# I must stop looking at crotches **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337 "2005-05-04T06:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/41 "2010-08-19T10:23:05Z")
My problem is staring at the mouth, which, according to a drama teacher, can communicate that I’m attracted to the other person and want to kiss them. In actuality, I used to have a bit of a hearing problem, and seeing their mouth helped me read their lips. And now it’s habit. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/42 "2010-08-19T15:22:38Z")
I do the staring into space and layer realizing the space is occupied by crotch or boobs but I don’t look at guy’s crotches just to look at guy’s crotches unless there’s something to draw the eye, like really tight pants. Usually, I prefer the back view though. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/43 "2010-08-19T15:44:44Z")
Have you ever seen one suddenly open up, go skirting across the table and grab the last butter flaked biscuit? Because then it’s a good thing you were watching it; you can point your finger and say "hey, I saw [del]who[/del] what did that! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/44 "2010-08-19T15:53:56Z")
Who knew they liked buttter-flaked biscuits? Do you have dinner with Londo Mollari? ---
**Author:** ![BG43214\_YAHOO.COM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@BG43214\_YAHOO.COM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BG43214_YAHOO.COM)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/45 "2010-08-20T15:08:25Z")
I don’t ‘stare’ at guys’ crotches, so much as sneak a quick look;;;;the same goes for their butts…sure are some nice ones out there!!..and you guys with boxer shorts…I always check to see if I can see it movin’ around in there!!!😉 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/46 "2010-08-20T16:14:36Z")
> [@BG43214\_YAHOO.COM](#): > > …and you guys with boxer shorts…I always check to see if I can see it movin’ around in there!!!😉 Trust me, it is. Stare all you want. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/47 "2010-08-20T17:03:18Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > > [@silk1976](#): > > > > Does this mean that its possible that some of the female spectators are watching my crotch? > > Yep. Just like dudes like to watch bouncing boobies. There are a lot of us ladies who enjoy bouncing boys. We’re just a LOT better at not getting caught. > > Guys are so busy checking out our chests, they don’t even notice we’re not always looking them in the eye, either! Some of us guys are checking out the bouncing boys as well. There’s a reason I don’t like sports but enjoy college wrestling, diving and swimming. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/48 "2010-08-20T17:15:08Z")
I like it that so many guys are checking out boobs, so the minority of us who are staring at the cute shapes sculpted in the front of girls’ jeans instead are less likely to get caught at it. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/49 "2010-08-22T15:33:49Z")
Something I’ve noticed: If you stare at a woman’s boobs she will look straight at you. If you look her straight in the eye she will look down at her boobs. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/50 "2010-08-22T16:15:39Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > One deputy that works in the courthouse, for instance, has a pet python that he evidently brings to work with him every day and keeps down his left pant leg. This made me LOL, as I have occasionally spotted men with the “pet python” issue. I don’t normally make a habit of staring at crotches or boobs, but I have a severe case of “shiny object syndrome” which also will visually redirect me to anything that’s out of the ordinary. This means that I’m likely to notice if there are hard nipples, severe cleavage, severely wonky cleavage, camel toe, or a monster in the pants. I have accidentally subjected myself to viewing a great many older men who wear tiny cutoff shorts with their tighty whities bulge hanging or threatening to hang out of the bottom-- it’s just not something I want to see. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/51 "2010-08-22T16:56:32Z")
Wow, I just never figured **Cherry2000** as someone who would leer at people’s crotches, let alone admitting as such—but, there you go, color me shocked! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/52 "2010-08-22T17:01:31Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Some of us guys are checking out the bouncing boys as well. There’s a reason I don’t like sports but enjoy college wrestling, diving and swimming. Was that you with the telephoto lens? ---
**Author:** ![Like\_Fry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Like\_Fry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Like_Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/53 "2010-08-23T03:54:42Z")
I just cant stop looking a everything. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/54 "2010-08-23T04:03:27Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I am a perverted boy. Oh, **you’re** the reason I keep thinking **picunurse** is a guy. I knew there was a guy with “nurse” in their username. I’m not crazy after all! And yeah, I’m all about the surreptitious glances, but usually not at crotches. I was mesmerized by a camel-toe once that I can remember, but boobs are usually much more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/55 "2010-08-23T17:24:48Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > … Whatever you said, des… I wish more women were descamisadas 😉 I’d be smiling approvingly at all of them. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/56 "2010-08-23T17:39:57Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > …I can’t stop licking at crotches cite? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/57 "2010-08-23T17:45:49Z")
> [@nashiitashii](#): > > I have accidentally subjected myself to viewing a great many older men who wear tiny cutoff shorts with their tighty whities bulge hanging or threatening to hang out of the bottom-- it’s just not something I want to see. Ah yes, the Florida Gravity Viper. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/58 "2010-08-25T00:08:15Z")
A related topic - I love to watch people, especially children, reading. I just _know_ this is going to get me in trouble one day. Also, I can’t stop staring a visible panty lines, or the pants-gap at the back. If there’s a thin line of undies visible - wow. It’s like eye-crack. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/59 "2010-08-25T00:33:08Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > > [@descamisado](#): > > > > … > > Whatever you said, des… I wish more women were descamisadas 😉 > > I’d be smiling approvingly at all of them. Hey, stop staring at my nipples and indulging your fantasies! My words are up(thread) here! ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337/60 "2010-08-25T01:16:03Z")
Bi female here. A friend of mine was laying on her side talking to me and I found my eyes repeatedly drifting leftward. Which happened to shift my gaze down the front of her body and along her hips. I wasn’t trying to look at her. But she also has a shapely figure and I don’t (I’m tall and lanky with no hips) so often when I look at other women it’s out of envy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-stop-looking-at-crotches/302337.md?page=4)