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03 September 2008

Do women play with their breasts? I don't mean this question to be crass in the least.

It's just something I've always wondered. Do ladies sometimes like to sit around in their underwear and play with their breasts? I'm not talking masturbation. I'm talking about absentmindedly juggling them or something similar→[More:]

I know that men sometimes play with their genitalia when they are bored or thinking, and was wondering if women had an equivalent behavior.
post by: reenum at: 15:24 | 40 comments
Women also play with their genitalia when they are bored or thinking.
Other times, too.
posted by Ardiril 03 September | 15:26
Yes indeed, some of them do, especially when some of them prefer that area for touching by others.
posted by Melismata 03 September | 15:28
If I woke up one day with boobs, I know I would.
posted by jonmc 03 September | 15:46
Paging Specklet to this thread!
posted by pieisexactlythree 03 September | 15:48
They're not really hand-height, is the thing. Even if one is not playing with one's genitalia, one might often rest one's hands in one's lap. I guess if you crossed your arms, your hands would be there, but that's not really a "mindless fidgeting" sort of position, because it's hard to move either hands or breasts.
posted by occhiblu 03 September | 15:56
Maybe if your elbow is on the table. I was a big toucher as a teen and they were "coming in". Hunched over a book on the table is a perfect position.
posted by lysdexic 03 September | 16:02
Sure. Not while I'm standing in line at the bank or anything, but if I'm lying on my back watching TV.

Women also play with their genitalia when they are bored or thinking.

Yeah, but unlike men we've sorta gotta be naked to do it. So that limits the opportunity. Naked thinking was my specialty in college, but it freaked out my roommate.
posted by muddgirl 03 September | 16:04
Yeah, but unlike men we've sorta gotta be naked to do it.

Well, you can play pocket-pool with your pants on, but to get down to serious self-pleasuring we dudes gotta detrouser as well.
posted by jonmc 03 September | 16:19
They're not really hand-height

If men had breasts, evolution would have dictated long ago that we have t-rex length arms. Or better yet, a pair of normal length arms and a set of t-rex arms, engineered specifically for fondling.


Yeah, but unlike men we've sorta gotta be naked to do it.

I could be wrong, but methinks you might not be trying hard enough.
posted by Hellbient 03 September | 16:25
If men had breasts, evolution would have dictated long ago that we have t-rex length arms.

We have butts, but we don't go around fondling our own much.

(this is all related to my oft repeated Universal Ass Theory, that the buttocks are the one erogenous zone that all genders and sexualities can ogle and enjoy equally. the ass shall save us!)
posted by jonmc 03 September | 16:28
Nope. I usually tend to try and ignore them as much as possible. (Then again, I dislike sex in the sense that it's nice, but not something I seek out on a regular basis.)
posted by sperose 03 September | 16:30
Men gotta take their pants off to scratch their balls? That's news to me, and apparantly it's news to the construction worker across the street from my office window.
posted by muddgirl 03 September | 16:31
Men gotta take their pants off to scratch their balls?

Scatching your balls is what you do for itches, not for fun.
posted by jonmc 03 September | 16:34
Yeah, jon, that's my point. From the OP:I'm not talking masturbation. I'm talking about absentmindedly juggling them or something similar.

In my experience, men can and will jiggle the junk absentmindedly, with their pants on. For women, this isn't really feasible.
posted by muddgirl 03 September | 16:41
Paging Specklet to this thread! Hee hee!

Yep, all the time. Jiggling, tweaking, cupping... These are all things I do absent-mindedly when by myself. In public, no (aside from my almost constant urge to flash my friends), but when I'm layin' around the house? Heck yeah.
posted by Specklet 03 September | 16:48
Some breasts are insistent on attention, appropriate timing be damned.

i blame nipples.
posted by ethylene 03 September | 17:31
Some breasts are insistent on attention, appropriate timing be damned.

How did Robin Williams put it? "A nice breeze hits them and Shazam! Turkey's done!"
posted by jonmc 03 September | 17:41
Not what i meant but i'm not going to bother explaining myself with you perving about.
posted by ethylene 03 September | 17:51
I mostly just carry things with mine.
posted by Pips 03 September | 18:09
and apparantly it's news to the construction worker across the street from my office window.

