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Old 03-27-2012, 10:48 AM
 
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Do you think this double standard holds true...

A 'hot' woman is one who is basically just of average proportions with at least decent sized breasts. By 'average' I don't mean average TODAY, but average as in how humans are SUPPOSED to be. I was thinking about this. Since the average 40 something year old woman is a bit overweight, and a lot of 20 somethings are in slightly better shape, a woman who just watches what she eats can be considered 'hot' just for being a woman. There's such an emphasis of youth equally beauty, that one has to work hard to maintain that youthful shape as they age, especially after childbirth.

Whereas a man has to have a sculpted body to be considered sexy. At least generally. All 'sexy' pics of men are generally just topless showing his muscles. While 'sexy' photos of women can depict slightly skinny to curvaceous women, usually with decent sized breasts, but even small breasts can be overlooked for other things, like having long limbs, which isn't controllable anyway.

I think slim men - not skinny (not attractive in either gender) with some tone can be just as attractive looking. I'm not gay so I can't speak from that angle, but from an aesthetic point of view while a sculpted male body is indeed a work of art, I think the ideal of male physical beauty is a bit narrower than that of a woman.

I've seen women who were said to have 'hot bodies' who just looked average to me. It's like, most men will take a fairly 'regular' looking girl who isn't overweight or anorexic, while there's this idea that a man has to work out to get girls.

In porn you often see chunky, muscly men with average sized women with big breasts.
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:05 AM
 
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Since you are not gay you don't get it just like how some women don't get it when a guy says a certain female is hot and she doesn't see it.

The "perfect" Adonis type build really does nothing for me as far as attraction. The only reaction it get out of me is the cerebral wow of thinking the level of dedication that person puts into looking like that.

I like the look that is just slim, lanky and cut.

ex:

Millionaires - Just Got Paid Lets Get Laid - Music Video - | Director: Robby Starbuck - YouTube

Stripper in the beginning looks awesome.(black dude)
hotness scale: a 9 because I can't really see his teeth or face.
attractive scale: a 0 as it doesn't get a reaction out of me personally

But I think the middle guy at 2:18 is hotter on the attractive scale.
Hotness scale: ? I am going to say a 6 because I am going by "the standard"
attractive scale: 10 to me as I love thin guys with tattoos that have muscle definition.
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:14 AM
 
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Since you are not gay you don't get it just like how some women don't get it when a guy says a certain female is hot and she doesn't see it.

The "perfect" Adonis type build really does nothing for me as far as attraction. The only reaction it get out of me is the cerebral wow of thinking the level of dedication that person puts into looking like that.

I like the look that is just slim, lanky and cut.

ex:

Millionaires - Just Got Paid Lets Get Laid - Music Video - | Director: Robby Starbuck - YouTube

Stripper in the beginning looks awesome.(black dude)
hotness scale: a 9 because I can't really see his teeth or face.
attractive scale: a 0 as it doesn't get a reaction out of me personally

But I think the middle guy at 2:18 is hotter on the attractive scale.
Hotness scale: ? I am going to say a 6 because I am going by "the standard"
attractive scale: 10 to me as I love thin guys with tattoos that have muscle definition.
Bwa-ha-ha)))
They all look ugly, the whole bunch of them, but women in particular, while they are trying to look so hot)))

PS. Oh, do I need to mention that music is horrid too???)))
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:29 AM
 
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A 'hot' woman is one who is basically just of average proportions with at least decent sized breasts. By 'average' I don't mean average TODAY, but average as in how humans are SUPPOSED to be.
You lost me here. "Hot" is not "average". I also think its ridiculous to try to separate women of "today" with how women are "supposed" to look like. When I see women like Scarlette Johanssen, Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Carmen Electra, Santana and Britney on Glee. I think that is how women are supposed to look. Not like Adele, Brooke Elliot on "Drop Dead Diva" or the fat chick on Glee.
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:32 AM
 
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You lost me here. "Hot" is not "average". I also think its ridiculous to try to separate women of "today" with how women are "supposed" to look like. When I see women like Scarlette Johanssen, Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Carmen Electra, Santana and Britney on Glee. I think that is how women are supposed to look. Not like Adele, Brooke Elliot on "Drop Dead Diva" or the fat chick on Glee.
That's why I said what humans, living a primitive lifestyle in their natural habitat on a natural diet, would look like. Basically our biological norm.
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:35 AM
 
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Bwa-ha-ha)))
They all look ugly, the whole bunch of them, but women in particular, while they are trying to look so hot)))

PS. Oh, do I need to mention that music is horrid too???)))
Who cares if a nice looking woman of an average body wants a man a little on the beefy or buffed up side. Some of us were big boned to start with. I started to get my shoulders when I was about twelve or thirteen. I have a physical job that keeps me in good shape, as well as going to the gym to pump iron on the side. NO!! I don't shave my chest, legs, arms or anything like that. BTW, that was a knock off of a classic "country guy" tune!

ZZ Top - Just Got Paid - YouTube
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:36 AM
 
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I disagree. Jeff Goldblum and Johnny Depp are examples of sexy men who aren't known for their sculpted bodies. A man can be sexy without having washboard abs. In fact, sometimes when a guy is so obviously into his body that he spends hours a day sculpting it, it's a turn-off to women. Self-absorbed people seem like they'd be lousy lovers ... the kind of guy who has a mirrors in his bedroom so he can watch himself perform. That's not sexy.

Sculpted is not automatically sexy. Sexy is not always sculpted.

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Old 03-27-2012, 11:39 AM
 
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I disagree. Jeff Goldblum and Johnny Depp are examples of sexy men who aren't known for their sculpted bodies. A man can be sexy without having washboard abs. In fact, sometimes when a guy is so obviously into his body that he spends hours a day sculpting it, it's a turn-off to women. Self-absorbed people seem like they'd be lousy lovers ... the kind of guy who has a mirrors in his bedroom so he can watch himself perform. That's not sexy.

Sculpted is not automatically sexy. Sexy is not always sculpted.
Jeff Goldblum isn't traditionally viewed as a sex symbol...

Johnny Depp is very handsome...

But how many times have you heard these men praised for their BODIES?

Whereas I've heard women with average bodies being called sexy. I guess because men are just more turned on by the female form in general, and women have been brainwashed to think of females as objectively the 'prettier' sex.
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:48 AM
 
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Jeff Goldblum isn't traditionally viewed as a sex symbol...
He's very common on women's lists of sexy men. And my husband loves Geena Davis so it's perfect (or was).

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Johnny Depp is very handsome...

But how many times have you heard these men praised for their BODIES?

Whereas I've heard women with average bodies being called sexy. I guess because men are just more turned on by the female form in general, and women have been brainwashed to think of females as objectively the 'prettier' sex.
I guess I don't understand what you're saying. Men and women are attracted by different things, so we have different criteria than you do. I do think the "butterface" is more common among the women that straight men find attractive, if that's what you mean. When women list what they are first attracted to, they usually mention eyes, mouth, smile, hands, face, etc., moreso than butt, thighs, pecs, etc. Men are more likely to mention legs, breasts, butt, or they say things like "I'm an ass man."

We view sexiness differently, that's all.
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:53 AM
 
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That's why I said what humans, living a primitive lifestyle in their natural habitat on a natural diet, would look like. Basically our biological norm.
I still say ridiculous. You are talking fantasyland. No one really knows what people would look like. They can only guess or make (usually false) assumptions based on artists renditioning in their paintings/sculptures.

You cant say if what you ask "holds true" for today, if the subjects are make believe/fantasyland people of someone's imagination of what they think/assume/guess people would look like in our natural "state" from like the 1500s or earlier.
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