# Misconceptions about the opposite sex adults have **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030 "2012-08-01T03:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/21 "2012-08-03T03:56:36Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > That hot women _actually_ poop. Actually, they do. I saw a documentary about it, something about girls and a cup. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/22 "2012-08-03T04:04:55Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > It may also hurt or feel like nothing sometimes – especially if the erection is due to a full bladder instead of arousal. I’ve heard this from other guys and it never made sense to me - I don’t get an erection from a full bladder. How does that even work when you have to piss in a toilet, as opposed to a urinal? That’s gotta suck! ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/23 "2012-08-03T04:12:30Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > I’ve heard this from other guys and it never made sense to me - I don’t get an erection from a full bladder. How does that even work when you have to piss in a toilet, as opposed to a urinal? That’s gotta suck! It’s usually morning wood + full bladder from sleeping. You stand far back and arc it, piss in the shower, or wait a little while for the wood to soften. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/24 "2012-08-03T05:32:55Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > It’s usually morning wood + full bladder from sleeping. You stand far back and arc it, piss in the shower, or wait a little while for the wood to soften. Well, yeah, I’ve occasionally needed to piss when I incidentally had an erection, but I’ve never got an erection just from needing to piss. So, I’m aware of the workarounds - I just wonder how people cope with that on a daily basis. I’d have to get a home urinal if I had that problem! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/25 "2012-08-03T05:41:34Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > Okay, since you sort of brought it up, I’ve been wondering if an erection feels good even if you don’t do anything with it, but I felt too stupid to ask men I know. It is pretty damn near impossible to not stimulate an erect penis. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/26 "2012-08-03T12:45:08Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > I’ve heard this from other guys and it never made sense to me - I don’t get an erection from a full bladder. How does that even work when you have to piss in a toilet, as opposed to a urinal? That’s gotta suck! Bot men and women get this one wrong. Morning wood has nothing to do with a full bladder. That should be obvious to any man who pays attention: you never get an erection when you have a full bladder during the day (and it makes no sense that a full bladder would cause one – you can’t urinate with an erection). Morning wood is caused by REM sleep. Men get erections while dreaming\*; this is so well established that the fact is used to determine if erectile dysfunction is due to physical or psychological caused (see [Postage Stamp Test](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp_test)). If you wake up directly from REM sleep, you will have one, whether your bladder is full or not. \*Women also show sexual arousal. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/27 "2012-08-03T12:45:50Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > A lot of women express a belief that men will sleep with any woman if they get the chance, which I find very disturbing on several levels. It’s not like I think I’m an amazing catch either. I mean, I do like myself quite a bit but I try very hard to not have nasty judgmental attitudes about women, like being too good for them or out of their league. It’s not a nice way of thinking about other people. > > Actually that’s why I dislike it so much when people imply men will fuck anything they can. It’s bizarre to think I would need to justify or defend why I wouldn’t sleep with someone. > > And for what it’s worth, I’m not saying I need some emotional connection to have sex with women. I mean on a superficial level I would never consider having sex with the vast majority of women I meet and I hate when women imply most guys are different. This! I won’t sleep with a woman unless … she says “Yes”. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/28 "2012-08-03T13:02:47Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > Some women are surprised to discover that erections and sexual arousal aren’t necessarily correlated. An erection is not always an indication of arousal, nor is an erection necessary for arousal. Men should also know that wetness and sexual arousal aren’t necessarily correlated. The vagina will lubricate naturally. Whether that has reached the mind and the woman is actually aroused does not automatically follow. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/29 "2012-08-03T13:15:45Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Men should also know that wetness and sexual arousal aren’t necessarily correlated. The vagina will lubricate naturally. Whether that has reached the mind and the woman is actually aroused does not automatically follow. :smack: _Now_ you tell me! Kidding. I have no idea how that would ever come up in conversation. But if it ever does, now I know! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/30 "2012-08-03T18:09:38Z")
Chicks love it when guys fart in bed and flap the sheets, and yet my wife insists this ain’t so. I don’t understand how a woman can be so wrong about what women like. Disclaimer: I am not a knuckle-dragging lout, but I just played one on a message board. