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Women who consider themselves 100% straight: Would you rather have sex with a very physically unattractive man or a very physically attractive woman?

185 replies

Alwaysthelastone · 13/05/2026 22:22

…personality aside (say, they are both equally nice and respectful people). Just interested to hear people’s responses after a colleague asked me this earlier. Her theory is I can’t be 100% straight cos I picked the woman. I think it’s bollocks. I’d enjoy neither but the man would gross me out way more

OP posts:
mumofoneAloneandwell · 14/05/2026 17:49

A woman

FulsomSparrow · 14/05/2026 17:52

The man. Every time. Even if he stinks.

I just couldn't look at or do 'anything' to another woman sexually.

Assuming this is some crazy hostage cult situation where I don't have the option to just say no thanks for some reason.

Lizziespring · 14/05/2026 17:58

Does the very attractive woman get a say in whether she has sex with an unenthusiastic straight woman? Why on earth would she want to?

WomenCantBeBulliedOutOfResistance · 14/05/2026 18:04

EmailsaysOOO · 14/05/2026 17:48

A few years ago, back when the site Yahoo Answers had a weird category of questions for " Gender Studies" there were several posters - which were widely believed to be accounts all created by the same person, and he / they continually asked this sort of thing.

It's as if the aim is to prove that women who say they are straight are in fact, at heart physically attracted to other women. Which clearly isn't consistent with the meaning of heterosexuality. I hope Op you haven't migrated here to Mumsnet from that site.

It is going to drive us all up the wall if you start a concerted campaign to try and propagate your weird notions.

Edited

I have a theory that men have colonised female sexuality to the extent that some of them can't imagine a women not being attracted to other women (because they are, and because so much media sexually objectifies women to the male gaze). Lesbians have the same problem, as many men can't conceive of a sexuality that doesn't centre them. They believe/fantasize that every woman MUST be just a little bit bisexual. Sexuality is a spectrum but some people forget (especially when it comes to women) that completely straight/completely gay exists on either end of the spectrum.

Bristolandlazy · 14/05/2026 18:06

Neither

Ariana12 · 14/05/2026 18:08

BruceAndNosh · 13/05/2026 22:27

With those alternatives, I'd just have sex on my own

Yup!

AgnesMcDoo · 14/05/2026 18:09

Neither.

Bucolic · 14/05/2026 18:10

I could not go near a woman’s nethers, nor have her anywhere near mine. The thought makes me shudder.

purplecorkheart · 14/05/2026 18:12

The man depending as long as he was clean and I clicked with him personality wise. One of my exs would not be considered good looking but he was one of the nicest people I ever met.

Man not clean then abstain.

Judevalentine · 14/05/2026 18:14

WheretheFishesareFrightening · 13/05/2026 23:31

You’ve never seen a woman you think is pretty or beautiful? I’m definitely straight (would absolutely pick the man) but have seen plenty women in my life who I can appreciate as attractive (as a synonym as pretty and beautiful).

I’ve also seen dogs, duvet covers, cars and desserts that I could describe as physically attractive. Not sexually so, but that are pleasant to look at and made me want to look at them (thereby attracting my gaze, so attractive).

I could think of a woman as attractive. Even get pleasure out of looking at a beautiful woman. But I STILL wouldn’t want to have sex with her. There’s nothing about a woman’s body that turns me on.

CarrotParsnipOnion · 14/05/2026 18:15

I can appreciate an attractive women but dont think I could actually have sex , too weird for me.

I think Id go with an unnatractive man if he was a nice person and didnt have any hygiene issues.

Bunnyofhope · 14/05/2026 18:16

Man. I have never in my life met a woman I have wanted to have sex with and in fact the thought of it is absolutely traumatic.

MyKindHiker · 14/05/2026 18:18

DustyMaiden · 13/05/2026 22:44

There isn’t any such thing as a physically attractive female from my perspective as I’m not attracted to females.

My thoughts also!

I think on the Kinsey scale I'd consider myself very straight (not a hater of anyone else! Just to me I have zero physical attraction to women).

