# Does a male kiss taste different than a female kiss? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978 "2010-05-01T18:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/21 "2010-05-03T22:36:43Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I never noticed any difference, except the stubble. You need to start dating a better class of women. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/22 "2010-05-04T04:26:17Z")
In my experience, the taste varies far more between individuals than it does between genders. I’ve noticed no particular difference between men and women in this department, although my experience with women is somewhat limited. (insert “cherry chapstick” joke here) ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/23 "2010-05-04T13:35:45Z")
Taste is usually related to oral hygiene, food consumption, or saliva content and not so much to gender. However, I’m willing to perform additional experiments to confirm this. (d&r) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/24 "2010-05-04T14:58:01Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > I haven’t tasted a difference. Where I HAVE tasted a difference, however, is kissing black guys. I can’t explain the difference (sorry), but black guys taste different from white guys. Why are you apologizing? At any rate, I (white) have kissed a black female (only one, however), and personally, found no difference. best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/25 "2010-05-04T16:12:31Z")
I’ve kissed about an equal number of men and women. In terms of taste, the variability between each individual/circumstance is so great that it overwhelmed any gender-based variability (if any existed). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/26 "2010-05-04T23:44:38Z")
Come to think of it, I’m not sure I’ve ever kissed a man who wasn’t a smoker. So, in my experience, “yes,” but there’s a pretty major confounding factor. ---
**Author:** ![Taenia\_spp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/27 "2010-05-05T02:00:32Z")
I came in here to post ‘no difference’, but some of the responses so far have rung true. In my experience it is true that women generally kiss ‘softer’ than do men, but it’s really not that much difference per se; it’s more of a reflection on how aggressive they are in general while in the sack. I will say that women by and large tend to wear glossy, scented, sparkly things on their lips which alters the experience (and, IMHO, not usually for the better). ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@Electric\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/28 "2010-05-05T08:27:46Z")
I haven’t noticed a big difference, no…except inasmuch as everyone “tastes” differently. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/29 "2010-05-05T09:48:52Z")
You hear that sound? That’s the sound of usernames being clicked on en masse to find out poster’s gender. No difference except for stubble. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/30 "2010-05-05T13:26:42Z")
Male - have kissed both genders (women far far less). I agree with others who’ve said that women kiss more softly. It’s not bad I suppose, but my experience is obviously skewed by the fact that I’m really into kissing men whereas I’m less so for women. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978/31 "2010-05-05T14:41:20Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > unlike the men I’ve kissed who tend to be more. . . rigid So. . .where are you planting these kisses??? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-male-kiss-taste-different-than-a-female-kiss/537978.md?page=1)