# Women, explain this "going commando" thing to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941 "2012-12-13T18:06:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/81 "2012-12-15T01:48:37Z")
I’d swear Anne’s hoo-ha winked at me. :eek: 😃 I voted publicity. Her name is in the papers. Her movie premiere got reported. Job well done. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/82 "2012-12-15T02:38:26Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > She trims pretty damn close, either that or she’s naturally… > what’s the opposite of hirsute? Glabrous. You’re welcome. 😉 ---
**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 15, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/83 "2012-12-15T03:05:31Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > She trims pretty damn close, either that or she’s naturally… > what’s the opposite of hirsute? Huh. And people were making a big deal about how close she cut the hair on her _head…_ ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/84 "2012-12-15T09:56:20Z")
If I go down to Safeway and try to snap upskirts of random women I’ll go to jail. Reporters crowd around cars at award shows to chase that elusive upskirt shot and no one cares. How does that work? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/85 "2012-12-15T12:05:22Z")
Get a press pass before you head to Safeway. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/86 "2012-12-15T14:47:47Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > If I go down to Safeway and try to snap upskirts of random women I’ll go to jail. Reporters crowd around cars at award shows to chase that elusive upskirt shot and no one cares. How does that work? If a reporter had tried to aim a camera under Hathaway’s dress or tried to lift up her dress, I’m sure he’d have been arrested. It’s the fact that Hathaway herself moved in a manner that raised the dress and caused her own exposure that made the shot legal. The legal principle is you can take a picture of anything a person makes public, even if it was inadvertant. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/87 "2012-12-15T15:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > I voted publicity. Her name is in the papers. Her movie premiere got reported. Job well done. Except her name was going to get into the papers, and her movie premier was going to get reported, even without the upskirt. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/88 "2012-12-15T16:52:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Except her name was going to get into the papers, and her movie premier was going to get reported, even without the upskirt. I’m not saying it’s proof that this was intentional but your argument doesn’t hold water. I’m sure Hathaway would have received some media attention just for being in a new movie but nowhere near the level that she got for flashing. Amanda Seyfried and Samantha Barks co-starred with Hathaway and were there at the premiere also but you can see how much coverage they received in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/89 "2012-12-15T17:14:41Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > She trims pretty damn close, either that or she’s naturally… > what’s the opposite of hirsute? Bald Jerry. BALD! ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/90 "2012-12-15T18:08:10Z")
Well, it was good advertising for the movie, because I just went and looked at the picture, and now I’m less miserable. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/91 "2012-12-15T18:35:22Z")
Her vulva is the most attractive thing about that outfit. That’s some straight-up fashion victim shit going on there. ---
**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 15, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/92 "2012-12-15T18:47:07Z")
I say the only reasonable explanation is to avoid panty lines. The other choices in the poll may apply to a small minority of er, less than reasonable souls, but I think it’s just a simple fashion choice. Ladies, be they celebrities or PTA moms really should learn how to correctly enter and exit automobiles while wearing a dress, as mentioned above. The slit on Ms. Hathaway’s dress isn’t paticularly severe and if she’d done the “knees together, spin on the derriere” move she’d have had no problem. Finally, people here are talking like seeing a crotch is akin to Lot’s wife gazing upon Sodom. Jeez. I agree that to purposely flash the beav is fairly tacky and childish, but an \*accidental \*slip of the lip? Is it really that big a deal? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/93 "2012-12-15T19:01:49Z")
I think its a health thing-tight thongs/pantys don’t allow air circulation-leading to yeast infections. The fresh air is good for ya! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/94 "2012-12-15T19:14:12Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I > > Finally, people here are talking like seeing a crotch is akin to Lot’s wife gazing upon Sodom. Jeez. I agree that to purposely flash the beav is fairly tacky and childish, but an \*accidental \*slip of the lip? Is it really that big a deal? I’m not hearing any complaints about it. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@andrew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/95 "2012-12-15T19:51:23Z")
Nowt wrong with seeing a bit of clunge. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/96 "2012-12-15T20:05:43Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Lurker in NJ: > They make such bandages - they look like big black rectangles. I’ve seen photos of people with their private parts covered in such. I like wearing my kilt quite often. To avoid such problems I use a similar product. I wear my blurry/pixelated underwear. Problem is that shit sticks out 3 foot minimum. If the car or truck doesn’t have an adjustable steering wheel and have seats that go way back its a pain the you know what to get in and drive wearing those babies. Compact and sports cars are right out. And thats with the “tighties”! I can’t even turn a corner walking a sidewalk with the boxer versions. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/97 "2012-12-15T20:40:11Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I voted publicity. Her name is in the papers. Her movie premiere got reported. Job well done. Post pudenda ergo propter pudenda? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/98 "2012-12-15T21:01:29Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > Well, it was good advertising for the movie, because I just went and looked at the picture, and now I’m less miserable. ::shoots Chef Troy.::: Not a jury in the world will convict me! 😃 ---
**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 15, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/99 "2012-12-15T22:02:42Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m not hearing any complaints about it. Wha? Someone thinks she should have worn skin colored foundation garments under her gajillion dollar designer dress to avoid the possibility of exposing herself. The OP, complete with a poll including attention whoring and possible sexual fetish as motives, is asking for an explanation of why women go without underwear. I know you’re not complaining, ya perv (:p), but clearly some think it’s kind of a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941/100 "2012-12-16T04:30:44Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I like wearing my kilt quite often. To avoid such problems I use a similar product. I wear my blurry/pixelated underwear. I hear you can buy those in Japan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-explain-this-going-commando-thing-to-me/643941.md?page=6)