# What's better on a woman? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439 "2006-11-07T16:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_Feldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mr\_Feldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Feldman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/1 "2006-11-07T16:13:27Z")
If a woman walks past in a short skirt do you prefer her to be: a) Bare legs b) Wearing stockings c) Tights/Pantyhose Just for a book I’m currently writing ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/2 "2006-11-07T16:18:44Z")
Unless you can see up her skirt, how can you tell if she’s wearing stockings or pantyhose? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/3 "2006-11-07T16:20:09Z")
What season is it? What does the rest of the outfit look like? What kind of shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Feldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mr\_Feldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Feldman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/4 "2006-11-07T16:23:40Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Unless you can see up her skirt, how can you tell if she’s wearing stockings or pantyhose? [/QUOTE] It will depend on how short the skirt is obviously [QUOTE=gigi] What season is it? What does the rest of the outfit look like? What kind of shoes? [/QUOTE] Who cares, this is not a fashion question ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/5 "2006-11-07T16:24:31Z")
Are you saving up your punctuation for your book? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/6 "2006-11-07T16:26:55Z")
Bare legs. (Unless she’s got nasty varicose veins or something.) And bare everything else, too, while we’re at it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Feldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mr\_Feldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Feldman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/7 "2006-11-07T16:30:14Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Are you saving up your punctuation for your book? [/QUOTE] No, al bee useng me gramma hand spel cheker fur dat ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/8 "2006-11-07T16:31:17Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] What season is it? What does the rest of the outfit look like? What kind of shoes? [/QUOTE] Shoes…women have feet. Who would have known. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/9 "2006-11-07T16:32:08Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Feldman] Who cares, this is not a fashion question [/QUOTE] Of course it matters! If the skirt’s really short then she should have bare legs and heels…if it’s not _that_ short she can get away with flats instead. Really, you blokies have _no_ idea… ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/10 "2006-11-07T16:37:11Z")
I’ll be probably the only man in the world who would actually prefer the woman wear pantyhose. Why many men hate them I don’t know, but I like how they make a woman’s legs look shinier and fancier. You can say the same thing about stockings but I’ve always thought it looks weird when you see a woman’s stocking tops, almost like she forgot how to dress. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/11 "2006-11-07T16:37:42Z")
What color is the book? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Feldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mr\_Feldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Feldman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/12 "2006-11-07T16:42:36Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] Of course it matters! If the skirt’s really short then she should have bare legs and heels…if it’s not _that_ short she can get away with flats instead. Really, you blokies have _no_ idea… [/QUOTE] As I have stated in my previous post > [@](#): > > It will depend on how short the skirt is obviously So obviously the skirt in question will be more of a belt. Anyway Hooter girls wear shorts and pantyhose and they look good so thats buggered up the fashion statement ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/13 "2006-11-07T16:43:07Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > Unless you can see up her skirt, how can you tell if she’s wearing stockings or pantyhose? > > [QUOTE=Mr Feldman] > It will depend on how short the skirt is obviously [/quote] um… no? Unless the skirt is short enough that it might as well not be there, it’s going to cover the garter belt/stocking tops… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/14 "2006-11-07T16:43:33Z")
1. Bare. 2. Black. 3. Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Feldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mr\_Feldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Feldman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/15 "2006-11-07T16:44:13Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] What color is the book? [/QUOTE] The publisher will help on that decision. I am supplying the content. The book will be published in English, so the ‘colour’ will be spelt the correct way ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/16 "2006-11-07T16:45:37Z")
Bare legs or Black Stockings seem to be the most eye-catching to me. **gigi** : I do not think most men notice shoes much or remember them for long if they do. I know there are exceptions and I understand the design of a lady’s footwear can greatly accent the shape of her legs, but it is the legs and higher regions that are noticed and remembered. My favorite outfit for my wife was a small pleated black skirt and black stockings. She looked so great in that. I think she was usually wearing sneakers when I saw her, as she would walk to the train from her apartment and later our apartment. I can still remember various blouses she wore all those years ago, but I have no clue on her shoes. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/17 "2006-11-07T16:55:22Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] Shoes…women have feet. Who would have known. [/QUOTE] Yes, keeps their legs from fraying at the ends. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/18 "2006-11-07T16:57:11Z")
So only horny straight men will be reading the book? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/19 "2006-11-07T17:08:30Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] So only horny straight men will be reading the book? [/QUOTE] Good point, but the Op might kind of lead us to that conclusion. At least, it sounded more like he was looking for the perspective of “horny straight men”. Jim YMMV ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439/20 "2006-11-07T17:13:02Z")
Ok, so if it’s a skirt that’s more like a belt, and presumably 5" eff-me patent leather stilettos, go with sheer black stockings with the line up the back. If it’s more of a schoolgirl look, plaid skirt, loafers and knee socks. Librarian with a bun and glasses she can’t wait for you to remove? Tweed skirt, pantihose and a sensible low heel. Hooters notwithstanding, the shorts and pantihose combination should be eschewed. Take your pick, horndogs! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-better-on-a-woman/379439.md?page=2)