# Ladies, how aware of penises are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580 "2010-09-04T07:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/21 "2010-09-04T18:55:13Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Well, now that I think about its really weird. These delivery guys who are exchanging the box spring they brought Thursday that was broken? Right here and now this second? These _strangers in my house_? Oh, god. šŸ™‚ > > I went to a tanning place several years ago for maybe three months of temporary insanity. Sometimes Iā€™d start giggling halfway through my session thinking about how all those people were _naked._ The dumb bodybuilders? Naked! The stupid sorority girls? All naked! When I was waiting for my turn Iā€™d see everybody else come out and think, ā€œYou were naked! Ha!ā€ I was never naked when I tanned. if I had been, Iā€™d have had a nice rash on my boobs instead of tan. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/22 "2010-09-04T18:56:39Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Now, I donā€™t mean the penis or [penises](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2139/what-is-the-plural-of-penis) attached to men youā€™re interested in. What Iā€™m asking is, how often are you aware that **every man** you met has one? Your annoying male boss has one. Your 90-year-old neighbor guy has one. Ryan Seacrest has one. nope.šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/23 "2010-09-04T19:06:27Z")
Mine is dead. I try not to think of it. Nor anyone elseā€™s. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/24 "2010-09-04T21:31:35Z")
I am fairly aware and sometimes it hits me. Whoa, that guy, that guy has a penis! Like a 3 YO. ---
**Author:** ![serious\_lark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@serious\_lark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/serious_lark)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/25 "2010-09-04T21:32:15Z")
Nope. Only if attached to male Iā€™m interested in or male I want to hurt because heā€™s got poor aim and has left me a messy bathroom to clean. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/26 "2010-09-04T21:34:48Z")
Not only do Ogres have layers, we have penises. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/27 "2010-09-04T21:40:50Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > > [@Zsofia](#): > > > > Well, now that I think about its really weird. These delivery guys who are exchanging the box spring they brought Thursday that was broken? Right here and now this second? These _strangers in my house_? Oh, god. šŸ™‚ > > > > I went to a tanning place several years ago for maybe three months of temporary insanity. Sometimes Iā€™d start giggling halfway through my session thinking about how all those people were _naked._ The dumb bodybuilders? Naked! The stupid sorority girls? All naked! When I was waiting for my turn Iā€™d see everybody else come out and think, ā€œYou were naked! Ha!ā€ > > I was never naked when I tanned. if I had been, Iā€™d have had a nice rash on my boobs instead of tan. Well, _I_ was naked. Naked! Tee hee! ETA - tanning beds? Very cold. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/28 "2010-09-04T21:44:02Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > I think about it just as much as I think about the fact that the women I encounter on a daily basis all have vaginas. > > i.e. somewhere between ā€˜very littleā€™ and ā€˜not at all.ā€™ Same first sentence here, but modify the second sentence to read ā€œi.e. all the freakinā€™ timeā€ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/29 "2010-09-04T23:54:07Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > Me. To quote Elaine, ā€œI donā€™t know how you guys walk around with those things.ā€ > > Donā€™t get me wrong, as a hetero female, Iā€™m glad they DO, butā€¦šŸ˜› > Donā€™t think about it an inordinate amount, but yes, I ponder it from time to time, wonder how itā€™s hanging. šŸ™‚ Itā€™s hanging loose and swinging easy. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/30 "2010-09-05T01:52:21Z")
I donā€™t spend a lot of time thinking about _anyoneā€™s_ genitalia, even my own. (I am blessed with largely low maintenance trouble-free reproductive organs. Yay!) Probably the most time I think about menā€™s penises is when we are carrying/shifting around loads at work. That is because I hate to see a grown man curled up in a fetal position, crying. In other words, when I think about co-workersā€™ penises it is largely out of concern I donā€™t injure them by mishandling a piece of lumber or drywall. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/31 "2010-09-05T03:35:28Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I am fairly aware and sometimes it hits me. Whoa, that guy, that guy has a penis! Like a 3 YO. Yup, I do this too. It almost always happens at work, for some reason. Sometimes Iā€™ll wonder if my coworkers shave down there. Mostly this happens with females, though thereā€™s at least one dude that I have my suspicions about. