# Poll:Women with erect nipples visible under clothes: sexy/embarrassing/unprofessional/ no big deal? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 30, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514 "2011-01-30T16:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514/101 "2011-02-10T18:05:22Z")
I really don’t understand the question. Adult females have breasts, breasts have nipples. So what? I can’t remember ever noticing “visible nipples” in a professional context any more than I have noticed that the other person, since she happens to be a woman, has breasts. I’ll try to remember asking my wife, when she comes back from her business trip, what she thinks about the issue - provided she thinks about it at all. FTR: I’m a straight European male ETA: It’s quite another matter if I’m ogling scantily-clad women 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514/102 "2011-02-10T21:39:38Z")
The majority of the time, it’s an involuntary reaction to cold, air molecules, random events on the other side of the planet… What’s sexy about that? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514/103 "2011-02-10T21:58:48Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > The majority of the time, it’s an involuntary reaction to cold, air molecules, random events on the other side of the planet… What’s sexy about that? _Women_ are sexy. It’s part of your charm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514/104 "2011-02-10T21:59:49Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I’m a little frustrated with the poll choices. I wouldn’t say they are “slutty or unkempt” but having visible nipples is NOT something I want in a professional setting. It isn’t a matter of them not being sexy or natural; it’s that I don’t want to draw people’s attention to my breasts. In a professional setting I want to draw attention to my competence. I’m a guy, and yet I basically agree with this. If the woman’s just walking down the street or shopping at the grocery store, it’s sexy, whether intentional or a “happy accident”. If she’s working as a barmaid, I assume she’s aware of the look and is attempting to increase her tips – manipulative but still okay. If she’s on the job as a bank teller, schoolteacher, or just about any other occupation, however, it’s unprofessional and uncomfortably distracting. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514/105 "2011-02-10T22:41:23Z")
I personally don’t think I would even notice. I voted “Guy–no bid deal.” ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514/106 "2011-02-11T00:56:24Z")
I’m female. I don’t have any opinion on visible nipples as such; unless we’re actually in medias makeout, it’s not about sex, guys, it’s temperature and/or fabric friction and not something we can control. What bugs me is guys who insist on acting like it’s deliberate, or for their personal benefit: staring, making comments, using it as an excuse to hit on the chick, etc. I don’t see why we should have to wear padded bras to protect us from having a normal involuntary autonomic nervous system reaction just so men don’t think we’re “slutty” or “unprofessional”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-women-with-erect-nipples-visible-under-clothes-sexy-embarrassing-unprofessional-no-big-deal/569514.md?page=5)