You almost owed me a new keyboard, muddgirl. I have amazing self-control.

posted by lysdexic 03 September | 19:02
Scratching your balls is what you do for itches, not for fun.

Speak for yourself, sir! Scratching your ass, now, is a different story.
posted by Ardiril 03 September | 19:12
Specklet speaks the truth.
posted by jessamyn 03 September | 19:12
(aside from my almost constant urge to flash my friends),

*explodes*
posted by jonmc 03 September | 19:34
I mostly just carry things with mine.

You have prehensile boobs? That's very ....weird unnerving interesting...
posted by Zack_Replica 03 September | 21:12
You have prehensile boobs?


That mere thought is just too, too, um, *head asplodes*

/perving about

oh who the fuck an I kidding?
posted by danf 03 September | 21:54
Breathe, fellas.

gives a whole new meaning to play, doesn't it?
posted by lysdexic 03 September | 22:20
Well, I wouldn't say I can swing from trees or anything, but I can carry a banana hands free.
posted by Pips 03 September | 22:21
I do not absentmindedly play with my boobs, no.
posted by rhapsodie 03 September | 23:39
Sorry, I couldn't focus after reading the words breasts and playing used together in the same sentence, let alone in connection to each other.

I wish I had someone's breasts to feel right now...

"every body needs a bosom for a pillow
every body needs a bosom
every body needs a bosom for a pillow
every body needs a bosom"

Yeah!!!
posted by hadjiboy 03 September | 23:59
PS. do women ever feel like they didn't have breasts, because of the kind of attention they garner. I know it's hard, but breasts are such a womanly feature, it's difficult not to notice them.

:(
posted by hadjiboy 04 September | 00:02
"Scratching" is such an inaccurate term for scrotal or penile itch removal. It's more of a pinch-and-roll between the fingers, to be most effective. At least, that's my preferred method.
posted by middleclasstool 04 September | 09:53
Sometimes, as Specklet and jessamyn - cupping occasionally. The only time (maybe three times ever) I've wished I didn't have them was playing pool and running without a sports bra, sometimes they get in the way - like the Amazons, cutting one off to have room for their bows.

Otherwise they're lovely.
posted by goo 04 September | 10:18
Male friends have told me that they "rearrange" their parts because something is bending or pinching or whatever the wrong way, and becomes painful after a while. Is that true, or was it just an excuse to fondle?
posted by Melismata 04 September | 10:22
If you've ever seen anyone playing 'pocket pinball', Melismata, like my 10th grade English teacher was wont, you'd know it's often just an excuse to fondle.
posted by goo 04 September | 10:30
I have a flasher cousin - everyone who meets her has seen her boobs, because they're magnificent, even after a reduction. They are truly a wonder to behold.
posted by goo 04 September | 11:13
Is that true, or was it just an excuse to fondle?

There are certainly occasions when it needs to be adjusted for comfort and that's all that's happening. This only takes a second though, so if there is any lingering going on, then it's just an excuse.

I do the classic Al Bundy belt-loose-hand-down-the-pants-while-watching-tv thing sometimes. Nothing sexual, just holding it ... like a security blanket.
posted by danostuporstar 04 September | 12:33
... like a security blanket.

I imagine it more like I'm giving them a little snuggle. No sex tonight, just cuddle time.
posted by middleclasstool 04 September | 13:44
... if there is any lingering going on, then it's just an excuse.
Yup. Also, at the urinal, more than three shakes is a wank.
posted by dg 04 September | 15:43
"Scratching" is such an inaccurate term for scrotal or penile itch removal. It's more of a pinch-and-roll between the fingers, to be most effective. At least, that's my preferred method.

Pinch and Roll!
posted by ufez 04 September | 16:35
Also, at the urinal, more than three shakes is a wank

Depends on the state of your prostate. ymmv.
posted by DarkForest 04 September | 18:37
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