# Larger Nippled Women **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 26, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371 "2004-02-26T23:24:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chotii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Chotii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chotii)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/61 "2004-02-28T05:01:38Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Do we want to get into color contrast, too? I’m very fair skinned over all (‘ivory’ in terms of foundation) and my aureolae are barely a shade or two deeper pink. It’s hard to tell exactly where they begin when you’re looking close up, easier to spot at a couple of feet (as when looking in a mirror.) > > Hmmm. I bet I could elimate the color contrast complete with a layer of ordinary foundation. > Anyone into the ‘Barbie’ look? _laugh_ Yes, this is me too. Now, anyway, 7 months into my 3rd lactation. They were darker just before kiddo numero quatro was born, but it’s fade back to ‘nearly indistinguishable’ now. But I’m very fair. Sunburn like a sonofabitch if I stay outside for half an hour in the sun. Freckle, never tan. I hardly got any _linea negra_ at all, and only late into pregnancy. And it’s gone now. I think people with a tendancy to dark pigmentation (who tan well, etc) will have more contrast. ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/62 "2004-02-28T05:29:01Z")
I would just like to commend all the women who have demonstrated their commitment to science in this thread, particularly **seaworthy** , because she was the first. I mean, the people who measured their nostrils for that classic thread about wedding rings did one thing, but this is something else entirely. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/63 "2004-02-28T06:54:43Z")
You know, I just realized that I was feeling up my tits through my shirt in an effort to gauge how large my areolae are - and I was doing it in front of an uncurtained window while it’s dark out and my living room light is on. If I get arrested or strange rumors start up in this town, it’s all your fault. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/64 "2004-02-28T07:19:34Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > You know, I just realized that I was feeling up my tits through my shirt in an effort to gauge how large my areolae are - and I was doing it in front of an uncurtained window while it’s dark out and my living room light is on. > > If I get arrested or strange rumors start up in this town, it’s all your fault. Yeah, well my wife’s asleep, I’ve got my own problem now, and it’s all _your_ fault. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/65 "2004-02-28T07:47:54Z")
> [@Silver Serpentine](#): > > I’m a C/D cup, and my areolas are somewhere around 2-3 inches wide. I hate it, and I’m all self-conscious about it. Needless to say, I don’t go flashing people anymore, heh. > > Anyone know if there’s such a thing as areola reduction surgery? Heh. Yup, there is such a thing. They can even take the areola and nipple and move them higher up on the breast to make you look perkier. I had a friend who’s aureolas puffed out like smaller versions of breasts. In fact, her plastic surgeon called them Snoopy noses, they stuck out so much. She got them reduced but it left a lot of ropy scarring. It was just the way her body reacted to the surgery, I guess. Still, she was happier with her new profile. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/66 "2004-02-28T07:55:17Z")
Oh, and I don’t 2-3 inches is bad. My own are about 2 1/2 and I think they’re just the right size for my double D’s. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/67 "2004-02-28T09:00:14Z")
> [@Tikki](#): > > Yup, there is such a thing. They can even take the areola and nipple and move them higher up on the breast to make you look perkier. REALLY? Neato. I’ve neer considered getting platic surgery done for anything, but this one certainly has my interest now. Hmmmmmm. I’d like to have normal looking boobies. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/68 "2004-02-28T14:17:32Z")
Not that I’ve seen a huge number or anything, but I’m not so sure there is a “normal” looking pair of boobies. The variety of shapes, sizes, and colorations is rather amazing. About the only kind I find really odd (besides the color contrast issues) are the, er, handlebar variety. ---
**Author:** ![callslugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8797f3/32.png) [@callslugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callslugger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/69 "2004-02-28T15:23:04Z")
Do men prefer women with large areolas, does it matter how dark they are? It’s kinda like you guys being self conscious about the size of your penis, so come on guys! What do you like? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/70 "2004-02-28T18:30:56Z")
