# Lesbians / dildos **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 2, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819 "2003-07-02T17:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819/41 "2003-07-10T02:10:07Z")
## quote: Originally posted by Polairis And there is only one reason that men are better than dildos: ## Dildos don’t move furniture > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragonblink \* > \*\*Honey, you’re buying the wrong dildos. 😃 \*\* I don’t very often laugh out loud when alone but courtesy of this gem of a mental picture I just sprayed my screen with beer. Via my nose. Thanks **Dragonblink** , that was a corker. ---
**Author:** ![MaceMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@MaceMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaceMan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819/42 "2003-07-10T03:15:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Susma Rio Sep \* > \*\* > Tell me where I am not correct, OK? > > Susma Rio Sep \*\* **Susma Rio Sep** , most of the gay people you meet everday do not fit into the stereotypes you are using to identify them, and you probably assume they are straight. Most gay men would not claim that they have the mind of women, nor do they want to be like women, or have any desire to dress like women. I think maybe you are confusing gender identity with sexual orientation–two completely separate things. You said, referring to gay men: “I have nothing against them for their gender and their lifestyle.” Well, their gender is male. Although a few gay men do “camp” it up, act in a feminine manner, dress in drag, etc., this by no means typifies most gay men. ---
**Author:** ![Jennifer\_McIlwee\_Myers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@Jennifer\_McIlwee\_Myers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennifer_McIlwee_Myers)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819/43 "2003-07-10T03:49:26Z")
I wish I could remember the name of the comedienne who I first heard say this: “A guy came up to me in a bar and said, ‘Hey, baby, I’ve got what you want.’ I said, ‘Yeah, but unfortunately you’re attached to one end of it.’” * * * All j/k aside . . . . **Astro** ’s post re the masculine and feminine brain interested me but struck me as too simplified. There are many areas of “wiring” in the brain, and the one relating to being attracted to one gender or another (or both) isn’t necessarily attached to other gender-related neurological traits. At any rate, there isn’t a known correspondence between what is the neurologically male brain type and being a lesbian. Also, as a female with a neurologically and functionally mostly male kind of a brain, I can guarantee that I’m a straight chick. (How do I know that I’m neurogically and functionally “male-brained”? Research and some serious hunting up of highly specialized diagnosticians.) In re said research: Simon Baron-Cohen, of Cambridge’s Autism Research Center, has done what is currently considered the “state of the art” in research on the masculine and feminine brains. He has pointed out in many publications that the “masculine” (aka “systematizing”) and “feminine” (aka “empathizing”) brain types both occur in both genders, and that the two types are in fact rather represent the areas on a spectrum of traits where the largest numbers of men and women “clump” neurologically. There are probably individual humans of both genders at every given point on the male/female continuum. At any rate, there is so far no strong indication of lesbians tending to be neurologically male or gay dudes tending to be neurologically female. And I know an awful lot of gay guys who spend most of their time wearing jeans and flannel shirts and own lots of power tools. * * * On “Crank Yankers,” one of the advertising billboards that can be seen in the opening credits says, “Dildo: It’s the Other Penis.” At least they didn’t call it “the other white meat.” ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819/44 "2003-07-10T20:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Susma Rio Sep \* > \*\*I am back, Iteki; and I still love you. > > Thanks for the reference. But if you are receptive, I always prefer to have some personal reactions from my responding fellow posters. > > If I may then, please show me how my observations, in your knowledge and views, are in need of corrections. > > Thanks for any favor you could and would render in this respect. The joy for me in these forums here is to receive personal replies in reaction to my own posts. > > Of course I will also read their references and cites, but first the personal responses. > > Best regards, > > Susma Rio Sep \*\* Balkey? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819/45 "2003-07-10T21:34:31Z")
> [@](#): > > If lesbians so dislike men Pretty big assumption, Buckaroo. Not true, in my experience. There are a lot of people, places, and things I like just fine without feeling moved to have sex with them! ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Second\_Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Guest)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819/46 "2003-07-10T21:38:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*I don’t think it’s the penis that lesbians have a problem with. They like penises just fine, it’s what’s attached to the penis that gives them pause. \*\* If I ever decide to start using a signature line, this could be the one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819/47 "2003-07-10T22:45:43Z")
I think this one has pretty much run its course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-dildos/185819.md?page=2)