# 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:** 5
**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:** [December 7, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/81 "2007-12-07T18:29:04Z")
Interesting. Those of you saying that pantyhose are the devil’s work…is that due to taking them off? I mean, before you’ve removed the dress/skirt, they look pretty much the same, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/82 "2007-12-07T18:38:40Z")
[QUOTE=DiosaBellissima] \*flashes ankle at **CaerieD** \* [/QUOTE] Oooh, you sexy little minx you 😛 Put me down as a yes for stockings and sussies. As a mere sprog we allus referred to the skin above the stocking tops as the “Laughing Ground” cos if you got your hand that far then boy you were laughing. I had many a good chortle ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/83 "2007-12-07T18:59:31Z")
I do hope you gentlemen are keeping both hands on the keyboard. ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/84 "2007-12-07T19:01:59Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I do hope you gentlemen are keeping both hands on the keyboard. [/QUOTE] Oh hell no! I’ve got one on my mouse. Interesting that not one guy has chimed in to say he likes leg warmers. ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/85 "2007-12-07T19:05:38Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Interesting. Those of you saying that pantyhose are the devil’s work…is that due to taking them off? I mean, before you’ve removed the dress/skirt, they look pretty much the same, don’t they? [/QUOTE] Once the skirt is off, pantyhose are comparatively unattractive compare to most other options. This is on a sliding scale though. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/86 "2007-12-07T19:07:19Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Interesting that not one guy has chimed in to say he likes leg warmers. [/QUOTE] They looked nice, with a spandex body suit and high-top Reeboks. In the '80s. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/87 "2007-12-07T19:10:37Z")
I personally don’t find them sexy or not. What I DO find sexy, though, is if they’ve been worn _for me_. If a woman has dressed up in sweats and slippers because she thinks I’ll like it, I’ll like it. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/88 "2007-12-07T19:10:58Z")
Put me down as a negative. I mean, in the time it takes to put on all that hoopla, you could just get naked, which is much more practical for what I have in mind. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/89 "2007-12-07T19:13:39Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I’ve got one on my mouse. [/QUOTE] Well, if that’s what you kids are calling it these days… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/90 "2007-12-07T19:23:07Z")
Oh Hell Yes ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/91 "2007-12-07T19:37:35Z")
Know what panty hose and New York have in common? Flatbush. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/92 "2007-12-07T19:39:16Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] I personally don’t find them sexy or not. What I DO find sexy, though, is if they’ve been worn _for me_. If a woman has dressed up in sweats and slippers because she thinks I’ll like it, I’ll like it. [/QUOTE] Perfectly put. Of course, I happen to _like_ sweatpants on women, but that was still perfectly put. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/93 "2007-12-07T19:41:20Z")
Another enthusiastic YES here. Big time. Too bad my wife never wears the damn things… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/94 "2007-12-07T19:45:04Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Love them. They remind me of 70’s porn, which is what I grew up with. [/QUOTE] And for me it’s the opposite. I mean they still remind me of 70’s porn, but the look is so dated that it’s at best a meh. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/95 "2007-12-07T21:04:06Z")
I wear them occasionally for dressing up to go out; you can get some amazingly sheer black stockings that are gorgeous. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/96 "2007-12-07T21:04:20Z")
I have to draw a distinction between the stocking/garter belt combo being worn for the purpose of adding a little excitement to a bedroom romp, and being worn under a dress or skirt when we’re out together and seen in public. As for the former, I certainly enjoy the effort and interest taken to make it exciting and sexy and erotic, but it’s just a means to an end. Which is to say, she puts the outfit on knowing that in 15 minutes it will have done its job, and it’s coming off. But for the latter, I love knowing that she’s wearing that underneath, with the sole purpose being because it makes her feel sexy. Even better is when she dresses while I’m in the shower, then we get to the event (wedding, cocktail party, holiday dinner, etc) and during the course of the evening I discover that’s what she’s wearing, and she knows I’m enjoying it, oh man… Since she could have chosen either that or the mundane stockings, both of which would have served the same practical purpose of covering her legs under her dress, but she chose the sexier option because it makes her feel good- that’s what’s sexy about it. There’s a dress she wears that by its design, can’t be worn with a bra, and whenever she wears it she also wears stockings and a garter belt with no panties. It’s rather formal and only comes out about once a year, but it’s well worth the wait. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/97 "2007-12-07T21:48:38Z")
can’t tpe, droling. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/98 "2007-12-08T00:03:46Z")
YESSSSSSSS… 1. Thigh high stockings accentuate and shadow the musclature(sp?) of each leg which gives a woman a more toned look. I certainly appreciate that. 2. The sexy allure of knowing your woman is wearing thigh highs with or without a garter belt and knowing that those stockings may stay on when any sexual activity takes place, is always a plus. 3. My woman feels sexier in thigh highs, which in turn makes me more attentive to her, which makes her more playful with me, which in turn gets her hotter, which in turn makes me hotter, which in turn… 4. Men, you haven’t lived unless you are paying oral homage to your woman while she’s running/rubbing her stocking-clad legs up and down your back/neck/ass while you are pleasuring her. It’s much more sensual than any massage that she’s given me. 5. When the stockings go on, I know that she and I are gonna get off. It’s a WIN-WIN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/99 "2007-12-08T00:26:37Z")
Sexy or alluring? I’ll go with alluring. Oh, oh, I get it. Yes. Definitely sexy. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072/100 "2007-12-08T00:37:16Z")
While I’m meh about stockings, I do have to say that tights with a really short skirt is amazing. Yum! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stockings-and-garters-a-survey-of-men/429072.md?page=6)