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/32 "2010-09-05T05:50:59Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Not only do Ogres have layers, we have penises. What, all of you? How do you reproduce, then? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/33 "2010-09-05T08:24:10Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Ryan Seacrest has one. Iā€™m pretty sure this isnā€™t true. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/34 "2010-09-05T08:39:34Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Not very often. Although, living with nudists, itā€™s in my mind a little more often these daysā€¦mostly in the context of, ā€œhow do they SIT with those THINGS between their legs?ā€ Iā€™m imagining how it would feel to walk around and sit with, say a beanie baby 'twixt my nethers, and it just wouldnā€™t be at all comfortable! šŸ˜ƒ And I have just as difficult a time imagining how comfortable boobs are. Needing bras to hold them in place. Knowing that the older I get, the saggier they get. Lying down and having them take a nap in my armpit. Flying every which way when I go running. No thank you. As for penises, Iā€™m usually only aware if itā€™s a hot guy. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/35 "2010-09-05T17:09:50Z")
> [@serious\_lark](#): > > Nope. Only if attached to male Iā€™m interested in or male I want to hurt because heā€™s got poor aim and has left me a messy bathroom to clean. This could have gone so bad if you had left off the bathroom part. Likeā€¦ > [@serious\_lark](#): > > Nope. Only if attached to male Iā€™m interested in or male I want to hurt because heā€™s got poor aim\ and now I have to wash my hair or I canā€™t see out of my left eye or my ear is all clogged up etc.. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/36 "2010-09-05T17:39:04Z")
I do this sometimes and it suprises me too. Wow, _he_ has a penis! Itā€™s amazing really. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/37 "2010-09-05T18:32:51Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > > [@WhyNot](#): > > > > Not very often. Although, living with nudists, itā€™s in my mind a little more often these daysā€¦mostly in the context of, ā€œhow do they SIT with those THINGS between their legs?ā€ Iā€™m imagining how it would feel to walk around and sit with, say a beanie baby 'twixt my nethers, and it just wouldnā€™t be at all comfortable! šŸ˜ƒ > > And I have just as difficult a time imagining how comfortable boobs are. Needing bras to hold them in place. Knowing that the older I get, the saggier they get. Lying down and having them take a nap in my armpit. Flying every which way when I go running. No thank you. You must be thinking of really big ones, because the average boob doesnā€™t do most of these things. Sure, theyā€™ll all sag eventually, but most are too small to find your armpit, and too small to endanger yourself or others when running. Even with people getting fatter, the average breast size is only a C (now average is 36C vs 34B before the mid-90s - info for guys: that means the average measurement around the chest under the breast increased 2" and the largest part of the bust 1"). Cs generally arenā€™t that unruly. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/38 "2010-09-05T20:50:34Z")
Also, not _every_ man has one. Not even every man was born with one. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/39 "2010-09-05T20:52:17Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > > [@WhyNot](#): > > > > Not very often. Although, living with nudists, itā€™s in my mind a little more often these daysā€¦mostly in the context of, ā€œhow do they SIT with those THINGS between their legs?ā€ Iā€™m imagining how it would feel to walk around and sit with, say a beanie baby 'twixt my nethers, and it just wouldnā€™t be at all comfortable! šŸ˜ƒ > > Bwahahaha - a beanie baby! God, thatā€™s funny. > > I do think about it when, say, I go horseback riding with my boyfriend - where does he put it? How annoying it must be to have some giblet thing swinging away down there, knocking into things, getting sweaty - Iā€™m so glad I havenā€™t got one. (Except for, say, peeing behind a tree. And getting a job. So thatā€™s two situations out of my whole life where Iā€™d trade. Not a bad deal.) Itā€™s actually not BETWEEN, you know - itā€™s attached slightly in front. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580/40 "2010-09-05T21:08:03Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Itā€™s actually not BETWEEN, you know - itā€™s attached slightly in front. Well, I know. But when they sitā€¦I suppose if you grow up with one, you know how not to sit on your balls, but Iā€™m rather clueless about the mechanics. (And I have size OMG breasts, and they donā€™t nestle in my armpits when I sleep. Theyā€™re trying to make a dash for the sides and I age, true, but they donā€™t make it to the armpit. Running down hill is a bitch in anything less supportive than a canvas corset with steel stays, Iā€™ll admit.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-aware-of-penises-are-you/552580.md?page=3)