# Women and cleavage **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892 "2014-06-28T22:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/21 "2014-06-29T00:17:04Z")
Good Christ, I love cleavage. I’ve never been called to task for unwanted ogling or motorboating, either. Clearly, I must either have the knack or have the cleavage aimed at me. Summertime cleavage Moistly pressed together Blinds me like the sun ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/22 "2014-06-29T00:22:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They were staring at me first. Ah, those young’uns - no manners. They’re much more circumspect these days. > [@johnpost](#): > > so blowing on them is just being helpful. 😃 Men can be so accommodating. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/23 "2014-06-29T00:46:40Z")
> [@occupant](#): > > Why do women like to show significant cleavage, but get ticked when men stare at it? We’ve never done this thread before. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/24 "2014-06-29T00:47:16Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Summertime cleavage > Moistly pressed together > Blinds me like the sun You’re almost there; you need one more syllable in the second line and that will be a first-rate haiku. Call the New Yorker. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/25 "2014-06-29T00:47:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Why do women like to show significant cleavage, but get ticked when men stare at it? because a woman’s mind is a funny place, especially when she’s looking for shoes 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/26 "2014-06-29T01:03:53Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > We’ve never done this thread before. [No, never.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=11130954) ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/27 "2014-06-29T01:09:08Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > Do you have a cite for this? > IME, most women who show cleavage are quite OK with being ogled. If you have proof of the contrary, please provide it, since you’re the one who is bringing the claim. > > Otherwise I’m calling a bullshit straw man. My ex was double D and wore them as much out in the air as possible and always said “what is the matter with that guy staring at me like that. What would he think if I stared at his balls?” etc. Never met a woman who wasn’t like that. Nor a woman who wasn’t envious of other women who had more to show. One of our biggest sellers when I had a T-short shop on Ft Lauderdale Beach was “Why don’ t you stop staring at my chest pretending you are reading my T-Shirt.” ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/28 "2014-06-29T01:30:49Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > [No, never.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=11130954) Are you afraid of my watermelon-ness? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/29 "2014-06-29T01:37:39Z")
> [@DingoelGringo](#): > > My ex was double D and wore them as much out in the air as possible and always said “what is the matter with that guy staring at me like that. What would he think if I stared at his balls?” etc. Never met a woman who wasn’t like that. Nor a woman who wasn’t envious of other women who had more to show. One of our biggest sellers when I had a T-short shop on Ft Lauderdale Beach was “Why don’ t you stop staring at my chest pretending you are reading my T-Shirt.” Yeah, you don’t know many women. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/30 "2014-06-29T01:55:09Z")
Sometimes cleavage is just accidental. I avoid low cut blouses, but something modest will reveal cleavage if you reach for something with both arms stretched out, or bend over to pick something up. Treat a stranger the way you would your mother, sis, or daughter. We’re not all trying to flash. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/31 "2014-06-29T02:23:13Z")
> [@PurpleClogs](#): > > Treat a stranger the way you would your mother, sis, or daughter. We’re not all trying to flash. I like that. That’s actually some good practical advice for going about your day. Well, except for the sister part. My sister likes it when I look. She’s into that. I kid, I kid. I don’t even have a sister. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/32 "2014-06-29T02:38:26Z")
**OP** , just buy yourself some damn sunglasses. Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/33 "2014-06-29T02:44:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > **OP** , just buy yourself some damn sunglasses. Christ. That’s a good idea. And if you add a walking stick and a guide dog to the costume, you can even get away with some groping by “accident”, in elevators and supermarket lines. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/34 "2014-06-29T02:47:09Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > That’s a good idea. And if you add a walking stick and a guide dog to the costume, you can even get away with some groping by “accident”, in elevators and supermarket lines. In high school we called that “flobbing” and any girl with more than inverted navels got flobbed – often. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/35 "2014-06-29T03:46:05Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > (I also didn’t look. Cleavage can actually be scary when it comes at you aggressively at 20 miles per hour.) Lightweight. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/36 "2014-06-29T03:46:49Z")
Isn’t that sexual assualt? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/37 "2014-06-29T03:59:46Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Isn’t that sexual assualt? Which part? The fake-blind-guy groping trick, the high school shenanigans, the sister-ogling, or the Attack of the Boobs? You need to be more specific. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/38 "2014-06-29T04:20:49Z")
Join date, yup; number of posts; yup. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/39 "2014-06-29T04:37:54Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > In high school we called that “flobbing” and any girl with more than inverted navels got flobbed – often. Oh **Zeldar** , I don’t want to believe this about you. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892/40 "2014-06-29T04:49:16Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Oh **Zeldar** , I don’t want to believe this about you. ☹ Sorry, I didn’t make it clear. I wasn’t in on the flobbing (nor did I get flobbed – thank God) but the flobbing was a ritual before class almost every day as kids were making their way to home room and the halls were crowded. There were a few (maybe 5-10) flobsters, but I didn’t have the nerve to be one. And in those days if there were any specific laws in the sexual assault realm they were not heavily enforced among high school kids that I ever heard about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-cleavage/691892.md?page=3)