# Ladies, can you ever tell if a guy is going to be good in bed just by looking at him? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769 "2007-06-05T00:19:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769/41 "2007-06-06T09:31:54Z")
Oh well, since we are on the subject of geek love, I love geeks. I even have a T-shirt that says “I /heart/ my geek.” And I’m gonna order the one that says “Talk nerdy to me.” Funny, I always thought geeks were just my own private passion. I had no idea they were so popular. Are you sure this isn’t just a skewed SDMB perception? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769/42 "2007-06-06T09:44:58Z")
It’s a SDMB secret. For many, many years, people thought that engineers made good husbands because they were mature and reliable. While that’s true, there’s things their bride’s mothers never mentioned 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769/43 "2007-06-06T10:25:00Z")
[QUOTE=pulehoopo] Any chance you could tell us what the legendary technique is? [/QUOTE] I wish I could. If I could teach it, I’d be shouting it from the mountaintops and taking out billboards. Alas, I’ve failed in my attempts so far. I can’t even really describe it, except that it’s an oral technique and a side effect is that it makes the bottom of your feet feel like they’re on hot coals. (Yet somehow this is a good thing in the moment.) ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769/44 "2007-06-06T13:45:54Z")
[QUOTE=cowgirl] IMHO the best lovers are guys who find it a big turn-on to turn women on (i.e. they like giving just as much as - if not more than - getting). This is not something that can be faked. [/QUOTE] Yes, definitely. It makes all the difference in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769/45 "2007-06-06T14:15:57Z")
[QUOTE=CairoCarol] Oh well, since we are on the subject of geek love, I love geeks. I even have a T-shirt that says “I /heart/ my geek.” And I’m gonna order the one that says “Talk nerdy to me.” Funny, I always thought geeks were just my own private passion. I had no idea they were so popular. Are you sure this isn’t just a skewed SDMB perception? [/QUOTE] I suspect it’s an SDMB perception. (We are _not_ skewed; it’s the rest of the world that’s off-kilter. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769/46 "2007-06-06T14:19:22Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] It’s a SDMB secret. For many, many years, people thought that engineers made good husbands because they were mature and reliable. While that’s true, there’s things their bride’s mothers never mentioned 😉 [/QUOTE] And that old Barbie line about “math is hard” (and therefore unworthy of women) is a craven distorition advanced by …_someone_… to discourage women from entering technical fields. If they only knew how sexy a smart engineer woman who can handle math or electronics or another complex subject is… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769/47 "2007-06-07T00:09:12Z")
Engineers are good in bed because they pay attention to detail and can spend a long time extremely focused on a task. It’s similar to the appeal of Count Casanunda. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769/48 "2007-06-07T17:44:55Z")
[QUOTE=SailedTheOceanBlue] Jewish men. I realize anecdotes are not data, ya ya ya, and three (yes, I’m a dirty whore) Jewish men probably are not a great sample size but IME Jewish men are amazing in bed. Perhaps I have been blessed, but I am not complaining. /not Jewish myself //agree with the Geek, martial artist and Body Builder assessments. ///I _told_ you I was a dirty whore. 😛 [/QUOTE] The same is rumored about Native American men. Did I mention that my name IRL is Running Bear Ginsberg? 😛 I’ll be here all week, folks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-you-ever-tell-if-a-guy-is-going-to-be-good-in-bed-just-by-looking-at-him/406769.md?page=2)