So this is a somewhat bizarre poll, but fitting since today seems to be sex survey day.
A friend tonight (long story) was trying to tell me that it’s mostly gay guys that enjoy having their nipples played with. Which I found rather preposterous. He snidely asked me how many straight guys I knew of that liked their nipples played with, I told him I’ve honestly (which is true) never asked. So, then I told him next time I’ll try and take a poll! Then without realizing it, a light bulb went off and I remembered I do know of a forum for such a poll!
Do you think male nipple play is a gay thing?
This poll goes out to all straight dopers (pun intended )!
Oh and I suppose I should answer my own poll. I’m heavily inclined though to believe straight guys must be into nipple play just as much as gay guys as it’s a very sensitive erogenous zone, so who wouldn’t be into it, whether boy, girl, gay or straight.
Someone knows his Brooklyn gay bars!
Funnily enough this actually was discussed at Excelsior after dinner at Stone Park Cafe … and interestingly Chuck Schumer was there playing lord of the mannor and causing a 60 min wait for a table. :wally
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Interesting question. All I know is I’m a gay guy, and my nipples don’t do much for me. They seem to go from “that’s boring” to “ow, that hurts.” There’s not much in between, which has disappointed a few people in the past.
Ugh, I feel I had better clearify before the Post get’s wind of this, Schumer was at the bistro not the bar. And in fairness it’s not his fault the wait was so long, tho several groups waiting outside explicately said the wanted to bare the wait just because he was dining there. Although I don’t mind waiting, they make a mean steak sammich with maytag blue cheese!
If you’d said Bloomberg and Koch were @ the Excelsior, I would’ve sent a link of this thread over to Page 6 myself. If your friend had formulated this nipple theory prior to dinner, you could’ve asked Chucky Schumer. Christ knows the man has more than a little something to say on every subject in the known universe.
My unscientific theory (read: wag): Male nipple sensitivity has a direct correlation to the amount of chest hair. The more hirsute the man; the less likely he’s going to want (or enjoy) nipple play.
When my girlfriend touches me anywhere on my torso it’s too tickly. I think it’s just her soft touch–anyway, I don’t like it, but as far as nipples go it’s less about ticklyness and more that it makes me self-conscious of my fat-boobs and pot belly (not that bad, but I want to lose 15 pounds and get back to my high school weight–FWIW I was in high school 2 years ago and was the same height and build, at a healthy weight at the high end of the spectrum, and on the basketball team).
Not many girls seem to think of it.
FWIW, my favorite non-genital erogenous zone is the ear. I’ve had two girlfriends (including my current) who played with my ears–the one I’m with now is far, far better at it–and it turns me on incredibly. She grabs the droopy part in her mouth, licks on it a little, breathes on my ear and puts her tongue in all the grooves. I do it to her too, but she’s way better, and anyway it doesn’t seem to do that much for her. Really drives me wild, though.
I am a straight male and very ticklish otherwise. That isn’t the problem here. The area around my nipples feels like the surrounding area. The nipple itself just feels like an uncomfortable abrasion if it is touched too long. All things considered - little upside - somewhat uncomfortable downside.
Straight fella. Nipples rank below belly button, earlobes, tip of nose, spaces between fingers, crease of leg, and a couple dozen other spots, but better than elbows and, umm, probably somewhere else I guess?, as erogenous zones.
Female here, and I always played with all of my (straight or straight-ish) partners’ nipples.
My first boyfriend loved it, however, I feel it might be of some importance to mention, he might have been… I don’t know. I don’t know the terminology for this: he was a male, for certain, but his penis was smaller than a tampon when fully erect, and his chest had the beginnings of real boobs - not man-boobs, female boobs. He was kind of somewhere in-between make and female. He identifies as a male though. Anyway, he could orgasm on nipple play alone.
My second found it to be too ticklish.
My third, my husband, seems to have to be in the right mood for it, but he does enjoy it sometimes. It seems to be a pleasant feeling to him, but not likely to be something he’d orgasm from. Just something nice that is being touched that doesn’t normally get touched. Sometimes he gets ticklish, though.
But we both like anal, and some people try to say that’s strictly a “gay” thing, too. I think we all have shades of gay, if we allow ourselves. And I don’t think there’s a damn thing wrong with that.
Like most things of this nature I think it will depend on the guy, but I’m a straight woman who’s only been with straight men and none of them have disliked it (or at least, none of them said they disliked it; most of them reacted positively). There have been varying degrees of appreciation, but they all seemed to like it at least a little bit.
I’m always a little surprised when I hear men say that a lot of women ignore their nipples: I’ve always included nipple play in my foreplay. Maybe because I like having my own nipples touched so much it’s always seemed like a no-brainer to touch his, too? I dunno.
A quick story: I like to write erotica, and when I’m in a relationship it’s not unusual for me to send erotic e-mails to my SO (after establishing that he would appreciate such a thing; not all men do). I sent the last guy I dated an e-mail detailing a fantasy I had about secretly watching him masturbate, in which I had him play with his own nipples. When he read it, he expressed surprise at how accurate my description was – including the nipple play!
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