# Camel Toes **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749 "2004-12-08T15:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/41 "2004-12-08T19:03:52Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I knew a gay guy in college who had the most disgusting terms and descriptions of a vagina of anyone I knew in my life. Dan Savage (gay sex advice columnist) once said he thought a vagina looked like (paraphrased) “a canned ham dropped from a great height”. He got a bunch of angry letters. It was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/42 "2004-12-08T19:06:38Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > C’mon…whose uglies are uglier? Men aren’t exactly sporting the asthetically pleasant equipment, either. And at least women keep most of it tucked away so it’s not all waving like a flag in the breeze. Well, that’s the _point_. She \*is \* waving it around, or the equivalent anyway. \*Elenia28, who not only never wears clothes tight enough to display camel toe, shudders at the name and wonders who the hell came up with it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/43 "2004-12-08T19:11:41Z")
The “camel toe” is often seen in summer, as well: many women do not realize that when a bikini bottom lacks a liner, and the material is lght-colored, emerging from the water often produces a spectacular display of camel toe. And it’s great! ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/44 "2004-12-08T19:13:30Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > \*Elenia28, who not only never wears clothes tight enough to display camel toe, shudders at the name and wonders who the hell came up with it anyway. It’s not like it’s a great stretch of the imagination. [An actual camel’s toe.](http://www.cabinfevercrew.com/CFC/d/cameltoe.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/45 "2004-12-08T19:16:50Z")
The first time I was aware of camel toe was 7th grade and it was my geography teacher. Skinny Swedish woman IIRC. She didn’t like me and I didn’t like her so when she walked up to my desk with her obvious camel toe inches from my face I was… conflicted. Now headlights, 😃 TLL’s headlights don’t turn off. Hell, they don’t even have a low setting. God I love that woman. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/46 "2004-12-08T19:23:57Z")
Is it not written that it is easier for a rich man to enter heaven’s gates, than to get a seam of demin into a camel’s toe? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/47 "2004-12-08T19:31:51Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > It’s not like it’s a great stretch of the imagination. [An actual camel’s toe.](http://www.cabinfevercrew.com/CFC/d/cameltoe.jpg) Oh, I understand that it looks like one. It’s just a gross thought. I only learned the term a few months ago, and I still instinctively think of the animal before the…woman. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/48 "2004-12-08T19:36:50Z")
I’ve got a friend who has this problem in rowing clothes (tight lycra shorts). She obsesses over it endlessly and always grabs a T-shirt as soon as we’re out of the boat. It seems to happen for several reasons: Tight pants (the aforementioned lycra) aggravated by her long torso. The rest of the fit is Ok but the rise isn’t long enough. Going commando so there isn’t much fabric to help hide the affliction. I _never_ have this problem in the same shorts and I _never_ go sans undies. (underwear was invented for a reason) Extreme trimming. If you don’t have any hair down there, you’re a lot more likely to get camel toe. Some women are just bigger there. There was a recent NYTimes article about the rise of “labiaplasty” or labia reduction surgery. Evidently, young women are really concerned about this. I think it’s horrible that here’s yet _another_ body part to obsess over endlessly. Anyway, I think it looks kinda vulgar and should definitely be checked for before leaving the house… ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/49 "2004-12-08T19:41:08Z")
I can’t tell when the ladies are at attention (which is mainly why I wear padded bras, because I’m paranoid about that sort of thing), but I can definitely tell when I have a camel toe, and I would think the same would be true _especially_ in jeans. How does she sit down without giving herself an episiotomy? ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/50 "2004-12-08T19:54:59Z")
