# Men! Cover your nutsack, for god's sake! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676 "2003-03-28T01:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/61 "2003-03-28T19:09:06Z")
I keep picturing Michael Caine in that movie, “The Hand”. But now it’s titled, “The Scroat”. He keeps imagining his scrotal area chasing him (he lost it in a car accident), hunting him down, always scroating along in the shadows. Michael Caine’s scrotum. That picture is tattooed to my brain. Get me some bleach!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/62 "2003-03-28T19:20:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \*They’re like pets, really. You know how some people don’t like cats, or birds, and wouldn’t want one randomly inflicted on them? Same for scrotums. You can pet yours all you want, of course. > [@](#): > > Will that get you to cease your oppressive puritan whining? I dunno, mate, maybe, but then, what would it take you get you to get that spiked rod outta your ass? “Oppressive Puritan whining”? Hyperbolic much? I think you need to dig into your own scrotumy goodness with a butter knife and spread it all over yourself, inhale deeply, and relaaaaax. [quote] _Originally posted by Otto_And you’d rather compound it by bitching about him behind his back on a message board? Some friend you are. Seems kind of lame to rant about not wanting to be flashed when you’re not willing to say something to the one person who flashed you that you could actually affect. [quote] I think my skinny friend would be less embarrassed to blithely flash his genitals to the entire New Jersey Shore than to have a convo with me about it. He’s a little on the uptight side, which is what makes his unwitting exhibitionism all the more amusing, in a schadenfreudian kinda way. Yeah, it’s funny. You laughed, admit it. Really, another guy should be the one to tell him, because I don’t need him having the knowledge that I’ve seen his junk. I would have my best friend tell him, but he’s gay and is likely to encounter the same awkwardness. However, I may compel him to do so should the, ahem, opportunity present itself, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/63 "2003-03-28T19:25:43Z")
Are you sure it was his scrotum you saw? Maybe he was wearing chicken-skin underwear. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/64 "2003-03-28T19:29:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > **So you’d rather that your friend continue making an accidental exhibitionist of himself, inflicting his scrotifery on more of the unsuspecting populace, not to mention live in terror yourself of scrotal glimpsing …** Sro **ti** fery??? OMG Truly LOL here. Okay, I’m with the OP, but having a hard time not laughing long enough to formulate a decent “me too” post. Half the people replying here are just too priceless in their replies!! It’s almost worth the unwanted scrotal sighting just to read some of these posts! At any rate, there is some stuff you just do NOT want to see. Not all of it is sexual in nature, but the not wanting to see random scrotums does not denote prudishness, or hang ups about the human body on the part of the, what would you call her(him), “no seeums?” It just means that we belong to a group of people who don’t want to see stuff like that, (CrazyCatLady put it much better). I don’t have sexual hangups, but I still don’t want to see some guy’s sack just suddenly and without warning hanging out there. Second, I’m guessing here, but, I don’t think the OP’s point was JUST “these things are ugly, don’t show them to us” but was also a question. That being, “don’t you guys KNOW that this could happen with loose shorts, and shouldn’t you take precautions to prevent it”? ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/65 "2003-03-28T19:53:50Z")
Maybe he was just proud that papa’s got a brand-new bag? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/66 "2003-03-28T20:02:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrazyCatLady \* > \*\*Trust me, the genitals most likely to spring from confinement are the ones you least want to see. Think plumber ass. \*\* This is obviously the fault of clothing designers. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/67 "2003-03-28T20:11:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > **I have this _vision_ of all the male dopers standing there naked** Ooh. Shirley’s picturing me naked. I feel…flattered…and kinda dirty… ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/68 "2003-03-28T20:25:43Z")
Dunno about anyone else’s, but mine is _definitely_ designed for utility rather than aesthetics. And it’s not something I choose to display randomly; rather, it’s for viewing only by a select circle of close personal friends. (And the occasional doctor. And why people with cold hands go in for uro-genital medical practice, I shall never understand.) ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/69 "2003-03-28T20:35:18Z")
I remember Tim Allen doing a bit on this… “…And I think we can all agree that that ball area is NOT attractive, right folks? It’s like God had some extra elbow skin and just slapped it right on there.” And didn’t Phoebe date a guy on “Friends” who had baggy shorts and this same problem? I believe Gunther finally broke the news to him by saying, “Hey, buddy - this is a family place. Put the mouse back in the house.” ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/70 "2003-03-28T20:45:20Z")
Our buddy was in the hospital recently so we went to visit him. The poor guy was all doped up and kept rearraging the blanket. Let’s just say I saw more of Steve than I ever planned. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/71 "2003-03-28T20:57:49Z")
They can’t breathe in there! It’s inhuman![/Kramer] ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/72 "2003-03-28T21:04:50Z")
Guys know if their clothing promotes the outing of the scroat. They like it. If they didn’t, they’d never wear short, baggy garments! Both guys probably saw you seeing their package. They probably discussed it. The nerve! ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/73 "2003-03-28T21:06:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Are you sure it was his scrotum you saw? Maybe he was wearing chicken-skin underwear. Thats funny! You just might have an invention there. Imagine the people down at the patent office when they see your idea. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/74 "2003-03-28T22:10:25Z")
When I’m in my late 60s - maybe older - I will allow my hairy, stretched, wrinkly labia majora to unfurl in a graceful motion directly in the faces of the folk(s) calling out **Rubystreak** on her “puritanism.” I’m also hoping to reveal some good, droopy cellulite and maybe…JUST maybe…some roseish-brown, well-aged, time-stretched asscrack as a bonus. When you shrink back in horror, I will scream, “THIS PURITANICAL ANUS-FACE IS SCARED OF A LITTLE BIT OF PUSSY!” Then I will laugh and laugh and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/75 "2003-03-28T22:12:51Z")
Hama, you blossom like a pretty flower. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/76 "2003-03-28T22:19:10Z")
I don’t know, Hama, if it’s all that wrinkly and stretched, it’s probably a lot of pussy they’re afraid of. (I was considering making a similar comment about my sagging, stretch-marked breasts, but you’ve done it with far more style than I ever could.) ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/77 "2003-03-28T22:26:36Z")
LOL! I havn’t laughed so hard in years. But seriously, let’s not be overly insensitive here. Some people have a real hard time covering up their scrotum: [http://mercedes.nu/funstuff/movies/Bigballs.mpeg](http://mercedes.nu/funstuff/movies/Bigballs.mpeg) . ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/78 "2003-03-28T22:34:24Z")
As a gay man, I can tell you that genitals are not necessarily the most attractive part of anyone’s body. I get grossed at at the gym if I see some ugly guy’s nads anywhere near me. The scrotum, as pleasant as it may be to play with, lick. . . suck. . . nibble. . . where was I? Oh, yes, as a matter of public decency, keep the nads locked awya until called for, OK? Unless you’re Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck, or Russell Crowe, in which case you can show your scrotum to me any time you please. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/79 "2003-03-28T22:38:28Z")
Hamadryad is just precious, isn’t she? We’re so proud of her. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676/80 "2003-03-28T22:50:23Z")
Do you notice, though, that the scrotum appears to a universally _reviled_ piece of the male anatomy? I can’t think of the same for female anatomy. Which says something, I’m not sure what, yet, but it does say something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-cover-your-nutsack-for-gods-sake/164676.md?page=5)