# Simple things that are a turn on for reasons you don't understand. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334 "2011-02-23T11:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/1 "2011-02-23T11:31:52Z")
Women standing on tip-toes. At the supermarket tonight a woman was standing like this reaching for a bottle of sauce. I always jump in to help short people but, I must admit, because she was standing on tip-toes I took my time about it. As the title says I find this really hot but have no idea why. So is it just me or do others have unexplained turn-ons? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/2 "2011-02-23T11:39:58Z")
the internet has shown me that _everything_ is a turn on for men. tip-toes would seem like a common thing, isn’t it why there are high heels? ---
**Author:** ![Hennessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/3 "2011-02-23T13:01:41Z")
something goes on while i’m asleep. i’m gonna find out with my new camcorder ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/4 "2011-02-23T18:23:58Z")
Everything is a fetish. It’s the law. Rule 34 on shopping girls! ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/5 "2011-02-23T18:28:17Z")
Breastfeeding. I don’t know why; it just makes me all masturbatey! ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/6 "2011-02-23T18:56:29Z")
– Chokers ([for](http://img.hottopic.com/is/image/HotTopic/200364_hi) [instance](http://perryspiritdancerdesigns.com/store/images/P/My%20designs%20with%20Shana%20modeling%20045.JPG)). The simpler (and less necklace-y) the better. Disproportionately favored by goth-y types, which otherwise is not at all my preferred style. – Sensible footwear. I don’t know why, but a girl trekking around the city in sneakers is appealing. Speaks to being level-headed and practical. Or something. – Conception. No, wait I think I do understand that one. So I guess I’m looking for a girl in Adidas wearing a simple black cloth choker who gets pregnant if you look at her funny. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/7 "2011-02-23T19:05:14Z")
Boots. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/8 "2011-02-23T19:13:53Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Boots. Yes. Knee high leather ones. (Gulp!) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/9 "2011-02-23T19:19:20Z")
Men fishing. I don’t know why, but rrrowr. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/10 "2011-02-23T19:21:43Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yes. Knee high leather ones. (Gulp!) Of course. I didn’t mean work boots! The weather this winter has sucked, but it’s made for lots of boots. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/11 "2011-02-23T19:35:10Z")
The smell of beer on a guy’s breath. Not the “I’ve downed a six-pack, belch, and wanna do you” beer on breath, but the “I’ve had a beer and am feeling a bit relaxed and want to nibble your neck” beer on breath. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/12 "2011-02-23T19:41:08Z")
Forearms on guys. Not some musle-bound hotty, just your plain old average fellow. HAWT! Bracelets on guys. Almost a universal turn-on for me and yet I can’t get the spouse to wear one. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/13 "2011-02-23T19:42:06Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > the internet has shown me that _everything_ is a turn on for men. Breathing makes me randy. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/14 "2011-02-23T20:01:37Z")
- A dude’s sides. My young man has extremely (not in a fun way) ticklish ones and can’t stand them touched or otherwise interfered with, which I find intensely frustrating. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/15 "2011-02-23T20:07:43Z")
I was going to type something, but now I forget. My bracelet got caught in my fishing line while I was reaching for a beer. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/16 "2011-02-23T20:40:39Z")
If we’re talking anatomy, the area between the small of a woman’s back and the first inch of her butt crack. Heaven! ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/17 "2011-02-23T20:59:36Z")
Those little teeny tiny downy hairs on the back of a guy’s neck. Strong, square hands with blunt fingers. Watching a guy shave. Watching a guy do something he passionately loves (e.g., watching a musician play music). Chin dimples. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/18 "2011-02-23T21:01:30Z")
A woman in BDUs, especially if she is kind of petite. Bonus points if she has side arm on her hip or strapped to the thigh, or a rifle slung across the back. (Yes I go through a military gate every weekday, why do you ask?) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/19 "2011-02-23T21:02:51Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > The smell of beer on a guy’s breath. Not the “I’ve downed a six-pack, belch, and wanna do you” beer on breath, but the “I’ve had a beer and am feeling a bit relaxed and want to nibble your neck” beer on breath. Oh my god, me too! It’s always been hot to me when a man leans in close, and you can smell a trace of beer on him. Also, whenever I see a man fixing stuff, I think “I would like to have sex with you now.” But I don’t that’s very uncommon. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334/20 "2011-02-23T21:02:54Z")
Uniforms. Women in hats, especially broad brimmed ones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-a-turn-on-for-reasons-you-dont-understand/572334.md?page=2)