# Should I let my 14-year old daughter get thong underwear? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436 "2010-04-17T05:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/161 "2010-04-22T19:00:43Z")
So I guess that means you ladies won’t help me shop for a chastity belt for my 14 year old? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/162 "2010-04-22T19:12:51Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > So I guess that means you ladies won’t help me shop for a chastity belt for my 14 year old? Why don’t you just tell him/her firmly that you won’t brook any such thing? It’ll work just about as well. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/163 "2010-04-22T19:17:21Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Why don’t you just tell him/her firmly that you won’t brook any such thing? > > It’ll work just about as well. Brookage won’t work at all. A chastity belt has a manufacturer guarantee. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/164 "2010-04-22T19:22:39Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Brookage won’t work at all. A chastity belt has a manufacturer guarantee. It still won’t work. The right kind of kid will find some way to take it off. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/165 "2010-04-22T19:37:52Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > It still won’t work. The right kind of kid will find some way to take it off. You’re thinking old school. With today’s technology the belt can have an on-board computer system that keeps the motherfucker shut. It might even be programmed to text my cell phone whenever it’s opened. If a kid still manages to get inside, frankly he deserves her. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/166 "2010-04-23T02:52:22Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Same here, **Anaamika**. Same here. > > I’m also happily awaiting the “Should I let my teenage daughter buy a vibrator” thread. > > ETA: Though I’ve never gotten why stockings=the sexiness. I think I look and feel way better in just bare legs. Because they’re great to remove. The right stockings accent and accentuate a womans legs, and leave the perfect amount exposed to tantalize. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > This probably should have its own thread, but my theory is that it “frames” the goodies - sort of like crotchless underwear or open cup bras. I’m not sure why framed goodies should be hotter, though. See, now I’m not a fan of any of that. For me, stockings leave just a bit of the best part of the leg exposed, and make me want to see more. They’re like the opposite of short shorts. > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Hey, some of us at age fourteen had mastered the basics for years. I’d had a decade of practice under my, er, belt, as it were. > > I know we’ve had threads about the horrors of vibrators as well, though. (Not for teens, for anyone.) This is a thread I want to read. Do you happen to have a link? > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You’re thinking old school. With today’s technology the belt can have an on-board computer system that keeps the motherfucker shut. It might even be programmed to text my cell phone whenever it’s opened. > > If a kid still manages to get inside, frankly he deserves her. With today’s computers it’d be easier than ever. Google the manufacturer, find out what the default root password for the device is and override. You old geezers are way to dumb to be futzing around changing passwords and whatnot. ETA - Also, proud teenage male (former) owner of a vibrator. It wasn’t for me, at least directly. It just made sex way better. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/167 "2010-04-23T03:09:45Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > ETA - Also, proud teenage male (former) owner of a vibrator. It wasn’t for me, at least directly. It just made sex way better. And you knew this as a teenage boy? What the hell kind of sex ed did _you_ have? ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/168 "2010-04-23T03:37:10Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > And you knew this as a teenage boy? What the hell kind of sex ed did _you_ have? The Internet is a _glorious_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/169 "2010-04-23T03:43:40Z")
Here’s the thread on why vibes are bad. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=438205&highlight=vibrator+stoid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=438205&highlight=vibrator+stoid) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/170 "2010-04-23T03:47:29Z")
Haha, good times… seeing that thread and being reminded of the men I’ve known, and some in that thread, that are so threatened by a woman being able to have a good orgasm with something other than just pure them… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/171 "2010-04-23T03:48:23Z")
It was so bizarre, **Alice**. But the OP was a woman. I don’t see why a _woman_ would be so threatened by other women using vibes. ---
**Author:** ![olderlady105](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/48db29/32.png) [@olderlady105](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/olderlady105)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/172 "2011-04-14T16:29:29Z")
I am a 35 yr old divorced mother and I have a 15 yr old daughter, she wears thong panties and I do not have a problem with it. In fact she wears thong panties and t-shirt when she is sleeping so when she gets up she will be wearing just that. Its just me and her in the house anyway. She does well in school and has a good head on her. Thats just the style these days, if you people are concerned with your kids having sex before their “time” it really doesn’t matter what kind of underwear they wear, they are going to have sex if you want them to or not. Just my two cents. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/173 "2011-04-14T16:39:03Z")
Teenagers, thongs, vibrators and zombies. Yikes. Otara ---
**Author:** ![AlienVessels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/174 "2011-04-14T18:47:42Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You’re thinking old school. With today’s technology the belt can have an on-board computer system that keeps the motherfucker shut. It might even be programmed to text my cell phone whenever it’s opened. > > If a kid still manages to get inside, frankly he deserves her. If it has a computer, a 12 year old has root kitted it already. You might want to change your bar. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/175 "2011-04-14T19:13:17Z")
It seems like just yesterday that we were all wondering about this. Here we all are thinking my how time flies and those kids are grown up before you know it. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/176 "2011-04-14T19:30:09Z")
> [@AlienVessels](#): > > If it has a computer, a 12 year old has root kitted it already. > > You might want to change your bar. You people overestimate the average kid. I got out of high school three years ago and none of the people I knew or know are mad hackers. I’ll repeat what I said in the post you quoted: If someone manages to get in, he deserves her. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/177 "2011-04-14T20:08:35Z")
> [@yuliya](#): > > FTR I wore thongs before 14 and I turned out fine. We are gonna need pics and your latest psych evaluations before we are gonna believe that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/178 "2011-04-14T20:27:30Z")
Tell me I’m not the only one with gruesome mental images of zombies in thongs now… ☹ :eek: …need brain bleach stat! ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/179 "2011-04-14T20:51:18Z")
If you’re going to wear a thong why bother wearing underwear at all. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436/180 "2011-04-14T20:59:04Z")
As to all the comments about no one caring about teen boys’ underwear-- how many threads have we had here on guys with sagging pants? Different things motivate guys who sag their pants, but we could just as easily be having this debate about whether it’s appropriate for parents to allow their sons to sag their pants. That said, I don’t think I’d care about the thong underwear. If boys are seeing her underwear, it doesn’t much matter whether you’ve allowed her the thong or not, and disallowing the thong will not significantly affect how soon boys will see the underwear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-14-year-old-daughter-get-thong-underwear/536436.md?page=10)