# Straight women and guys' bodies
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 10, 1999, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234 "1999-09-10T05:40:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/1 "1999-09-10T05:40:00Z")
I just concluded a conversation with a straight woman who told me she’d never played with her boyfriend’s nipples, hadn’t considered it, and probably wouldn’t in the future. Now I don’t know about other guys, but my nipples are a primary erogenous zone! What gives? Are straight women less enclined to explore their menfriends’ bodies than gay men? Or is there something else at work?
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### Author:  [@Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/2 "1999-09-10T06:03:00Z")
I heartily agree with you a man’s nipples are very sensitive and it feels great when my wife touches my chest. You are the first man that I have ever heard that was wiling to address the topic. Myself included I have told my wife though and she doesn’t hesitate to take advantage of this especially when we are out in public.
As an interesting bit of educational trivia, according to the book Seven Weeks to Better Sex by Domeena Renshaw, MD Director, Loyola Sex Therapy Clinic. There are four areas on the human body that become erect when aroused, male or female. They are the nipples, genitals, earlobes, and the sinus passages.
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### Author:  [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/3 "1999-09-10T07:18:00Z")
_Erect_ earlobes??? Or do you / does she mean ‘sensitive’?
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> Or is there something else at work?
The boss might think so.
Ray
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/4 "1999-09-10T07:36:00Z")
I just don’t like to have my nips played with. They’re sensitive, but its annoying and tickles more than it is arousing. Stick to the neck and ears for me, among other things.
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### Author:  [@OfficeGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfficeGirl)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/5 "1999-09-10T13:05:00Z")
As a mostly straight woman, I’ve been with a couple of guys who hated to have their nipples touched as well as one who nearly levitated when I touched his.
It’s different from person to person. Even among women the sensitivity varies. My nipples are far more sensitive than most women’s, and I can orgasm just by having someone play with my nipples. Some men are the same.
Hope that helps.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/6 "1999-09-10T13:41:00Z")
I love it when a groovy chick does my sinus passages!
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### Author:  [@OfficeGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfficeGirl)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/7 "1999-09-10T13:42:00Z")
what in the world does that mean??
‘does’ your sinus passages?
with what?
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/8 "1999-09-10T15:29:00Z")
I’m a straight female and I always play with men’s nipples (well, not ALWAYS always, but whenever their nipples happen to be available). I figure if it feels good when they do it to me, it should feel good for them too. I’ve always assumed that most other women do the same thing. Maybe Matt’s friend is the weird one …
Now I’m curious. How do you measure arousal of the sinus passages?
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/9 "1999-09-10T15:34:00Z")
Hmmmm… I don’t know about other women, but one of the best things about being with a guy is being able to touch him all over. Nipples included. My guy loves having his nipples kissed and touched, and it’s fun, so I do it.
I never heard anything before about sinuses being erogenous zones, but I do know that if I’ve got a cold or my sinuses are clogged for some other reason, having sex almost always clears 'em. I always thought it was just the movement involved. But maybe there’s something else going on. Anyone else experience this?
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### Author:  [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/10 "1999-09-10T15:39:00Z")
My hubby HATES to have his nipples touched. I like to do it though.
Ears ::sigh::mmmmmm… that’s my weak spot. Kiss or lick my ears and I’m mush. Well…that’s probably too much information. Sorry!
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### Author:  [@VileOrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VileOrb)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/11 "1999-09-10T15:46:00Z")
Sex definitely clears the sinuses for me. And, I once had a girlfriend who would want to have sex before leaving the house during the allergy season because she said it allowed her an hour or two of breathing before she clogged up. Let’s all eliminate the onus of allergy season with some enthusiastic lovemaking! Unfortunately, I’m curently unattached. ☹
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and bore black feathers,
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [September 11, 1999, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/12 "1999-09-11T05:47:00Z")
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> OfficeGirl: what in the world does that mean??
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> 'does' your sinus passages?
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> with what?
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Read Mac’s post, second from the top.
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### Author:  [@Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/13 "1999-09-10T18:37:00Z")
OK people erogenous zones and body parts that become erect are to different things. I think?
hmm…maybe that was what he was doing check out this link to one of my earlier posts. [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000113.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000113.html)
If you don’t think your sinuses get erect try doing it with your mouth shut and breathing through your nose, it’s not easy.
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### Author:  [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/14 "1999-09-10T18:57:00Z")
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- I kinda like it when a girl sucks my nips, but only when I’m tired because if I still have energy the rest of me gets pretty bored after ten minutes or so. I didn’t really consider or understand that until the tables were turned. - One rule: NO BITING ALLOWED! - MC
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### Author:  [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/15 "1999-09-10T19:07:00Z")
I have known both type of men…the DONT TOUCH and the other kind…the other kind are more fun.
My last long term didnt like nipple or ear stimuli, basically he was all penis stimulation. Booooring! I couldnt even touch his feet! Ack…cant believe how long I stuck that out…I mean how long I was with him :o
I prefer a man who likes to be kissed/licked/nibbled/sucked all sorts of places…ears, nipples, back, feet, neck, wrists, bald spots mmmmm…oh my! :o
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### Author:  [@OfficeGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfficeGirl)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/16 "1999-09-10T19:17:00Z")
i guess this is a little off-topic, but what about ear fetishes? the thought of someone sticking his tongue in my ear is kind of disgusting, but i recently discovered that it makes me orgasm very violently, and almost immediately. does anyone else have similar reactions?
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### Author:  [@Kiralyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiralyn)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/17 "1999-09-10T19:30:00Z")
Here! You know that reminds me, I’m telling my husband about that tonight! Definately, but I’d never thought of it as a fetish. I’m kinky after all!
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### Author:  [@OfficeGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfficeGirl)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/18 "1999-09-10T19:41:00Z")
you know what’s weird though? just thinking about it right now makes me feel almost sick. i can’t stand having wet ears, and HAVE to use at least 2 Q-tips per ear as soon as i get out of the shower. it’s a compulsion.
still, though, every time my ex stuck his tongue in my ear, BAM. how crazy is that?
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/19 "1999-09-10T19:53:00Z")
My ex husband was a dick-only guy. I mean, this man didn’t like ANYTHING except coitus and oral sex. Said he’d never orgasmed from a hand job (except through masturbation) and nothing else really did anything for him - nipples, neck, maybe a little ear stuff but very little. Hell, I wasn’t even allowed to touch him anywhere near or on his spine. He said he couldn’t stand it.
Now, maybe this was all very valid physical stuff for him. But my gut feeling was that it was his head doing this to him - only “normal” sex was OK. Nothing nasty at all. Talk about dull in bed!
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### Author:  [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)
#### Post date: [September 10, 1999, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-and-guys-bodies/3234/20 "1999-09-10T20:47:00Z")
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- I knew a girl once that liked her ears “stimulated” (i.e., bit) - she insisted I bite an earlobe while we, uh, were also doing something else. She would also thrash around somewhat, especially with her head and neck and I was supposed to bite hard enough to hold on, which was biting rather hard. I felt kinda odd doing something I knew had to hurt, but she was clearly disappointed if I didn’t. I insisted on her removing her earrings because elsewise afterwards her ears would bleed. -She also liked chewing on mine; not playful or passionate - more like Doberman-with-a-Gucci. Didn’t do anything for me except hurt - the nape of the neck is one of my own (nearby) hotspots. - MC
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