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/31 "2012-08-03T18:15:26Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > LOL, nope, he seems to have worked through that one on his own. I suspect this is because he spends much of the year at boarding school. > > My husband had the “Hiding your icky used things behind the dresser does not make them disappear” conversation. I made my husband handle that one. Mine was the put your crusty hankies in the laundry yourself because I really don’t need to see them and neither does anybody else conversation. > > But I can confirm the bleach smell from the lead up to that conversation. Ew. No Kleenex, paper towel, or toilet paper at your house or what? ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/32 "2012-08-03T18:37:24Z")
My husband and I have conversations about things like this all the time. The latest was my understanding of how men poop. Since I sit on the toilet and pee and poop\* sort of at the same time and find it impossible not to pee when I poop, I was confused how he managed it. Turns out he doesn’t. He just pees sitting down. \*Not that I poop as I am a hot woman, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/33 "2012-08-03T18:49:23Z")
That women are the moodier sex. Every man I have ever shared space with can brood for hours following a pleasant, uneventful interval, suddenly responding tersely or stomping around, slamming drawers and doors. Testosterone backed up? Can’t they just fart or something and blow off steam? I will leave a happy, content man, take a long bath and return to find an ogre on the couch. What in the world happens during those sullen silences, while I’m coasting along pleasantly? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/34 "2012-08-03T18:51:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > you never get an erection when you have a full bladder during the day (and it makes no sense that a full bladder would cause one – you can’t urinate with an erection). Actually, I do. It’s only if I really, really have to go, but if I have a really full bladder I’ll get a very, very rock hard, painful erection. It happens consistently, not just sometimes. Yes, it makes it hard to pee, but within half a minute of emptying my bladder it goes back down. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/35 "2012-08-03T19:27:57Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > It’s usually morning wood + full bladder from sleeping. You stand far back and arc it, piss in the shower, or wait a little while for the wood to soften. Or you can just sit and lean forward, that gives you the right angle. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/36 "2012-08-03T19:34:41Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > My husband and I have conversations about things like this all the time. > > The latest was my understanding of how men poop. Since I sit on the toilet and pee and poop\* sort of at the same time and find it impossible not to pee when I poop, I was confused how he managed it. Turns out he doesn’t. He just pees sitting down. > > \*Not that I poop as I am a hot woman, after all. Ditto for peeing a little when coughing or sneezing, my wife was like you know when you…and I said no…😕 Heh. I admit to never realizing for some reason women are walking around with tampon strings..just hanging there. I remember saying but I’ve never seen a pussy with a fuse, and my wife said who the hell is going to let a guy see her naked with a tampon in.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/37 "2012-08-03T22:48:15Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > No Kleenex, paper towel, or toilet paper at your house or what? I know right? We’ve got all that. I have no idea why? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/38 "2012-08-03T22:49:27Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I admit to never realizing for some reason women are walking around with tampon strings..just hanging there. I remember saying but I’ve never seen a pussy with a fuse, and my wife said who the hell is going to let a guy see her naked with a tampon in.:smack: Uh…hanging? Only if you’re naked, or wearing a skirt without undies. Otherwise it’s pressed against your body. You’re not picturing the string running out a panty leg or something, are you? They’re not long enough for that. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/39 "2012-08-05T04:21:55Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > The latest was my understanding of how men poop. Since I sit on the toilet and pee and poop\* sort of at the same time and find it impossible not to pee when I poop, I was confused how he managed it. Turns out he doesn’t. He just pees sitting down. > > \*Not that I poop as I am a hot woman, after all. I’ve always wondered about that myself. (I am, according to the people I know, moderately attractive. Does that mean I can poop or not?) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030/40 "2012-08-05T14:19:51Z")
I’ve talked with several women who believe that men don’t start having erections until puberty. It makes me wonder how many of these women, who clearly never had brothers, later have a son and is shocked when her three year old walks into the living room after a nap with tented underpants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-about-the-opposite-sex-adults-have/630030.md?page=3)