision, but I don’t actually _see_ them unless I’m thinking about it or looking downward for some reason. They’re visual background noise. They do complicate anything where seeing where I’m putting my feet (I haven’t seen my feet when standing straight upright since I was 15), like walking down unfamiliar stairs. I trip and stub my toes a _lot_. Also, balancing on ladders or ledges is tricky if you’re close to a wall or need to hold anything in front of you. I damn near fell just the other night rehanging the shutters–I needed to reach both arms to one side, leaned back to get my boobs out of the way of my arm and line of sight, and came a hair of going over backwards. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/17 "2012-03-28T17:36:12Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Where do you live that these are normally within your field of view? I cheated-but [these are a common winter spectacle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCg-uaPSNiY&feature=related). 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/18 "2012-03-28T17:48:15Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [They do in mine](http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/BFBoob_STK_32_L.jpg). [SFW!] When I go jogging around where I live, I see [great tits](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Tit) all the time! ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/19 "2012-03-28T18:00:38Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I can’t see the undersides of them anymore (where the crease to join back to the torso is / where the wire sits for underwire bras) but I could back when I was a B-cup. I mean, I’d have to manipulate them with my hands to do so, but it was possible. Now if I have a bug bite or something right there, I have to use a mirror to investigate. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your (illustrated) newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035/20 "2012-03-28T18:18:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t even have boobs, and my chest still shows up on the edge of my peripheral vision when I’m looking straight ahead. …really? If I stand up with my arms at my sides and look straight ahead, I can’t see _any_ part of my body (except a little bit of my nose and cheeks). I have small boobs, but they’re there. Do you have exceptionally large pectorals, perhaps? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobies-and-visual-awareness/617035.md?page=2)