# The seam in a male below the testicles upto the buttocks **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186 "2013-02-23T19:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186/21 "2013-02-24T04:22:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Actually, it could go either way. I was also punning in referring to the “taint,” a colloquialism for the perineum, the area between the genitals and anus. So called because it ain’t one thing, and it ain’t the other. I loved the pun. You made me think of a website about, um, [taint](http://pandataint.tumblr.com/). ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186/22 "2013-02-24T04:31:10Z")
The taint area, per nurses I worked with on a previous project, is the area around the anus (not just between scrotum and anus). The reason they call it that is because it is tainted. Any cut or abrasion there is more likely to become infected due to the concentration of bacteria in the area. 'Taint what you thought. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186/23 "2013-02-24T04:44:11Z")
> [@dstarfire](#): > > Actually, that should be “'taint one”. If you’re going to use nonexistent words, at least spell them with the right punctuation, please. 😛 The word [exists in an actual dictionary](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taint?s=t). The dictionary even lists the definition implied above. ---
**Author:** ![teddybound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@teddybound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teddybound)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186/24 "2013-02-24T05:15:07Z")
This video talks about the seam: https://www.youtube.com/embed/z1Kdoja3hlk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=UUC552Sd-3nyi_tk2BudLUzA ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186/25 "2013-02-24T05:37:38Z")
> [@Mk\_VII](#): > > Every foetus starts out as female and given the right number of chromosomes it turns male - so that’s what would have been the female genitals if it had continued on the default settings. So basic model, and improved model. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186/26 "2013-02-24T13:39:03Z")
> [@teddybound](#): > > This video talks about the seam: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Kdoja3hlk&list=UUC552Sd-3nyi\_tk2BudLUzA&index=7](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Kdoja3hlk&list=UUC552Sd-3nyi_tk2BudLUzA&index=7) And so does this one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1epQU2AvNQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1epQU2AvNQ) ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186/27 "2013-02-24T14:08:02Z")
Is it just me or am I the only male that never realized this and had to go into the restroom for an inspection? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186/28 "2013-02-24T14:14:50Z")
> [@nansbread](#): > > In an otherwise seamless creation why does the male of the human species have this seam. It looks and **feels** like a stitching. Whats the evolutionary significance of it? My bold. You can feel it? Lucky guy. To think what I’m missing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seam-in-a-male-below-the-testicles-upto-the-buttocks/651186.md?page=1)