# What would it take you to kiss the same gender? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 21, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735 "2016-03-21T06:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/41 "2016-03-22T03:33:54Z")
To kiss a girl? SAG-AFTRA scale and a good script. Same goes for kissing guys by the way. (Well, except my husband of course.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/42 "2016-03-22T10:22:57Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > Lips only $50. With tongue, maybe $200. How much for a blowjob? ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/43 "2016-03-22T15:27:20Z")
Hey, I’ve already kissed both genders today! What do I win? Other than maybe a good parenting award? Though I admit it does feel a little weird when the sprout gives me a kiss on the lips. Hope they grow out of that one soon. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/44 "2016-03-22T17:23:52Z")
The question is not how much it would take to get me to kiss him. The question is how much it would take to get him to let me kiss him. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/45 "2016-03-22T17:26:43Z")
Probably getting really drunk and then playing a game of truth and dare in a large group since that’s what it took before. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/46 "2016-03-22T18:03:50Z")
$19.99 plus shipping and handling ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/47 "2016-03-22T23:01:00Z")
With no tongue? Nothing. (But I do want a pic) With tongue? Meh, maybe a drink, but The Fella gets to watch. ---
**Author:** ![TheFella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@TheFella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFella)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/48 "2016-03-22T23:18:50Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > With no tongue? Nothing. (But I do want a pic) > > With tongue? Meh, maybe a drink, but The Fella gets to watch. I’ll even buy the drink then! 🙂 Answering for myself - under those circumstances I like the “if I get to kiss you too” response. I’m a little bi-ish myself so it wouldn’t be like breaking any new ground. A friend or comfortable, willing acquaintance? Just a little encouragement. A stranger? Pretty unlikely, although if BrassyPhrase insisted, how could I refuse? ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/49 "2016-03-23T00:53:43Z")
Peck on the lips, closed-mouthed? Sure, if I’ve had some drinks, am in a good mood, and everyone involved is feeling the humor. Anything more would be weird. Or you could do the thing where you grab the other person’s face lovingly with both your hands, look into their eyes, and lean in for a long, passionate kiss…obscuring from the viewer that you are actually kissing your own thumbs, which you’ve placed over the other person’s lips. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/50 "2016-03-23T01:13:30Z")
My gay dude-friend kissed me once and it was basically like licking a toothbrush. Neither repulsive nor interesting. So I’d do it for as much as I could haggle out of a bar bet under the circumstances. I’m thinking $50 or a makeout session with some hot girl who lost a similar bet. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/51 "2016-03-23T01:45:13Z")
Sure, I’d kiss a random guy, but with the same restriction that applies to random butt-fucking: no eye contact. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/52 "2016-03-23T03:24:32Z")
The guy would have to be attractive. And no fatties. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/53 "2016-03-23T05:23:44Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Slight hijack - I was watching the film _Carol_ over the weekend and during Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara’s love scenes I very briefly pondered if it was any more difficult for either of them (assuming they’re both hetero, which I do for no reason in particular) to perform it with someone of their own gender. It only took me a fraction of a second to imagine it probably was not. I had the same train of thought! But from what actors have said about having to do sex scenes on set, I gather either one isn’t a walk in the park. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/54 "2016-03-23T15:33:36Z")
$10? I don’t know, it’s not a big deal. It’s not something I get excited about, but it’s not going to threaten my sexuality or gross me out or anything. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/55 "2016-03-23T17:31:16Z")
I met an exotic dancer in Indonesia, who was an anatomical male who easily and professionally and socially passed as a woman. I found myself attracted to “her” because she would have been skilled at making me feel like I was with a woman. Even though I knew she was anatomically male, I could have enjoyed intimacy with her touch. She was a house guest of my neighbor, so the hypothetical situation never came into play. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735/56 "2016-03-23T20:40:11Z")
I made out with a dude once in college. He was a friend, and he was gay. Partly – okay mostly – it was because we were drunk, and the girls who came to the bar with us asked us to. But partly it was because I didn’t have much self esteem at the time and knowing a guy was attracted to me made me feel almost as good as knowing a girl was. And partly it was because I was curious. I am not sexually attracted to men, but I remember a time when I wasn’t sexually attracted to women either. I thought I’d give it a fair try. Anyway, we made out off and on for a while (which wasn’t all that different from making out with a girl, except for the stubbly lip), and eventually we got drunk and went home, and he started sticking his hands down my pants, and that’s when I finally decided “Nope, this _really_ isn’t for me”. I feel bad, because if I was drunkenly making out with a girl I was attracted to all night, it would certainly be disappointing if she had went home with me, only to say “Oops, sorry, I’m a lesbian”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-you-to-kiss-the-same-gender/749735.md?page=2)