# Is it just me?: Sexy clothing is sexier than nakedness. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507 "2008-09-14T00:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/21 "2008-09-15T17:11:36Z")
I agree - a well-dressed guy is often far sexier to me than one who is buck-naked. Perhaps it’s the imagination factor or thinking about what it’d take to get him naked. I dunno. But something about my husband in his suit just makes me want to screw with his composure by throwing myself on top of him. Kind of like seeing him so pristine makes me want to make him dirty - or, even better, makes me want to make him want to attack me. For what it’s worth, I do find many women arousing and they’re almost always mostly dressed. What is it about the curve of a breast or a round, tight hip that’s just so yummy? ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/22 "2008-09-15T17:45:28Z")
because it would take action on your part to take said bits of clothing off. If she’s nekkid, you can’t imagine yourself doing any bodice ripping can you? ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/23 "2008-09-15T18:22:20Z")
As some wit remarked, “If love is blind, how come lingerie is so popular?” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/24 "2008-09-15T18:29:29Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Sometimes, I agree. There is something about a man in a well fitting suit and tie that just really gets me going. oh, yes. And a man in a dress shirt, with the sleeves partially (and unevenly) rolled up, with the tie slightly askew and the top button undone…now we’re cooking with gas. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/25 "2008-09-15T18:45:06Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > oh, yes. And a man in a dress shirt, with the sleeves partially (and unevenly) rolled up, with the tie slightly askew and the top button undone…now we’re cooking with gas. > 🆒 And there is nothing, NOTHING sexier than a woman wearing your own dress shirt as a nightie. And nothing else. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. HELL yeah. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/26 "2008-09-15T18:48:21Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > And there is nothing, NOTHING sexier than a woman wearing your own dress shirt as a nightie. And nothing else. > > Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. HELL yeah. I see we are going to get along… I prefer to wear that as my “nightie”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/27 "2008-09-15T19:07:02Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > And there is nothing, NOTHING sexier than a woman wearing your own dress shirt as a nightie. And nothing else. > > Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. HELL yeah. In college I met one of my sister’s friends in a bar. My sister is 3 years older, and her friend was older than her by a year. I was 17, she was the unbelievably gorgeous blonde dating the big jock. Long story severely condensed: We woke up at my place where she realized all she had to go back to her apartment in was the little black dress and heels she was wearing when he stood her up. **MBG** to the rescue with my black Rolling Stones t-shirt and what are now called Daisy Dukes - but what were really only my favorite cut off jeans. We walked barefoot as far as we could without someone by her apartment noticing me, then I pulled off to go back to my place - she gave me a nice kiss and I watched her walk away. To this day, that moment is probably the single sexiest walk I have ever watched. I spent half the morning watching her walk around my place naked, but those shorts and her hair swishing around the t-shirt? Grrr.. PS: We saw each other secretly on and off the rest of the school year. My sister NEVER knew. And a week later, I went to Sis’s for dinner. My girl was wearing the shorts, gave me a little wink, and handed me a paper grocery bag with my t-shirt in it with the nicest “thank you for being the Knight in Armor, even if you DID get to frolic naked with me” note I’d ever seen. Yep - it’s the clothes, no question. Wow - didn’t mean to hijack. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/28 "2008-09-15T19:10:34Z")
You used to wear Daisy Dukes? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/29 "2008-09-15T19:17:22Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > You used to wear Daisy Dukes? :eek: Can’t stop laughing… I love this place. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/30 "2008-09-15T19:31:50Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > You used to wear Daisy Dukes? :eek: And I was damn cute too. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/31 "2008-09-15T19:33:35Z")