I'd have to go with the ugly chap.

EmailsaysOOO · 14/05/2026 18:18

WomenCantBeBulliedOutOfResistance · 14/05/2026 18:04

I have a theory that men have colonised female sexuality to the extent that some of them can't imagine a women not being attracted to other women (because they are, and because so much media sexually objectifies women to the male gaze). Lesbians have the same problem, as many men can't conceive of a sexuality that doesn't centre them. They believe/fantasize that every woman MUST be just a little bit bisexual. Sexuality is a spectrum but some people forget (especially when it comes to women) that completely straight/completely gay exists on either end of the spectrum.

@WomenCantBeBulliedOutOfResistance thanks very much, yes lots of great points. I'm sure the Op at heart really does think all women have a level of lesbianism to their sexuality even when a woman vehemently refutes the idea. What he ( it's probably a man), is hoping to see is lots of posts which will confirm this bias. Happened nealy every day on Yahoo Answers and often multiple times each day.

It quickly gets tiresome.

I'd like to have the premium membership where you get to see if this is a freshly made account purely to start bombarding us with these continual cruddy questions. Maybe someone else can look this up and let us know?

MyKindHiker · 14/05/2026 18:19

Bunnyofhope · 14/05/2026 18:16

Man. I have never in my life met a woman I have wanted to have sex with and in fact the thought of it is absolutely traumatic.

Also me! I love women don't get me wrong. But the idea of being with a woman physically would be absolutely no.

MyKindHiker · 14/05/2026 18:21

Alwaysthelastone · 14/05/2026 09:47

The follow-up question was if you went to prison for the rest of your life would you get yourself a girlfriend? (This colleague is always asking ridiculous but often very entertaining “would you rather” questions - gets us through the day lol)
I’d probably aim to get the biggest, toughest woman in there to be my girlfriend so I’d have protection

If I needed protection I'd just make best friends with some tough ladies. And get tough myself.

No girlfriend. Be totally fine being single forever.

CarrotParsnipOnion · 14/05/2026 18:22

Ive posted above but also Im too embarrased to say this in real life, but I actually dont know what sex with a woman actually entails. Im old though with obviously not a lot of life experience! (Although had lots of male shagging encounters pre marriage)

Thunderdcc · 14/05/2026 18:23

Physically unattractive isn't the same as unclean, stinky etc. If they're just a bit ugly turn the lights off 😂

MyKindHiker · 14/05/2026 18:26

CarrotParsnipOnion · 14/05/2026 18:22

Ive posted above but also Im too embarrased to say this in real life, but I actually dont know what sex with a woman actually entails. Im old though with obviously not a lot of life experience! (Although had lots of male shagging encounters pre marriage)

Touching, licking, 69s, scissoring. I'm told by those in the know it's all utterly wonderful, though sadly not for me as I'm straight even though life would be way easier if I didn't have to live with a man, boo.

Moii · 14/05/2026 18:33

Neither

WheretheFishesareFrightening · 14/05/2026 18:38

Judevalentine · 14/05/2026 18:14

I could think of a woman as attractive. Even get pleasure out of looking at a beautiful woman. But I STILL wouldn’t want to have sex with her. There’s nothing about a woman’s body that turns me on.

Agreed - but PP said there is no such thing as a physically attractive woman to her. I find many things physically attractive without finding them sexually attractive, was my point.

Teddybear23 · 14/05/2026 18:51

Neither ☹️

Safarisagoody · 14/05/2026 18:55

man, if I had to do one of them, I’d shut my eyes though. For the woman, I couldn’t get turned on or bring myself to , well, Get intimate, I can appreciate female attractiveness, but I couldn’t ger involved in rhe mechanics of it.

Isntiticonic · 14/05/2026 19:03

swingingbytheseat · 13/05/2026 22:32

Woman, even if the man was good looking !

And do you consider yourself 100% straight? As per OP

mydogisthebest · 14/05/2026 19:09

Man. I don't have a problem with lesbions but, for me, the thought of sex with a woman is totally totally unappealling