# Men -- how do you take off your t-shirts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573 "2019-10-28T04:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/61 "2019-10-31T16:59:03Z")
I chose “grab the collar by back of the neck” but that’s not exactly how I do it. I grab the front of the collar and pull it up over my head, then grab the back and pull it the rest of the way off. I thought that was how everyone did it?? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/62 "2019-10-31T17:13:14Z")
> [@simster](#): > > rip it with both hands from the neck down while yelling “whatcha gonna do … !!” Bah. I usually just throw a flex and it rips apart. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/63 "2019-10-31T17:22:13Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Somewhat surprised no one has posted this link or one like it. > > [Tumblr Figured Out Why Guys Take Their Shirts Off Differently Than Girls](https://www.seventeen.com/life/friends-family/news/a41810/have-you-realized-guys-take-their-shirts-off-differently-than-girls/) That’s really interesting, but this part > [@](#): > > Since their shirts are longer, if they try the cross-over method, it would get stuck on their head when they extend their hands all the way up above their head. isn’t true. I’ve been experimenting with removing my shirt other ways, including the “men’s way”, and the principle problem I had with it was that the shirt was too long and got stuck on my head. With either method, I need to put my arms down to pull the shirt far enough to clear my head, and it’s a little easier the “women’s” way, possibly just because I have more practice. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/64 "2019-10-31T18:06:17Z")
Variant of “grab the neck” in which I grab the shoulders near the neck. Less stress on the material that way, and most importantly, less binding (doesn’t tighten as you lift). ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/65 "2019-10-31T18:21:16Z")
I voted “other”: I don’t take them off. I wait till something angers me, then I grow, turn a lovely shade of green and they rip and fall of my body all on their own. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/66 "2019-10-31T18:24:41Z")
I wonder if all the folks that did not know managed to pull their T-shir off while thinking about it or if they made a complete mess out of it. Many promised, no one has reported… ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/67 "2019-10-31T18:32:58Z")
In soft-focus and slow-motion, with sensual music in the background. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/68 "2019-10-31T18:41:36Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I wonder if all the folks that did not know managed to pull their T-shir off while thinking about it or if they made a complete mess out of it. Many promised, no one has reported… That’s because they’re stuck and can’t reach the keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/69 "2019-10-31T19:45:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s because they’re stuck and can’t reach the keyboard. That figures. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/70 "2019-10-31T19:51:10Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > […] So [lets do science](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884532)!! Not to highjack this thread, but I wanted to say I find it is really cool that you managed to combine polls, so that when I vote on one I cannot vote on the other. Not that I have tried! It says so. And of course, if I voted here (which I did) I am a man and should not vote there. Kudos! And the results are significantly different, which is also nice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/71 "2019-10-31T21:10:54Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > I use a 2 handed method, grab the collar on each side pull up over my head. Then slide it off my arms one at a time. I picked the “grab the neck and pull” option, but on reflection this is actually a better description of what I do. If there’s a graphic that needs preserving (usually there isn’t – plain white crewnecks) I turn it inside out just before I throw it in the washer. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/72 "2019-10-31T21:46:41Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Not to highjack this thread, but I wanted to say I find it is really cool that you managed to combine polls, so that when I vote on one I cannot vote on the other. Not that I have tried! It says so. And of course, if I voted here (which I did) I am a man and should not vote there. Kudos! > And the results are significantly different, which is also nice. 🙂 I would love to take credit for doing something clever but … did I? I can’t notice, since I \*\*did \*\*post in my one, and it is still asking me here if I want to post in this one. Not that I would! And, yes, the results are significantly different, and compatible with the Tumblr discussion, so it counts as a scientific replication - double cool points 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MattDHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MattDHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattDHat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/73 "2019-10-31T23:02:30Z")
At 63, I’m _down_ to a 48" chest. Every T-shirt can be challenging. Left arm pulled into shirt, shoved down and out from from bottom hem of shirt, reach across chest and grab collar by right arm, lift up and over head & pray the sweat doesn’t prove too sticky. I personally avoid flexing them off out of a sense of the cruelty that would be made manifest in leaving so many feeling inadequate for the rest of their lives… ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/74 "2019-11-01T01:46:11Z")
I wrote above that I pull up my t-shirts by the sleeves, and I’m sure I usually do. But today, at the gym, I noticed that I was taking off my (somewhat tight and sweaty) t-shirt by lifting from the bottom. So apparently I have multiple personalities. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/75 "2019-11-01T06:33:30Z")
Apparently, I grab at the front, clear my face with the collar, then pull over my head and toss. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/76 "2019-11-01T08:42:06Z")
This is one of those “Do you walk like _this_ or like _that_ ?” questions that make you fall on your ass because while walking is something that you do naturally and without thinking, it gets weird and complicated when you do. I’m stuck with that t-shirt over my head now and can’t get out. Help. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/77 "2019-11-01T09:19:36Z")
Try tucking your ears back 😉 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/78 "2019-11-01T09:34:28Z")
Another one who pulls the collar up from the sides, first over the face in front, then pull up the back. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/79 "2019-11-01T19:57:42Z")
I seem to grab the sides, pull them up halfway, then reach down my back and pull the back of the shirt over my head while raising my arms. I let the shirt turn inside out during that motion if it has some sort of graphic on it, because I want it to go through the washer that way. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/80 "2019-11-04T00:59:31Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > This isn’t to snark, by the way. I just don’t see how including women would’ve thrown off the data. Well, there’s a separate woman’s survey now, so you can see the difference, but I thought I’d mention this thread:["Look at the bottom of your shoe, look at your nails, look up at the sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18018289), in which I wrote > [@Melbourne](#): > > In 1967 my Mom explained to me that it was easier to take my top off with the crossed-arm thing, and my Dad told us that I should not do that because it was a girl thing. I continued taking my shirt off by > > – reaching over the top, grabbing the back of my shirt about half way down, bunching it up and pulling it over my head– > > until I got too old, fat, and stiff to do that. Now I normally start by pulling the collar over my head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573.md?page=3)