Why does seeing a vagina make me feel weird even though I’m a straight male?

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I’m not trying to hate on women’s features or anything, but I’m just not attracted to it at all. Seeing it up close and wide open makes me feel weird, almost like I’m looking at something gory.

Comments

  1. downwitbrown Avatar

    lol I’m the same way about any private part. I think I like the mystery as opposed to the exposed thing.

  2. Kellycatkitten Avatar

    Cultural conditioning. Porn and movies tell you that genitals are hot, sexy, attractive. No, they’re just tools designed to deliver sperm to an egg, they’re not made to be aesthetically pleasing in any way. Genitals have wrinkles, they smell and they’re only made more unfamiliar to us due to how they’ve become taboo to us to show making us more vulnerable and sensitive to their oddities.

    You’re not alone, I’m bisexual and don’t like looking at either genitals outside of sex.

  3. Zenai10 Avatar

    Cause they look weird. They are not that attractive imo, it’s what they represent that I like. Also the inside. Like have you seen dicks? They are horrifying

  4. kebskebs Avatar

    They are like Predator’s face when his mask is removed.

  5. Technical-Ad-2246 Avatar

    I get it, as a straight man. I feel like it’s something you’re not really meant to see, except in certain situations.

  6. CalliopePenelope Avatar

    Yeah, be sure to tell this to any woman you want to get in bed. That’ll go really well for you.

  7. Like_other_girls Avatar

    I understand you. As a straight woman, I love handsome men with broad shoulders and veiny hands, but feel icky about males’ genitalia. Once I said to my boyfriend that I will still love him if he doesn’t have a p at all

  8. Fluffydress Avatar

    When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back.

  9. AnglerJared Avatar

    You’ve gotten used to mouths, I presume. Vulvas aren’t any more gory than that.

    Maybe it’s just a question of how much acclimatization you went through in your formative years. I guess this kind of reverse fetishization isn’t harmful (I’m assuming you are attracted to women in spite of your aversion to their vaginas.), but if you hold up a magnifying glass to any part of the body, it can be gross if you aren’t accepting the fact that you’re a member of a biological species with its own anatomy.

  10. Bubwheat Avatar

    No doubt about it, I’m a straight male! I love the way they look, taste and smell!

  11. nogardleirie Avatar

    Seeing naked genitalia except when I am actually sleeping with someone feels kind of medical to me. Possibly because I grew up in a medical family so have read medical textbooks

  12. lycos94 Avatar

    just for science, how do you feel when looking at a penis

  13. UnresolvedInsecurity Avatar

    Sex and digust circuits are overlapping.

    Think how in extreme kinks (golden showers and beyond).

    For them, they overlap positively.

    For you hygiene and neatness overlap with sexuality.

    But in a nutshell, enjoy how it feels, don’t stare at how it looks.

  14. Bolandball Avatar

    If you don’t mind my asking, how old are you? In my experience as I grew older I began to appreciate the sight of them more and more. They really are amazingly beautiful, after all.

  15. ihaveayellowbear Avatar

    This one is for your therapist

  16. -maffu- Avatar

    To me, genitals are generally plain ugly, male or female.

    It’s what you do with them that is desirable, not how they look.

  17. StalkingApache Avatar

    Idk. It makes my mouth water like a dog staring at its meal before it gets fed. 🤤

  18. aquafawn27 Avatar

    To be honest, I think you just should look at more vulvas. I used to feel weird looking at genitals too but then I just saw more and got used to them. The grossness wears off with repeated exposure.

  19. PghSubie Avatar

    It’s generally difficult to see a vagina anyway. You’d need a flashlight, a speculum and a very patient/tolerant partner. It’s not surprising to think they look weird. It’s just a dark canal of muscle