# Insecurity- do you feel taller in a thong? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541 "2003-07-06T08:23:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/21 "2003-07-07T14:24:12Z")
I am 5’3 116 lbs and I wear them regularly. I HATE seeing the panty lines of regular underwear under my clothes so I wear thongs. They are actually comfortable to me. ---
**Author:** ![mipiace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@mipiace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mipiace)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/22 "2003-07-07T14:52:52Z")
Underwear of any kind doesn’t make me feel taller (but your question made me laugh) I can’t understand why you think it would? High heels make me feel taller… I am a regular thong wearer. I am 5’7" and weigh 138. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/23 "2003-07-07T16:04:39Z")
> [@](#): > > they will call attention to that area, and NOT in a good way. Attention to that area is probably inevitable, and VPLs are cuter than thongs. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/24 "2003-07-07T17:53:48Z")
I see a return thread coming… “Are VPLs cuter than thongs? Dopers weigh in” ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/25 "2003-07-07T20:37:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\*Attention to that area is probably inevitable, and VPLs are cuter than thongs. \*\* Really? I’m actually confused by this. When I’m wearing a thong under something, nobody can actually _see_ it, so I can’t imagine that lumpy lines are somehow cuter? ---
**Author:** ![jellen92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jellen92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellen92)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/26 "2003-07-07T21:20:04Z")
I’m 5’3" and about 133 lbs… I ONLY wear thongs when I dress up and don’t want panty lines. Otherwise, my ass is butt-ugly (no pun intended) and baring the cheeks any more than I have to is a sin. Taller? A thong? No way. If anything, you feel shorter, due to the thong riding up your crotch, you feel like you are not tall _enough_ to withstand the wedgie. ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/27 "2003-07-07T21:32:41Z")
I’m 5’6" and 115 lbs. I own a few pair of things, and I regularly wear them, but they don’t make me feel taller. ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/28 "2003-07-07T21:33:46Z")
Thongs, not things. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/29 "2003-07-08T03:49:26Z")
What a coincidence… I own a few pairs of things too… ---
**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:** [July 8, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/30 "2003-07-08T04:21:08Z")
Alice - 5’8", 141 lbs - all thongs, all the time. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/31 "2003-07-08T18:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\*Alice - 5’8", 141 lbs - all thongs, all the time. \*\* I think DirecTV already offers that channel… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/32 "2003-07-08T18:58:24Z")
Not to dissuade the females of the SDMB from wearing thongs, but if a woman is wearing tight pants, I see the panty line whether it is from reguar underwear or a thong, it’s just that the thong line is smaller and closer to the top middle part of the ass. Ans as for unattrasctiveness? Not to me. People wear underwear, I don’t think it’s a big deal that other people know this about you. ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/33 "2003-07-08T19:56:16Z")
5’7, 130 lbs, thong wearer about 75% of the time. I ama recent convert to them, and it took me a few weeks to get used to them, but I like them a lot now. I don’t feel any “taller” when wearing a thong, bikini panties, grandma panites, or going commando. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/34 "2003-07-08T19:56:44Z")
These thong threads always amuse me. I can’t even muster the desire to put one of the damn things on. Yet our alice is all thong-all the time! I just look at them and think “permanent wedgie”! Well, I’m 5-9 and 140ish, tall in my bare feet basically. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/35 "2003-07-09T07:45:55Z")
bouv is correct, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541/36 "2003-07-09T22:46:49Z")
I’m 20 years old, 5’2" and 100 pounds. NO THONGS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecurity-do-you-feel-taller-in-a-thong/186541.md?page=1)