# Stockings and Garters: A survey of men **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072 "2007-12-06T22:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/61 "2007-12-07T14:28:01Z")
I would have to Yes. Actually pantyhose are probably the least sexy item to me. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/62 "2007-12-07T14:38:50Z")
Meh. Not really. On the right women, fishnet stockings add a certain slut element that can be nice. But the only thing sexier than a shapely and freshly shaved leg is two of them. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/63 "2007-12-07T14:46:19Z")
I’m much in the minority but I prefer pantyhose to stockings or bare. I like the legs to look and feel nice all the way up and I like the way my wife’s butt feels when she wears them. That bare patch of thigh above a stocking top is sort of like a house missing a row of siding just below the eave. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/64 "2007-12-07T15:01:15Z")
I find women sexy. There pretty much isn’t anything a woman could wear that would increase, or decrese, my filthy thoughts about them. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/65 "2007-12-07T15:03:12Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] I am in the midst of a debate with a friend. The subject of the debate is if men, the average man, finds stockings and garters sexy or alluring. In an effort to avoid tainting the well, I will respond later, but all I’m really looking for right now is if men find stockings and garters on a woman are sexy or alluring. [/QUOTE] This man votes… YES! :drool: But I agree with **Zebra** - in the end, it doesn’t really matter as I find _women_ sexy and alluring, regardless of what they wear. But perhaps a little moreso if they’re wearing some stockings. That “white dress-shirt and nothing else” look is pretty hawt too. Maybe a little hotter if there are panties involved. Shit… I gotta leave this thread - it’s too distracting from my work duties. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/66 "2007-12-07T15:23:04Z")
Love them. They remind me of 70’s porn, which is what I grew up with. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/67 "2007-12-07T15:28:17Z")
[QUOTE=monica] Also from a woman’s side: Where do you get these comfortable garters and stockings? [/QUOTE] I dont recall the brand name but I did find them at WalMart of all places. Havent seen them for some time now, but here’s a link to a place that sells them: [garterhose](http://www.secretsinlace.com/product/182/15) And, for clarification, I said that I find them more comfortable than pantyhose - not neccessarily that they themselves are the ultimate defination of comfortable! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/68 "2007-12-07T15:30:50Z")
When hubby and I were engaged, I offhandedly said something about wearing white fishnets and a garter belt under my wedding gown instead of pantyhose. He got this. . .look in his eyes, and said, very quietly, “could you?” I did. So though he’s not a Doper, count one more for the “yes” column. Of course, he likes pantyhose, too. When I wear them to bed. And have a pair of scissors in my nightstand. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/69 "2007-12-07T15:33:42Z")
The thing is, for most women, wearing those is about being sexy. So when a woman is setting out to be sexier then it is only slightly better. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/70 "2007-12-07T15:37:30Z")
I never liked garters much, but thigh highs are just awesome. I think you need to be on the smallish side for them to stay up, but luckily my gf fits that description. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/71 "2007-12-07T16:10:38Z")
Not even a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/72 "2007-12-07T16:34:16Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] That bare patch of thigh above a stocking top is sort of like a house missing a row of siding just below the eave. [/QUOTE] Except it is not as much fun nibbling on the siding. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/73 "2007-12-07T16:45:21Z")
I think it’s the “gilding the lily” thing for me too —there are a boatload of things women can do when it comes to clothing and accentuations that kinda scream “I’m going to a lot of trouble here to look cute and sexy”, and every one of them is more likely than not to backfire because what’s sexier is “I’m not going to a _bit_ of trouble to look cute and sexy, in fact I couldn’t possibly care less, can I help it if I just do anyhow?” ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/74 "2007-12-07T16:56:37Z")
Hell yeah, a garter belt, stockings and long gloves will send me drooling. More than usual. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/75 "2007-12-07T16:57:03Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] I think it’s the “gilding the lily” thing for me too —there are a boatload of things women can do when it comes to clothing and accentuations that kinda scream “I’m going to a lot of trouble here to look cute and sexy”, and every one of them is more likely than not to backfire because what’s sexier is “I’m not going to a _bit_ of trouble to look cute and sexy, in fact I couldn’t possibly care less, can I help it if I just do anyhow?” [/QUOTE] :: nods :: Most women _are_ sexy. They don’t need to strain to announce it. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/76 "2007-12-07T17:42:31Z")
I think it has less to do with access and more to do with drawing attention to the thighs and/or crotch. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/77 "2007-12-07T17:43:36Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Love 'em, especially the stockings with a seam down the back. Brings to mind Bettie Page and classic kinky, naughty pin-up girls. Fishnets, too. Doesn’t get much hotter than that! [/QUOTE] [DLR]No, no, don’t take 'em off, don’t take 'em off[/DLR] ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/78 "2007-12-07T17:52:35Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Except it is not as much fun nibbling on the siding. [/QUOTE] Then you’re not doing it right. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/79 "2007-12-07T17:59:51Z")
It’s not the stockings. It’s the expanse of naked thigh above them. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/80 "2007-12-07T18:24:06Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] I find women sexy. There pretty much isn’t anything a woman could wear that would increase, or decrese, my filthy thoughts about them. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that about sums it up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072.md?page=5)