# Male runners and walkers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970 "2011-11-15T03:50:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970/21 "2011-11-15T22:28:33Z")
Anyone who has seen more than an inning of a major league baseball game knows of this occasional requirement and needn’t be freaked out. mmm ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970/22 "2011-11-15T23:01:08Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Have you ever seen a female co-worker (or boss! :eek:) \ > No? Well, I assure you, those needs do arise. I once saw a really chesty boss do what the female co-workers called “the hoist”: She grabbed both straps in the front and pulled up for a double adjustment. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970/23 "2011-11-15T23:03:19Z")
You try running 5 miles while carrying this gigantic penis around. ---
**Author:** ![Igrapeape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Igrapeape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Igrapeape)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970/24 "2011-11-16T01:09:37Z")
Herein lies the difference. I can’t think of a guy who is going to run away and call a friend because a girl adjusted her breasts. A guy adjusts his appliance and you can just about hear the girl scream. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Actually, the need to adjust happens to women, too - most of us are just too ladylike to do it where we can be seen. > > Have you ever seen a female co-worker (or boss! :eek:) doing any of the following? > > - readjusing her boobs inside her bra (reaching in for lefty + righty separately) > - fixing her whole bra (unsnapping and reclipping the band) > - picking out a wedgie > - plucking at her panties through her pants/skirt because her pubes got stuck to her pantyliner adhesive > > No? Well, I assure you, those needs do arise. > > If I was in your yoga class, I’d prefer you not announce what you’re doing with your crotch, and while I’d silently concur and sympathize I probably wouldn’t vocalize whether or not my own are getting smushed. Not because I’m a prude, but because yoga class is for quiet meditative exercise. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970/25 "2011-11-16T02:49:00Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > If “adjust myself” means keeping your hand outside of your shorts and adjusting things around a bit, then it isn’t an issue. > If “adjust myself” means plunging your hand into your shorts and rearranging everything, then it may be seen as weird. This. It depends how you do it. Hands stay outside of clothes; most people understand this. Hands go inside clothes; this looks creepy. What were you wearing, too? If it’s clearly running/exercise clothes, the need to adjust might be more obvious, since even women need to adjust body parts when we exercise and the girl would understand that. If you’re just walking wearing jeans and a tshirt (or even “jogging pants”), then it’s less clear what you’re doing, what your intentions are, and potentially verges into the creepy territory again, especially if the hands go down the pants. The girl in front of the OP was young enough that she might not really have enough life experience to know that the need to adjust is a normal thing for men. It’s not something that’s really explicitly taught to women - we just kind of learn/figure it out/eventually ask a boyfriend about it when we see it happen. So, potentially inexperienced in the ways of penis management, walking alone, and (although this might not be the case in the OP) possibly in an isolated spot…well, I can understand her reaction to be somewhat defensive; while the risk may be minimal, the consequences could be massive. It’s not fair to the men in these situations, but unfortunately, that’s life. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970/26 "2011-11-16T06:57:07Z")
In the immortal words of my friend Rob, I think you should have slipped her the sausage. Even worse was yesterday, walking down the hall while a cute chick in chemistry class was walking towards me – wearing these hiking boots that sometimes catch on each other and make a farting sound. I’d rather have been caught openly “adjusting.” I did get out of a public urination charge a few months ago by playing the “adjusting” card. Weirdest thing – the cop says “I can see your penis.” Hearing my explanation, and looking pretty respectable, he just let it drop after my lame excuse. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970/27 "2011-11-16T20:27:35Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > You try running 5 miles while carrying this gigantic penis around. Look if its a problem I’ll stop jogging next to you. You know you can be so hurtful sometimes! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-runners-and-walkers/602970.md?page=1)