# Do women really get off from sitting on washing machines? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 30, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521 "2025-07-30T18:33:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/61 "2025-07-31T04:19:17Z")
The Skoal ring kinda throws me off. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/62 "2025-07-31T04:40:08Z")
The trope alone has probably encouraged millions to at least try it. There is no such thing as “never happened” when it comes to human sexual exploration. ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/63 "2025-07-31T05:04:22Z")
I think a lot of posters are conflating psychological sexual arousal with physical stimulation. The OP wasn’t asking if women have washing machine fetishes, he was asking if they use washing machines as masturbatory aids. Regardless, the answer is the same to both: Not really, no. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I read an analysis of women’s household labor that showed these magical washing machines and dishwashers didn’t suddenly reduce the time women spent on housework. On the contrary, it just raised the bar for cleanliness higher than it was before. It seems to me that the same industrialization that gave us washing machines also gave us more stuff to wash. Women spend as much time doing laundry now because people just have more clothes. In the end it’s a, uh, wash. Seriously, First World people have so much garbage. It’s like that George Carlin routine about houses being where we keep our stuff while we go out to buy more stuff. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > If I had to guess this whole idea came from men in the 50s as a result of this idealized version of sexy housewife you see in all those advertisements. Probably a _Dear Penthouse_ thing. Quite to the contrary, I think, it implies that women can find sensual fulfillment doing chores. A little while ago there were those Herbal Essences commercials in which women were driven to orgasm by lathering their hair. Quite the society we have, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/64 "2025-07-31T08:15:25Z")
> [@Xocomil](#): > > Regardless, the answer is the same to both: Not really, no. I’m not saying you are wrong - I have no idea. But how do you know this, so authoritatively? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/65 "2025-07-31T10:41:35Z")
> [@Xocomil](#): > > It seems to me that the same industrialization that gave us washing machines also gave us more stuff to wash. Women spend as much time doing laundry now because people just have more clothes. In the end it’s a, uh, wash. Yes, you have a point BUT modern washing machines reduce the _physical_ labor involved per unit of clothing and time. Having to haul your laundry down to the river, wash it by hand, wring it out by hand, then back with it now wet, then having to hang it up in rows on long lines it more physically taxing than moving the clothing a foot or two between machines. Not to mention that modern washer spin cycles get a LOT more of the water out of the clothes than hand-wringing does, with so much less effort on the part of the person doing this chore. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/66 "2025-07-31T11:06:44Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Well, a motorcycle sounds more plausible to me, though I’ve ridden one a few times and I didn’t exactly feel that way I don’t think there is any doubt about the motorcycle thing, but less well documented is the effect of seat shape. Some cycles have a slightly sloped seat that slides the passenger down onto the driver, some have a rather narrow seat that allows the passenger to hold off and grip with her knees. And it’s soppy, but there is the whole love/trust thing. If the passenger is afraid of falling off, backed off and trying to balance independent of the driver, it’s not conducive to anything else. (I took a long tour with my GF after she had decided to dump me, but before she decided to tell me.) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/67 "2025-07-31T11:12:32Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > How about a car seat? I got third-hand information that, as described, women would come off of bus tours just bubbling, because of the effect of road vibration, ready to scoop up the guide if he was available. I guess what happens on tour stays on tour. (Road conditions are different in different countries, so don’t put too much weight on your personal experience). ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/68 "2025-07-31T11:19:31Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > That said, I suspect that many more men have masturbated with washing machines than women just because the shape is less awkward for them. Not to get explicit, but for anatomical reasons men have an easier time masturbating with a vertical surface than women do. In fact, I wonder how much of the “woman masturbating with a washing machine” meme is just a matter of projection. I’ve seen the meme illustrated in two ways: sitting on the washing machine with her legs tightly clenched (that includes a feminist cartoonist that had nothing interesting to say to me), and leaning in to a vertical corner of the machine (that was implied rather than depicted). ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/69 "2025-07-31T12:27:51Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Not everyone is spry, I’ve been physically limited since I was a teenager and this could be catastrophic. But that’s my experience and perspective. The people getting on top of washing machines probably are more spry. Front loaders are designed to fit under a kitchen counter: sitting on one is no more difficult than getting on a barstool (I just tried it). But I don’t think top loaders like most Americans have are that much taller. > [@Broomstick](#): > > Yes, you have a point BUT modern washing machines reduce the _physical_ labor involved per unit of clothing and time. Having to haul your laundry down to the river, wash it by hand, wring it out by hand, then back with it now wet, then having to hang it up in rows on long lines it more physically taxing than moving the clothing a foot or two between machines. Not to mention that modern washer spin cycles get a LOT more of the water out of the clothes than hand-wringing does, with so much less effort on the part of the person doing this chore. This is very true. I have some clothes that are hand wash only, and it’s a PITA. Wringing hurts your wrists very quickly, and even the ‘roll it in a towel’ method doesn’t get out nearly as much water as the washing machine spin cycle (and then you also have a damp towel to deal with). But it’s also true that we have a lot more clothes, and wash them after fewer wearings, than before mechanical washers. Work expands to fill the time available. As for the OP, I’ve never tried it, and never heard of anyone else doing so. Doesn’t seem like it would be very effective. I have ridden a motorbike, and that didn’t do anything for me either - but TBF I was pretty focused on the actual riding part and wouldn’t want to get distracted. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/70 "2025-07-31T14:06:43Z")
I remember at least one episode of Ghosts, maybe two, where the ghost Hetty complained about the home owners replacing the washing machine with one that didn’t shake. ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/71 "2025-07-31T14:27:15Z")
“Have you ever seen whiter legs?” This joke from Annett Bening from The Great Outdoors had me imagining the logistics when I was a young lad. I still don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/72 "2025-07-31T22:07:06Z")
And an episode of Scrubs ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/73 "2025-07-31T22:09:51Z")
They’re missing out on marketing opportunities… “this washer has regular, delicate, and who needs a man cycles”. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/74 "2025-08-01T12:04:30Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I can think of less sexy places than the laundry room, but not many. Many ‘laundry rooms’ are in the bathroom nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/75 "2025-08-01T12:53:56Z")
I’m a little surprised that not mentioned yet is the 2005 Detroit gang-related movie _Four Brothers_, with Mark Wahlberg, and Tyrese Gibson and Garrett Hedlund. Sofía Vergara plays the horny girlfriend of Tyrese Gibson and this topic comes up maybe 2-3x in the movie. In this poor-quality video she’s sitting on the washing machine calling him into the laundry room. He finds her and says, “My favorite room in the house,” and she says, “I have it set to spin mode”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/24IaA4fT13g/hqdefault.jpg "Four Brothers:Angel,Soffi,And State Farm Policy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24IaA4fT13g&t=1m20s) It’s a minor sub-plot in this otherwise decent movie of four mixed-race brothers avenging the robbery murder of their adoptive mother. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/76 "2025-08-01T13:04:49Z")
Someone way up at the start mentioned an 80s movie that talked about this. It’s The Great Outdoors, with John Candy, Annette Bening, Dan Ackroyd: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qHPu8eK388E/hqdefault.jpg "The Great Outdoors - Spin Cycle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHPu8eK388E) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/77 "2025-08-01T13:06:26Z")
“Does that really work?” “Have you ever seen whiter whites?” Pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/78 "2025-08-01T15:07:43Z")
As evidenced by my post above, I always thought she was saying “Have you ever seen whiter legs?”. Hence my confusion on what she was doing to that washing machine. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/79 "2025-08-01T15:23:24Z")
I’ve felt utter terror on the back of a motorcycle. And when riding a horse and the beast started trotting instead of ambling along. I can assure you, neither experience was arousing in the slightest. More likely those are ‘man things’ that they cluelessly fantasize women, too, enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521/80 "2025-08-01T15:41:41Z")
I’ve read of “man things” of wide variety: soldiers who fought over sessions with the barracks floor buffer, lonely men who died from rolling themselves up in carpets, the many implements inserted posteriorly and saved for posterity on X-ray film, etc. But not horseback riding. Its effect on Louis XIV resulted in [history’s most innovative treatment for anal fistula](https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2016/08/medical-history/sun-kings-anal-fistula) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521.md?page=5)