WDVE Pittsburgh did their very own version of the song _Camel Toe_ in order to express their fascination with some items. Personally, I make very sure that my bacon wings aren’t visible to anyone unless I’m naked in front of them. Male toe is no less disgusting, as I really do not care to see visual proof of testicular existence. It’s probably more obvious with them because many guys sit with their legs apart. I even knew one guy who sat with his legs apart, had a male toe, and would constantly have his hand on it. I even avoid seeing anything below his neck with my peripheral vision now. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/51 "2004-12-08T20:06:50Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Well, that’s the _point_. > > She \*is \* waving it around, or the equivalent anyway. > > \*Elenia28, who not only never wears clothes tight enough to display camel toe, shudders at the name and wonders who the hell came up with it anyway. My comment is just referring to the plethora of unpleasant names that have been tossed around, when ours isn’t as funny looking as theirs. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/52 "2004-12-08T20:09:59Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > The “camel toe” is often seen in summer, as well: many women do not realize that when a bikini bottom lacks a liner, and the material is lght-colored, emerging from the water often produces a spectacular display of camel toe. > And it’s great! That’s entirely different. A bathing suit is thinner material, and conforms to the body shape more easily. That’s sexy. What disturbs me about the OP is the I can only imagine jeans having been trussed up by the belt loops for them to be, um, molded so. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/53 "2004-12-08T20:25:00Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > My comment is just referring to the plethora of unpleasant names that have been tossed around, when ours isn’t as funny looking as theirs. I was going to answer this in detail, but it turned out to be entirely too much TMI for my blood - and it wasn’t even about me. So I’ll just say: This is true (your comment). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/54 "2004-12-08T20:37:10Z")
I’d just like to lodge a complaint about a certain attitude that I’ve seen repeatedly in this thread: That female genitalia is ugly. It is not ugly. It is beautiful. This is a scientific fact as verified by NASA. For those of you that mistrust science, it’s also in The Bible (Thou shalt ogle thy wife’s love muffin). That the she-taco is a lovely thing is beyond dispute. I realize that I have little to back me up on this. After all, the coitus-clam is not really well-documented or photographed, especially in periodicals, nor in electronic media. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/55 "2004-12-08T20:38:37Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’d just like to lodge a complaint about a certain attitude that I’ve seen repeatedly in this thread: That female genitalia is ugly. > > It is not ugly. It is beautiful. This is a scientific fact as verified by NASA. For those of you that mistrust science, it’s also in The Bible (Thou shalt ogle thy wife’s love muffin). That the she-taco is a lovely thing is beyond dispute. > > I realize that I have little to back me up on this. After all, the coitus-clam is not really well-documented or photographed, especially in periodicals, nor in electronic media. Um…thank you? Is this some kind of left-handed compliment? 😉 Anyway, I do think mine is beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/56 "2004-12-08T20:39:29Z")
I have to say that aesthetically, I much prefer the male parts to the female. Something about how it proudly waves in the air and proclaims ‘I am genitals, and I am here.’ ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/57 "2004-12-08T20:43:02Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’d just like to lodge a complaint about a certain attitude that I’ve seen repeatedly in this thread: That female genitalia is ugly. > > It is not ugly. It is beautiful. This is a scientific fact as verified by NASA. For those of you that mistrust science, it’s also in The Bible (Thou shalt ogle thy wife’s love muffin). That the she-taco is a lovely thing is beyond dispute. > > I realize that I have little to back me up on this. After all, the coitus-clam is not really well-documented or photographed, especially in periodicals, nor in electronic media. I don’t recall anyone saying it is ugly. We just have interesting names for it. I must admit that few things, if any at all, are as awe inspiring as the sight of a freshly shaven bearded clam. ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/58 "2004-12-08T20:44:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I realize that I have little to back me up on this. After all, the coitus-clam is not really well-documented or photographed, especially in periodicals, nor in electronic media. You’re a good man, **tdn**. Also, you need the same [coffeetable book](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0940208156/qid=1102538683/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-8587150-8897657?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) that I have. [SFW] ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/59 "2004-12-08T20:50:52Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Um…thank you? Is this some kind of left-handed compliment? 😉 Sure, left hand, right hand, they both work. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749/60 "2004-12-08T20:58:47Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Sure, left hand, right hand, they both work. 🙂 Ooo…touche…you got me good on that one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camel-toes/278749.md?page=4)