# Nipple Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 20, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782 "2003-04-20T04:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cleric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@Cleric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleric)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/1 "2003-04-20T04:16:28Z")
I was wondering…after many viewings of pornos, Is squeezing a man’s nipples vs a women’s nipple the same sensation? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/2 "2003-04-20T04:52:18Z")
Er… are you male or female? Speaking as a male myself, I find any kind of nipple tweaking uncomfortable. I had to tell my gf that what feels good to her doesn’t necessarily feel good to me… ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/3 "2003-04-20T04:55:11Z")
Hmmm…well, speaking _for_ my husband, he loves having it done. He seems to have a higher tolerance for tweaking than yours truly. And it definitely _tweaks_ his performance. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/4 "2003-04-20T05:21:57Z")
Speaking as a male, I find nipple stimulation quite pleasurable. I have no idea what it feels like to a woman, but since the tissue is similar ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/5 "2003-04-20T05:24:24Z")
Gah. Bumped tab key…As I was saying, since the tissues are very similar, I’d imagine that the feelings are similar. Oh, and like **SilkyThreat** ’s husband, I’ve found that it can positively affect my stamina. Sometimes considerably. ---
**Author:** ![Winterwren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Winterwren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winterwren)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/6 "2003-04-20T12:17:52Z")
Varies. Some men don’t get off on it at all; some find it irritating; I know one man whose nipples are a hotter erogenous zone than his penis. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/7 "2003-04-20T16:20:58Z")
Ok boys…I have to know… Do any of you feel as if your nipples are somehow “wired” directly to your dick? I swear that I have this 3 foot long “V” shaped nerve which goes from nipple to clit to nipple, that will baffle scientists should my body ever be autopsied. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/8 "2003-04-20T16:36:29Z")
**honeydewgrrl** , not that you were asking, but that V-shaped nerve you swear exists is very real. Nipple stimulation in women is connected (via hormones) to muscle contractions in the uterus. Nipple stimulation in the latter months of pregnancy can even bring on [labor](http://www.americanbaby.com/ab/CDA/featureDetail/0,1349,9207,00.html). The theory about this is that the suckling of a newborn infant is supposed to make the womb contract into its former shape. So men, do you hav the same “nerve” beween nipple and crotch as women have, even it it does not serve the same purpose? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/9 "2003-04-20T16:51:18Z")
Thanks for the info, **Maastricht**. From your cite: “When you shower, it’s better to direct the water toward your back rather than toward your breasts.” [to avoid unwanted uterine cramping] Pregnant women have entirely too many things to keep track of… ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/10 "2003-04-20T19:43:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by honeydewgrrl \* > \*\*Ok boys…I have to know… > > Do any of you feel as if your nipples are somehow “wired” directly to your dick? > \*\* Oh my, yes! Mess with either one of my nipples, and not much happens. Play with both, and _boing!_ ---
**Author:** ![chigger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@chigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chigger)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/11 "2003-04-20T19:43:46Z")
Honeydewgrrl: "Ok boys…I have to know… Do any of you feel as if your nipples are somehow “wired” directly to your dick?" yes. (Whew! I thought I was the only one.) ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/12 "2003-04-20T20:01:11Z")
I am a woman, and although I don’t _dislike_ nipple stimulation, I don’t really find that it arouses me. And when I say stimulation, I _don’t_ mean pinching! Good God, I don’t know who anyone could find that pleasurable! My ex-SO, on the other hand, could not get off unless he or I was rubbing his titties. Severely limited the positions we could try. ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/13 "2003-04-20T21:49:43Z")
I have to say that my nipples are far more responsive for me since I started hormone replacement. Not that that proves anything, but it is a datapoint in favor of female nipples being more responsive than male nipples. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/14 "2003-04-20T22:14:26Z")
[TMI] While nipple stimulation does feel very sexual to me, it can’t advance me towards orgasm, nor induce an orgasm, even if I’m very close. Thus, I wouldn’t really say that it feels like my nipples are “connected to my dick”. Nipple stimulation alone also won’t bring about an erection, except from a psychological context. YNippleMMV. [/TMI] ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/15 "2003-04-21T03:13:39Z")
God, I love my nipples. I’ve thought about getting nipple rings before but don’t for fear it could destroy one of my primary erogenous zones. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/16 "2003-04-21T07:36:12Z")
Piercing seriously amplified the sensitivity and pleasure derived from my nipples. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/17 "2003-04-21T13:04:12Z")
I’m male and don’t like it. Find it irritating. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/18 "2003-04-21T13:56:49Z")
I’m with **Skogcat** on this – I cannot _stand_ to have my nipples played with. In the Clint Eastwood movie **The Rookie** there’s a scene where Eastwood is tied up and is alternately pleasured and tortured, first by having his nipples licked by his female captor, and the latter by being cut with a razor blade. I could take the razor blade, but after the nipple stimulation I’d do anything to be let free. Tell the the invasion plans, or betray my best friend. Worse than fingernails on a blackboard, or chewing aluminum foil with a mouthful of fillings. Ewwww! Fortunately, **Pepper Mill** doesn’t feel the same way. ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/19 "2003-04-21T14:34:03Z")
I don’t really like it either. My GF likes to play with them just to get my leg twitching (I think mine are too sensitive). Her’s on the other hand are different 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DreadLead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@DreadLead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadLead)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-question/169782/20 "2003-04-21T14:59:12Z")
I like it…orally is best (((((like everything)((((