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6 Things Men Get Wrong About Boobs

What to do, and what never to do - by Lauren Larson
  • 22 Feb 2019
6 Things Men Get Wrong About Boobs
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Great news for men who like boobs: Research suggests that during sex, women want you to touch their boobs about as much as you want to touch them. A 2006 study (let’s get some new boob research going, scientific community!) in the Journal of Sexual Medicine (which sounds like something a porn doctor would be reading when his next patient arrives, complaining of “being too hot”) found that for 81.5 percent of women surveyed, breast and nipple stimulation caused or enhanced sexual arousal.

In the introduction author Roy Levin, sexy PhD, notes that the study is the first of its kind, and that until 2006 everything we knew about nipple and breast stimulation came from “opinion-based comment.” By this I assume Levin meant women shouting “More! More!” during sex. Only 7.2 percent of women surveyed said that breast stimulation decreased their arousal.

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The problem is that nobody really tells men what to do with boobs. I always think of Jon Hamm in Bridesmaids, convinced he’s working sexy sorcery on Kristen Wiig while he rubs her boob like it’s a magic orb. Here’s what to do instead:

Leave her bra on for a second.

Bras are really expensive, and to find a bra that works (which is to say, one that makes our breasts look shapely and one to four sizes larger than they actually are) we have to try on about 900 of them. Women go through all this because good bras make us feel sexy and confident, and the more sexy and confident we feel, the better the sex is going to be for all parties involved. We want you to appreciate each bra—and how our boobs look in it—for at least a couple seconds before you tear it off and throw it on the floor.

Compliment them.

Once you’re naked with a woman, you want her to feel confident about how her boobs look when they’re bouncing around up there. The boob compliment is a refined art. Some women are really self-conscious about the size of their boobs, so instead of calling them “huge,” if they’re big (or “cute,” if they’re small) stay vague: Tell her that her boobs are “hot,” “perfect,” or “amazing.”

Be gentle.

Even when you’re fumbling around blindly up there, it feels pretty nice as long as you’re being gentle. Another study from the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that touching someone’s nipples “activates their genital sensory cortex,” which is the same part of the brain that is activated by touching their clitoris. Some women can even have orgasms from nipple-touching alone. Just don’t pinch them or grab a woman’s nipples unless she asks you to. While nipples aren’t clitoris-level sensitive, they’re sensitive enough that when something you’re doing hurts, it really hurts.

Use your mouth, but sparingly.

As a former infant myself, I suppose I understand why one might want to suck on a nipple. But as a boob-haver I can tell you that there’s a very fine line between feeling aroused and feeling like I’ve stumbled into some mother roleplay (“autonepiophilia”). For me that line is crossed as soon as a man starts “sucking on,” versus “licking,” my nipples. The first time a man did the former to me I thought, “Awww, he’s latching,” and it was over. Likewise, you don’t want to keep your mouth on someone’s nips for too long. A couple seconds of nipple-licking is hot, but when you’re coming up on a minute it starts to get maternal.

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Literally playing with boobs is funny, but it’s not sexy.

I definitely understand the urge to motorboat. If I could motorboat myself, I would. I would do it all the time. It looks so fun. Motorboating falls into a different, non-sexual class of boob-touching. As with honka-honkas, boob bongos, and the like, motorboating is really funny when you’re not about to have sex. If gentle touches and light licking activate the genital sensory cortex, motorboating… does the opposite of that.

When in doubt, call them “boobs.”

While it can be endearing when a man has his own term for breasts, during sex you should refer to them as “boobs.” Every word for breasts is gross (“breasts,” especially) but “boobs” is the least gross. I won't call your penis "Little Buddy" if you don't call my boobs "knockers."

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