# Women, do you like testicles? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745 "2005-12-08T20:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/1 "2005-12-08T20:02:27Z")
Do you like testicles? Do you find them a sexually arousing feature? It seems to me that they are often ignored, or considered, at best, as a sort of parsley, nice but unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/2 "2005-12-08T20:32:55Z")
I, that is, um…what an INteresting question!So many one-liners come to mind, but I assume you’re looking for sincere answers so I’ll have to say in and of themselves, meh. I don’t think they’re particularly pretty and they don’t bring any direct pleasure to me, but I don’t _dislike_them, or avoid / neglect them. I don’t find toes especially attractive either, but if you likes to have them sucked,hey, I aim to please. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/3 "2005-12-08T21:24:39Z")
I ate some. By accident. I didn’t know those round thingies in the sauce were testicles. Quite tasty - before I knew. Oh: Those were _bull_ testicles. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/4 "2005-12-08T21:50:54Z")
Meh. They’re kinda ugly and not as funny as penises, but useful when fighting someone off. So, I guess, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/5 "2005-12-08T23:42:18Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I don’t think they’re particularly pretty and they don’t bring any direct pleasure to me, but I don’t dislikethem, or avoid / neglect them. Yep. I like them inasmuch as they’re a source of pleasure for whoever it is that I’m pleasuring: I associate them with a Good Thing (the response I get), and believe they should never be ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/6 "2005-12-08T23:47:36Z")
I love them! I roundly consider them a part of the whole that is the inimitable penis! They deserve at least as much attention as the rest. They are a large part of my… er… ahem… “routine” when I’m hanging out down there. They’re _neat_! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/7 "2005-12-08T23:49:32Z")
I love them. Especially during doggy-style sex. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/8 "2005-12-09T05:26:56Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Yep. > > I like them inasmuch as they’re a source of pleasure for whoever it is that I’m pleasuring: I associate them with a Good Thing (the response I get), and believe they should never be ignored. Ditto… But if you’re asking something along the lines of do we consider them an attractive feature that we seek out to look at? Not really. NOT that I consider them UNattractive, I don’t really think about them if and until I’m uhhhhmmmm…up close and personal? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/9 "2005-12-09T06:07:08Z")
I like them. They’re soft and furry and funny. I like to hold them, play with them, and kiss them. Okay, my husband’s, anyway. He’s prone to being ticklish, so I don’t get to play with them unless I walk the delicate line between touching too lightly and too roughly. I don’t like the look of shaved testicles. I find that when a man is relaxed, say in an after-sex doze, lying on his back, to watch the tiny, constant contraction and relaxation in the testicular skin is quite, well, fascinating. At least it was the first time. I had _no idea_ testicals were always in such subtle but constant motion like that… ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/10 "2005-12-09T07:29:15Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > I don’t like the look of shaved testicles. The idea of shaving my testicles, as wrinkly as they are, is a scarry thought. It seems like there’s too much oportunity for disaster. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/11 "2005-12-09T08:15:57Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I love them! > > I roundly consider them a part of the whole that is the inimitable penis! They deserve at least as much attention as the rest. They are a large part of my… er… ahem… “routine” when I’m hanging out down there. Oh dear…that’s almost exactly how I was going to put it. Yup they’re part of any good blow job routine, and I have to say I’ve received a lot of appreciation for not ignoring them the way _some_ girls might. On the other hand they make me a little nervous…get too carried away and the whole blow job…indeed the whole evening…can come to a halt. Delicate little things aren’t they? > [@](#): > > I love them. Especially during doggy-style sex. I know exactly what you mean 🙂 . Anyway to sum up yes, I do prefer my meat _with_ two veg. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/12 "2005-12-09T13:07:28Z")
Eonwe writes: > [@](#): > > The idea of shaving my testicles, as wrinkly as they are, is a **scarry** thought. It seems like there’s too much oportunity for disaster. Bolding mine. That’s either an intentional intensifier or an unconscious but apt phrasing, and sums up my feelings about it. ---
**Author:** ![ms.deanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@ms.deanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ms.deanna)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/13 "2005-12-09T17:03:33Z")
Yeah, I like me some big balls. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/14 "2005-12-09T17:40:33Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > I find that when a man is relaxed, say in an after-sex doze, lying on his back, to watch the tiny, constant contraction and relaxation in the testicular skin is quite, well, fascinating. At least it was the first time. I had _no idea_ testicals were always in such subtle but constant motion like that… What I once heard on this board refered to as “The Poor Man’s Lava Lamp”. Lol-tastic! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/15 "2005-12-09T19:10:10Z")
scarry\*\* ---
**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:** [December 9, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/16 "2005-12-09T19:12:22Z")
Let’s see if that worked… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/17 "2005-12-09T19:14:10Z")
They’re kinda like manatees - ugly, but sort of sweet. 🙂 There was once a great thread about them, where I learned about that lava lamp writhing thing they do, but I didn’t get a chance to observe it in action until the current SO. It’s crazy! (He’d never noticed it.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/18 "2005-12-09T19:17:59Z")
**Why is everyone talking in DEEP voices?** ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/19 "2005-12-09T19:33:20Z")
The reason the scrotum is constantly moving is due to a muscle called “Dartos” I believe. Just a semi-interesting fact picked up from my GF the 1st year med student. BTW, IMO, shaving is nothing to be afraid of, I do it and have never once cut myself, and I find it keeps some of the smell down after a night of dancing or whatever. No one likes smelly balls I would imagine. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745/20 "2005-12-09T19:41:51Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > I like them. They’re soft and furry and funny. I like to hold them, play with them, and kiss them. Okay, my husband’s, anyway. He’s prone to being ticklish, so I don’t get to play with them unless I walk the delicate line between touching too lightly and too roughly. > > I don’t like the look of shaved testicles. > > I find that when a man is relaxed, say in an after-sex doze, lying on his back, to watch the tiny, constant contraction and relaxation in the testicular skin is quite, well, fascinating. At least it was the first time. I had _no idea_ testicals were always in such subtle but constant motion like that… Yeah, if you watch them, it is very similar to watching an octopus! I like 'em, too. They’re fun. And they fit in your hand nicely. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-like-testicles/334745.md?page=2)