Oh, simple answer. I’m incredibly drawn to large, darker aureolas, on larger soft breasts. For whatever reason, I find that kind of bosom to be just breathtakingly arousing. Then again, I find bigger darker skinned women to be breathtakingly arousing, so that works. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![seaworthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@seaworthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaworthy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/71 "2004-02-28T18:46:10Z")
> [@Tikki](#): > > Yup, there is such a thing. They can even take the areola and nipple and move them higher up on the breast to make you look perkier. > > I had a friend who’s aureolas puffed out like smaller versions of breasts. In fact, her plastic surgeon called them Snoopy noses, they stuck out so much. She got them reduced but it left a lot of ropy scarring. It was just the way her body reacted to the surgery, I guess. Still, she was happier with her new profile. Oh man I completely forgot until just now, but my friend’s dad had this problem! First time I ever went to her house, he was sitting there without a shirt on, and it was all I could do not to stare and/or laugh hysterically. First, picture a couple of fat bananas sticking out of an overweight, middle-aged man’s chest. Then picture that both of these have “Snoopy nose” nipples as Tikki put it. Weirdest thing I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/72 "2004-02-28T20:28:19Z")
> [@callslugger](#): > > Do men prefer women with large areolas, does it matter how dark they are? It’s kinda like you guys being self conscious about the size of your penis, so come on guys! What do you like? So far as I know, I think a lot of men view breasts (no double entendre intended) as women view penis size; IE, it’s just a matter of personal taste, so opinions will vary wildly. Myself, my motto is “They’re all good.” ---
**Author:** ![miss\_smartypants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@miss\_smartypants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_smartypants)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/73 "2004-02-28T21:58:39Z")
Gosh!, are you guys still at it? 🙂 I measured mine last night and it seems they are just a tad larger than “normal”. But…they are pink, and for some reason I always just assumed that the darker ones were, um, better–I thought guys would just like dark better. Mine _were_ darker while I was pregnant and I felt so proud and sexy… (Oh BTW Frank, this is totally off topic, but when I was young we were very rural folk and I went to a one-room school. I was from a family of 3 girls and had actually never seen a weenie till one of the older boys named Frank whipped his out one day on the playground. Can you imagine what might happen if a similar incident were to happen today? Poor Frank–they’d probably give him 30 years to life in the state pen. :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/74 "2004-02-28T23:21:12Z")
It wasn’t me. I _swear_ it wasn’t me!! 😃 Funny though, you think this Frank had any influence on the later actions of one Janet Jackson? ---
**Author:** ![guiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ab097/32.png) [@guiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guiness)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/75 "2004-02-28T23:34:52Z")
> [@bromells](#): > > And anyway, how does one go about asking a neighbor for a cup of sugar? What’s the term? Deciliters? A bit on the clinical side, if you ask me. A bit on the cynical side if you ask me. We would ask for a cup (250ml or, 250cc in this case). Not all metric countries use decilitres, we do not in Australia. > [@bromells](#): > > 1. Dividing everything in life by ten, decimalizing life, seems a bit sterile. Maybe practical, maybe not, but definitely charmless and almost non-human. Vague feelings of the cold table they make you sit on in the doctor’s office in your humiliating paper robe come to mind. This, coming from the mouth of a speaker and writer of the expurgated simplified and processed modern American English. The language has become painful to read and listen to; maybe practical, maybe not, but definitely charmless and almost non-human. > [@bromells](#): > > 1. Here’s another big drawback, in my opinion. They also started yammering, at the same time, about that ridiculous celsius temperature system. The one where if it’s 19 degrees outside it’s warm but if it’s 15 it’s frigid (you get my point). That is just plain useless. Nowhere near enough gradations on that scale. Again, great for science class but in real life, sadly lacking. It’s like taking most of the colors off of the palette. What’s next, binary? It’s either 0 outside or 1? Wear a jacket or broil to death? This is so nitpicky and blind that I fell you are just ranting. At 0 degrees C water freezes and at 