George: “So she coughed.” Jerry: “Coughing… naked… It’s a turn-off, man.” George: “Everything goes with naked.” Jerry: “When you cough, there are thousands of unseen muscles that suddenly spring into action. It’s like watching that fat guy catch a cannonball in his stomach in slow motion.” George: “Oh, you spoiled, spoiled man. Do you now how much mental energy I expend just trying to picture women naked?” Jerry: "But the thing you don’t realize is that there’s good naked and bad naked. Naked hair brushing, good; naked crouching, bad.’’ Jerry: “Well, I was walking around naked in front of Melissa the other day–” Elaine: “Whoa! Walking around naked? Ahh… that is not a good look for a man.” George: “Why not? It’s a good look for a woman.” Elaine: “Well, the female body is a… work of art. The male body is utilitarian, it’s for gettin’ around, like a jeep.” Jerry: “So you don’t think it’s attractive?” Elaine: “It’s hideous. The hair, the… the lumpiness. It’s simian.” George: “Well, some women like it.” Elaine: “Hmm. Sickies.” ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/32 "2008-09-15T20:56:14Z")
Okay guys, a quick question for you: Your girlfriend shows up at your place this fall wearing nothing but lingerie and an overcoat. Sexy or strange? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/33 "2008-09-15T21:03:32Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/34 "2008-09-15T21:13:52Z")
If my husband’s girlfriend showed up at all, she’s dead meat, no matter what she’s wearing. Just messing with your head. He doesn’t have a GF. 😛 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/35 "2008-09-15T21:23:46Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > If my husband’s girlfriend showed up at all, she’s dead meat, no matter what she’s wearing. If my husband’s girlfriend showed up there’d need to be a serious reframing of our entire relationship I think :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/36 "2008-09-15T21:30:33Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Okay guys, a quick question for you: Your girlfriend shows up at your place this fall wearing nothing but lingerie and an overcoat. Sexy or strange? You’re supposed to have beer with you. But yes, sexy. Strange as in it doesn’t happen everyday. As to the OP. I challenge you to find a photo of a NAKED woman in Playboy. They are rare. She usually has something on her. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/37 "2008-09-15T22:09:12Z")
I still find it weird that 99.99999 percent of our tenure on this planet has been spent nekked, yet we have an almost universal fetish for clothing. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/38 "2008-09-15T22:12:40Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I can’t give any answer that hasn’t been already said, but it’s not just you **Lobbie** (can I call you that?). You can indeed. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/39 "2008-09-15T22:31:06Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Okay guys, a quick question for you: Your girlfriend shows up at your place this fall wearing nothing but lingerie and an overcoat. Sexy or strange? This is a whoosh, right?😃 Was it a Seinfeld bit or someone else’s? “Women need a reason to have sex; men just need a place.” But ok, maybe it depends on the guy. You said “girlfriend,” which implies to me that you’ve been dating awhile. If you’ve already sealed the deal prior, it’s all good IMO. As I posted, I think some lingerie is sexy, some meh. But she gets points for the effort, **no doubt**. BTW I haven’t lost sight of the fact that it might look sexy to me, but if she isn’t comfortable in it, that will probably affect her, uh, performance. OTOH if she wears something that makes _her_ feel sexy but doesn’t necessarily do much for me, well, that’s ok. The trick to maxing the experience is to find common ground. Since it means that much to her, I’d be happy to provide my input in the selection process. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507/40 "2008-09-15T22:55:26Z")
I definitely feel sexier when I get to show off the sexy bits and distract from the bits that make me feel less than sexy. But for me sometimes it’s the ability to “arrange” a bit - like being naked but having a sheet across the middle that Dewey can lift and reveal the goodies. Or to be sitting or standing or lying in a certain way when I know he is going to enter the room. OTOH, for me there is nothing so sexy as Dewey in his blue jeans, sneakers, and a button down oxford. I truly just want to do the deed right there when he walks in the room. Course he has the body to go with it - maybe that’s it. 'cuz, I admit - my ex in the same outfit and i wouldn’t give it a second thought. But I’m equally happy to see Dewey nekkid - cuz chances are good we are gonna have sex soon! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-sexy-clothing-is-sexier-than-nakedness/463507.md?page=3)