# Would you call a bethonged buttocks a naked buttocks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027 "2013-09-30T19:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/1 "2013-09-30T19:42:53Z")
Clearly the crotch of a thong wearer is not a naked crotch, but the ass of a thong wearer? What say you? I say it’s a naked ass. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/2 "2013-09-30T19:48:50Z")
A string up the crack does not un-naked make. That said, I don’t know that a V of material too narrow to use as a blindfold or bandage counts either. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/3 "2013-09-30T19:59:36Z")
If it’s like most thongs, buried by the butt cheeks and not visible to the observer, then yes that butt is naked. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/4 "2013-09-30T20:07:40Z")
“_a_ buttocks”? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/5 "2013-09-30T21:27:36Z")
I agree that bethonged buttocks are naked. But the OP confused the issue by referring to the ass. An ass is more than just a pair of buttocks. It is the whole unit which includes the buttocks along with the crack and the anus. So an ass can be covered by a thong (at least key portions of it anyway) even when the buttocks are naked. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/6 "2013-09-30T21:33:07Z")
Ya can’t cover an acre of ground with an eight foot by eight foot tarp. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/7 "2013-09-30T21:33:26Z")
Is a person wearing just a thong naked? No, their not. There butt may be bare, but they aren’t naked, in my opinion! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/8 "2013-09-30T21:53:17Z")
A bethonged butt is not a naked butt, IMHO. But I agree it’s a very thin line. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/9 "2013-09-30T22:08:59Z")
Wait, are we talking about men or women?? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/10 "2013-09-30T22:11:33Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Wait, are we talking about men or women?? Why the floop would it matter? Does a man’s thong and women’s thong cover a different amount of butt? In my experience (and admittedly I don’t have much with women’s thongs), it’s just a string up the buttcrack either way. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/11 "2013-09-30T22:16:54Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Is a person wearing just a thong naked? > > No, their not. > > There butt may be bare, but they aren’t naked, in my opinion! That’s my view; they are bare, but not naked. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/12 "2013-09-30T22:25:32Z")
I would say the buttocks are exposed, not naked. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/13 "2013-09-30T22:28:14Z")
Planning on doing a bit of [buttock-swatting](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703349)? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/14 "2013-09-30T22:36:00Z")
They have to pixelate thonged buttocks on TV, so they’re naked. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/15 "2013-09-30T23:15:19Z")
T’aint naked if the taint is covered. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/16 "2013-09-30T23:41:06Z")
**Little Nemo** has the right of it. The buttocks are naked, but the ass as a whole is not. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/17 "2013-09-30T23:58:29Z")
So are they “bare-ass” or not? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/18 "2013-10-01T01:46:17Z")
My, what a good, thought-provoking question. I may need to spend some time studying the situation. “Honey, will you put on a thong & nothing else. No, I’m not being a horndog, it’s for research purposes.” (Gawd, I _love_ the Dope!) 😉 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/19 "2013-10-01T02:38:47Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > My, what a good, thought-provoking question. I may need to spend some time studying the situation. > > “Honey, will you put on a thong & nothing else. No, I’m not being a horndog, it’s for research purposes.” (Gawd, I _love_ the Dope!) 😉 I thought surely there’d be a relevant Slug Signorino illustration somewhere, but I wasn’t sure what to search on. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-a-bethonged-buttocks-a-naked-buttocks/670027/20 "2013-10-01T03:08:57Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Little Nemo** has the right of it. The buttocks are naked, but the ass as a whole is not. What you did there? I saw it.