100 degrees C water boils (a fine and constant standard to use) with body temp at around 36 degrees any atmospheric temperature is easily gauged by a keen enough perception of mind. In comparison the fahrenheit scale is a touch less logical and quite human-centric. > [@bromells](#): > > 1. You state that Aussies are able to convert in their heads. Why? If the French cesium vacuum system is a comprehensive system, why are any conversions necessary? This is due solely to the pervasive nature of American culture. We need to know how heavy a fat man referred to in a film is in real measurements. Distances referred to in the media. Basically we are compensating for the twats who haven’t caught on yet. > [@bromells](#): > > I’ve rambled on a bit but wanted to get our side of the story out there. Living in New York and interacting with Asian and European colleagues a lot, they often make mocking remarks about our way of doing things and wonder why we insist on doing things this way. I hope this can help explain why we stick with what was good enough for Grandpa and Grandma and that we continue to befuddle our transoceanic friends, because I think we made the right call. 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 egg, a teaspoon of vanilla, and you’re most of the way to very yummy cookies. Does a decagram of anything sound appetizing (I exempt drug dealers from this question)? You and I have both rambled a bit. I believe the attitude that, if something was good enough for Mum and Dad then it is good enough for us, can hinder generational change. Using the argument that, if something was good enough for Grandpa and Grandma then it is good enough for us, is plainly ignorant and dangerous. Maybe this is the reason America is in the state it is in ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/76 "2004-02-29T00:01:13Z")
Boobs: They’re all good. Don’t worry about yours. I think most guys would be liars if they said bigger didn’t hold some extra fascination, but that’s hardly the only criterion that matters. As for meself, I’m into round and pendulous. Medium nipples. Color isn’t so important (see contrast issues above). Big, small, medium; any size can be attractive if they’re shaped nicely. Really, I’ve seen what I consider a fair variety of shapes, sizes, etc., and I’ve never really encountered a pair that I thought the woman should feel self-conscious about. Faces are more important to me anyway. I’ll take an A cup with a lovely, friendly face over a D cup without any day. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/77 "2004-02-29T03:19:16Z")
I can’t believe that in a thread about breasts and nipples, all some people can do is obsess about the metric system! Anyway, count me in the ranks of men who like darker, high-contrast nipples. Reddish-brown if you’re fair skinned, dark brown if you’re medium complexion, and purple/black if you’re dark skinned. Oh, and larger size, both width and length, is nice too. ---
**Author:** ![CairaJade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@CairaJade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairaJade)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/78 "2004-02-29T04:15:00Z")
Are we talking hard or soft nipples here? My areolae are much wider when soft. I’m quite self-concious of them then, though I rather like them when they’re hard. Also, any other acceptable terminology for this phenomenon? ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/79 "2004-02-29T05:14:26Z")
> [@guiness](#): > > This, coming from the mouth of a speaker and writer of the expurgated simplified and processed modern American English. The language has become painful to read and listen to; maybe practical, maybe not, but definitely charmless and almost non-human. Painfull is a relative term in this case. I may have jokenly pointed out the extra uneeded u’s are annoying in another thread but I don’t find them painfull. Loosen up dude, women are telling us about their breasts, and doing it for science!!! That’s like both hot and intellectual at same time. Yet you are quibbling about grammer and measurment, I find that painfull. Oh and threads like this are why I love this board. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371/80 "2004-02-29T09:27:02Z")
touché, **guiness** , touché 😃 and **netscape6** it’s painful. Since I’m the OP, can I bring everyone back to topic. Now what intrigues me, is that someone posted a link to sexual body part averages, and apprently the average diameter areola size is 3.68cm. Mine are about that size and mine are small… 😕 How does this average out? So men actually like bigger nipples? Damn ☹ Is it hard to find bikinis and such sometimes that don’t cover up the whole nipple? Are you self-conscious about them? And then there’s all the questions I asked in the OP. cheers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larger-nippled-women/231371.md?page=5)