# Nipples, nipples, nipples. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966 "2000-10-30T20:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/1 "2000-10-30T20:18:16Z")
I post in the library. Across from me is a young woman wearing a white top. Her nipples are very visible. Questions: 1. Why do women dress like this? (Not that I’m complaining. I am simply curious.) 2. Why are straight men so turned on by nipples? (Well, I am, anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/2 "2000-10-30T20:45:04Z")
My theory: (2) ==\> (1). Just a WAG, though. 🙂 Can’t say why (2), though. But yes, it’s a fine sight. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/3 "2000-10-30T20:47:51Z")
Some of us have no shame. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/4 "2000-10-30T21:07:56Z")
_::porcupine enters, wearing clingy sweater::_ Brrrr. It’s cold in here. Can you tell? ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/5 "2000-10-30T21:24:52Z")
Isn’t it obvious? For the attention by showing us the attention to which they stand. Isn’t America a wonderful place? ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/6 "2000-10-30T21:27:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LateComer \* > \*\*Isn’t it obvious? For the attention by showing us the attention to which they stand. > \*\* Lets try that again: For the attention they get by showing us the attention to which they stand. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/7 "2000-10-30T21:35:15Z")
Where are you sitting? i want to see… ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/8 "2000-10-30T21:38:16Z")
I tell you my reson why you can see them sometimes. I don’t like wearing a bra and I don’t need one. No big deal I think. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/9 "2000-10-30T22:04:17Z")
Americans are obsessive-compulsive about breasts and nipples. Go to any European beach and you will see they do not make such a big deal about this, these… I am a man, I like nice breasts, I like to look at them, So what? I am a man, even more than nice breasts I like a pretty face with a smile, I like to look at such a face. Does this mean the Talibans are right and women should cover their faces? Lighten up. They’re only breasts. The main reason you are so obsessed is they are hidden from you. Seeing a girl’s face in Afghanistan must be quite a treat. If you feel you like to see breasts go and spend a vacation on the beach in Southern Europe. After a while you’ll see you don’t even see them. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/10 "2000-10-30T22:50:30Z")
Just be glad _my_ nipples aren’t visible. I keep them well-covered in bolts of the most opaque cloth available, at all times. Yes, even when I’m bathing. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/11 "2000-10-31T00:12:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > **Americans are obsessive-compulsive about breasts and nipples. Go to any European beach and you will see they do not make such a big deal about this, these…** That is a blatant lie. Us EuroTrash appreciate a good set of knockers as much as the next guy! Damn Yankees with their European Stereotypes! Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/12 "2000-10-31T00:21:02Z")
So how cold is it in the library? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/13 "2000-10-31T00:49:20Z")
A link from another discussion, elsewhere: [http://www.bodyperks.com/](http://www.bodyperks.com/) And you thought that going braless was odd . . . ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/14 "2000-10-31T00:53:24Z")
Erika… that was a very disturbing page… ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/15 "2000-10-31T00:55:58Z")
I know . . . but it was just begging to be shared . . . ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/16 "2000-10-31T01:04:13Z")
Is there _anything_ better then the being able to nipple gaze without being noticed?? I envy you. Cripes i’m a perv!! Erika… thats wierd… what if they slipped around to the sides?? ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/17 "2000-10-31T01:24:46Z")
I suppose if they did, it would look like two nipples. Then you guys would stare even more 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/18 "2000-10-31T01:42:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > \*\*Americans are obsessive-compulsive about breasts and nipples. Go to any European beach and you will see they do not make such a big deal about this… > \*\* I’ll tell you what’s weird. I saw a European TV show once where they took a video camera to one of these beaches. Everyone at the beach acted shocked and offended that anyone would tape them nude, even though they were on a public beach! Maybe the laws are different over there, and people expect to have privacy when they take their clothes off in public or something. I dunno. But you can bet if people did that (nude sunbathing) here, there’d be a BOATLOAD of dirty old men running around with camcorders. Hmm. Maybe there’s a cause and effect relationship here? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/19 "2000-10-31T01:46:40Z")
I see no need in protecting my nipples from sudden erections. It just happens, and it only bothers me if one side is hard and the other side isn’t. That website, however, is silly. If people want to show off erect nipples, they should just do something like ice them before they walk out the door. [Did I just say that? lol.] ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966/20 "2000-10-31T01:53:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > > **Americans are obsessive-compulsive about breasts and nipples. Go to any European beach and you will see they do not make such a big deal about this, these…** > > That is a blatant lie. Us EuroTrash appreciate a good set of knockers as much as the next guy! > > Damn Yankees with their European Stereotypes! Sheesh. \*\* Us damn Yankee Ameritrash good ole’ boys enjoy a fine set of tah tahs more than you Europeans and we don’t care if your stereo can type or not. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipples-nipples-nipples/38966.md?page=2)