# Two quetions about women's breasts. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 8, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244 "2019-04-08T22:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steven\_Estes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/1 "2019-04-08T22:11:07Z")
Two quetions about women’s breasts. 1. I have, um, read that the breasts of women with relatively small breast are more sexually excitable than the breasts of women with relatively large breasts. Is there any published evidence demonstrating this to be true or not true? 2. It is not rare for a woman to have “inverted nipples” (nipples that go into, rather than come out of,the breast). It is there any evidence on what percentage of women have inverted nipples? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/2 "2019-04-08T22:31:08Z")
What do you mean by a “sexually excitable” breast? One with a hard nipple? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/3 "2019-04-08T22:35:24Z")
I am really surprised the OP couldn’t get the answer to at least #2 witha simple google search… ---
**Author:** ![yo\_han\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yo_han_go/32/130_2.png) [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/4 "2019-04-09T01:22:57Z")
… And for best result SafeSearch should be in off mode … But I’m quite sure some dopers with more “first hand” experience can also share their personal, though subjective “view”. For 1. i’d say no difference, for 2. not my fetish. But me be not casanova. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/5 "2019-04-09T02:07:02Z")
**Moderator Note** > [@yo\_han\_go](#): > > … And for best result SafeSearch should be in off mode … This is just a friendly reminder that this is GQ, not Penthouse Forums. Turning SafeSearch off may give certain results, but let’s stick to factual things that can be cited here. The OP has valid questions, but we want factual GQ type answers, not Penthouse or boy’s locker room type answers. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/6 "2019-04-09T03:20:09Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What do you mean by a “sexually excitable” breast? One with a hard nipple? Not necessarily. I’m sure what the OP is referring to is the level of sexual gratification one receives from stimulation of the breasts and nipples. I have only anecdotal evidence, but in my experience, this tends to be the case. Some women seem to be more sexually aroused by stimulation of the breasts, while others might equate touching their breasts to touching any other random part of their body, such as the thigh. The former group tends to be women with smaller breasts, while larger breasted women tend to make up the latter group. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/7 "2019-04-09T03:22:10Z")
Boobs. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/8 "2019-04-09T03:28:00Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Not necessarily. I’m sure what the OP is referring to is the level of sexual gratification one receives from stimulation of the breasts and nipples. I have only anecdotal evidence, but in my experience, this tends to be the case. Some women seem to be more sexually aroused by stimulation of the breasts, while others might equate touching their breasts to touching any other random part of their body, such as the thigh. The former group tends to be women with smaller breasts, while larger breasted women tend to make up the latter group. My anecdatally derived truthiness lies somewhere between your findings and no correlation. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/9 "2019-04-09T03:50:28Z")
Woman’s POV. Doesn’t make any difference what size you are. Some girls are just more tickly than others in the breast area. Some ladies like the back of their neck kissed, others not so much. You can just never tell. This is why you discuss these things with your partner. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/10 "2019-04-09T03:53:15Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Boobs. Really, Dude? Are we still doing this? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/11 "2019-04-09T04:03:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Really, Dude? Are we still doing this? Ooops…sorry. Would you prefer that I kiss the back of your neck? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/12 "2019-04-09T04:13:00Z")
**Moderator Warning** > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Boobs. > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Ooops…sorry. > > Would you prefer that I kiss the back of your neck? > > 😕 With all of the threads in ATMB that we have had about these types of comments, plus moderator instructions within this thread specifically stating that we do not want boy’s locker room type juvenile comments, how could you possibly think that these were appropriate things to post? This is an official warning for jerkish/unacceptable behavior and failure to follow moderator instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/13 "2019-04-09T04:19:55Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > **Moderator Warning** > > With all of the threads in ATMB that we have had about these types of comments, plus moderator instructions within this thread specifically stating that we do not want boy’s locker room type juvenile comments, how could you possibly think that these were appropriate things to post? > > This is an official warning for jerkish/unacceptable behavior and failure to follow moderator instructions. Because it was a thinly disguised OP for GQ in the first place, and should have been kicked to another forum as soon as a mod read it and intervened. I was lampooning it. Yeah, I know, take it to ATMB. ETA: Apologies to **Beck** , I was trying to be funny and play off your post ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/14 "2019-04-09T04:35:15Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Some women seem to be more sexually aroused by stimulation of the breasts, while others might equate touching their breasts to touching any other random part of their body, such as the thigh. For some women hormones has a lot to do with it. My test subject of 39+ years found having her breasts touched or nipples sucked to be nice, but not overly arousing. EXCEPT when she was ovulating. Then she found attention to her breasts to be almost as stimulating as having her clitoris stroked. And during menopause her breasts became so sexually sensitive she could be brought to orgasm by sucking and even biting them [her idea] with no stimulation to her genitals needed. It was a wild, wild ride. Post menopause. While she is still sexually assertive (:)🆒 ) her breasts play a minimal role to her arousal. (☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/15 "2019-04-09T04:47:48Z")
im male and mine were overly sensitive to the point I had to wear looser shirts as a teen and they still are just not as much ---
**Author:** ![EdelweissPirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@EdelweissPirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdelweissPirate)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/16 "2019-04-09T04:55:24Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Ooops…sorry. > > Would you prefer that I kiss the back of your neck? > > 😕 Ew. Please stop. ETA: not trying to junior-mod. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/17 "2019-04-09T05:06:28Z")
> [@EdelweissPirate](#): > > Ew. Please stop. > ETA: not trying to junior-mod. Sorry! Ok, I need to apologize. My first post was poking at the OP for basically disguising a spank-bank post as a GQ. In the one to **Beck** , while I was right in having evaluated her as a smart and funny poster, I mis-judged the tone of the thread and mistakenly assumed that my second comment would be taken in the same tone as the first. I made a comment that I intended to be a roundabout comment on the OP, while assuming that someone else was in on the joke. I assure you it was meant as irony, and I’m ashamed that my poor attempt at well-intentioned humor came off so poorly. As a member of this board who feels that he is on the “right side” of things, I am ashamed that my posts came off the way they did. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/18 "2019-04-09T05:08:00Z")
I, for one accept your apology. No hard feelings at all. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/19 "2019-04-09T05:15:49Z")
I even knew it was a joke, but still felt skeeved out by it. I just knew it was gonna blow up up in your face, Mr. Ate. I say this as a compulsive, terribly-timed, bad joke maker. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quetions-about-womens-breasts/832244/20 "2019-04-09T05:22:33Z")
**Moderator Action** I would like to think that we are not so prudish here that we can discuss things of a sexual nature and all be adults about it. We are all about fighting ignorance, after all. The OP is a bit into fetish territory, but it does ask factual questions. I had hoped that we could stick to the facts, but we are not getting any factual responses, only Penthouse Forum style anecdotes. This is GQ. That’s not what we are about here. At this point, based on the responses so far, I do not see much hope for the question to be addressed factually. Since the thread has gone pretty far off the rails as-is, I am just going to close this. For those that have questions of a sexual nature, try to keep it clinical and scientific, not Penthouse Forum style. Thread closed.