# Doper Girls, do you notice guys adjusting? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231 "2004-11-01T02:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/21 "2004-11-01T12:55:52Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > No, haven’t ever noticed it. My, I learn every day. 🙂 > > Now that I think about it, I thought modern underpants took care of that. They have all these folds of fabric that keep a penis nicely aligned (straight up) so it can “grow” without the “kink in the hosepipe”-effect. No? This is true as long as your shirts not tucked in. I haven’t had problems with spontanious errections since highschool anyway. At least not that I can recall. Just don’t get me started on morning wood. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/22 "2004-11-01T13:06:35Z")
I’ve noticed the adjustment (often, and it’s very off-putting) but I never knew quite what it was for. I guess I assumed it was a squished scrotum thing. Huh. So now I get to decide whether to be grossed out or flattered. I think I’ll take flattered! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/23 "2004-11-01T15:04:54Z")
I have never noticed. I am mostly blissfully oblivious, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/24 "2004-11-01T15:22:45Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I’ve noticed the adjustment (often, and it’s very off-putting) but I never knew quite what it was for. I guess I assumed it was a squished scrotum thing. > > Huh. > > So now I get to decide whether to be grossed out or flattered. I think I’ll take flattered! 😃 Speaking as a guy, it’s mostly a squished scrotum thing and not anything having to do with spontaneous erections. I’ve not had one of the latter since the height of puberty. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/25 "2004-11-01T15:34:47Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Speaking as a guy, it’s mostly a squished scrotum thing and not anything having to do with spontaneous erections. I’ve not had one of the latter since the height of puberty. I can’t imagine how you guys sit with those things. Or ride bicycles. I don’t like wearing even the thinnest of maxi pads, because it’s so bunchy, and a scrotum’s a lot bulkier than a pad. So I suppose I can cut y’all some slack for the adjustment behavior. But it sure is distracting! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/26 "2004-11-01T15:40:20Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Now that I think about it, I thought modern underpants took care of that. They have all these folds of fabric that keep a penis nicely aligned (straight up) so it can “grow” without the “kink in the hosepipe”-effect. No? Wait a minute! They go up? Oh, dear. When my son was a baby, my mom told me to point him in the downward direction so his diaper wouldn’t leak. Have I damaged the poor boy forever? (The trials of being a single mom to a boy…I didn’t know about the “shake” after peeing either, until the poor thing developed a really irritated urethral opening and lots of pee-stained underpants before a guy friend clued me in. Apparently, it’s not instinct.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/27 "2004-11-01T16:13:59Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Wait a minute! They go up? Oh, dear. When my son was a baby, my mom told me to point him in the downward direction so his diaper wouldn’t leak. Have I damaged the poor boy forever? > > (The trials of being a single mom to a boy…I didn’t know about the “shake” after peeing either, until the poor thing developed a really irritated urethral opening and lots of pee-stained underpants before a guy friend clued me in. Apparently, it’s not instinct.) You know all those skater kids who wander around with baggy pants? _Their_ mothers pointed Mr. Winky down and now he points _straight out_, hence the baggy pants. Just kidding. A penis goes where it wants rather than where it’s told, so I wouldn’t worry. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/28 "2004-11-01T16:54:31Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > No, haven’t ever noticed it. My, I learn every day. 🙂 > > Now that I think about it, I thought modern underpants took care of that. They have all these folds of fabric that keep a penis nicely aligned (straight up) so it can “grow” without the “kink in the hosepipe”-effect. No? Only if you’ve got it pointed up when the erection starts. If it’s pointed down, it tries to go straight out, and that can be quite uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/29 "2004-11-01T17:38:35Z")
I really hate this double standard. When women adjust their bras and/or tops, which some seem to do constantly, I find it quite fetching. You don’t have to find it fetching, but at least allow us to deal with our discomfort. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/30 "2004-11-01T20:32:42Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > So you would stand around not doing anything with a tent pitched? It’s not something frequent. I try to stay seated until it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![MsPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MsPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsPrufrock)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/31 "2004-11-01T21:40:55Z")
I’ve noticed and I don’t find it offensive or gross. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Granted I haven’t seen any flagrant or questionable adjustments that would elicit a :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/32 "2004-11-01T21:59:07Z")
At one place I worked, I actually had a group of female co-workers come to me (presumably, I was just one of the girls) and asked if I could talk about a supervisor who adjusted his package every time he stood up. I explained that, given the male anatomy and clothing, package adjustment was sometimes necessary, and that it meant no more or less than a woman adjusting her bra strap, or underwire, waist on her pantyhose, or any other of those pieces. They seemed satisfied with my assurance that it was nothing personal, in fact probably completely unconscious, and another corporate sexual harassment lawsuit was avoided. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/33 "2004-11-01T22:00:53Z")
I’ll notice if I’m sitting down and the guy is standing up. It’s hard not to when the crotch is nearly eye-level. It doesn’t bother me all that much if the guy’s obviously trying to be discreet. On the other hand, if he does it in a really obvious manner, it’s kind of gross. Sort of like the bra adjustment thing - you don’t want to wear your straps around your elbows, so sometimes you have to pull them up. But you don’t want to be really obvious about fidgeting with your undergarments. [brief hijack]So what about when someone’s yanking their underwear out of their butt-crack - rude in public or just doing what you’ve gotta do?[/brief hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/34 "2004-11-01T22:22:21Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > A penis goes where it wants rather than where it’s told, so I wouldn’t worry. Where it’s told? Sheesh, mine tells _me_ where to go! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231/35 "2004-11-01T22:23:23Z")
This is one of those things that I was taught NOT to notice. Same as I don’t notice people passing gas in public - better just to ignore it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-girls-do-you-notice-guys-adjusting/272231.md?page=1)