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Journal bethanie's Journal: FK Photo Contest Sidebar: What Sexy Is 43

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Just a little note before I start. I realize I may have something of a reputation here on /. as, well, shall we say... libidinous? But in real life, I really don't go around checking guys out constantly and mentally rating them on a "doability" scale. For one thing, I'm kept pretty busy coralling Kiddo when we're out. And for another, there isn't a preponderance of hotties out here in the sticks, if you know what I mean. (See the list below and make your own conclusions.)

So now that FK finally has the pix up for the Photo Contest #2, I was really surprised to see how many /. folks I really think exude sex appeal. It made me start thinking about what it really is that I find sexy.

I've come up with a short list, and you can bet your sweet bippy that I'm about to share it with you.
  1. Intelligence. Yes, the brain is the largest, most sensitive sexual organ in the body. (Sure, some may brag otherwise -- but those are *not* the people I'm going to find sexy, are they?)

    So, anyway. Smart guys are a *major* turn-on. And I know it's a stereotype, especially with the availability of contacts out there, but for me, guys who wear glasses are pretty immediately perceived as intelligent. There are certainly exceptions to this rule, and really geeky glasses (see #31 for an example of geeky glasses) are more of a turnoff. But I have some statistics to back up this assumption -- do you realize that close to 40% of the entrants were wearing glasses? Assuming (BIG assumption, I know) that these guys are smarter than your average bear, then that goes to support my assumption. Smart guys wear glasses. Smart guys are sexy. Ergo, Guys who wear glasses are sexy. Next point.
  2. Good grooming. I'm also a sucker for good grooming. I just haven't ever been attracted to scruffy-lookin' guys. So short hair is a big plus. And facial hair can really emphasize good grooming, as well. So the guys with beards and goats -- y'all get an extra look from me, just by virtue of whiskers. Mmm... whiiiiiiskers.

    Also falling under this category is smell. Is somebody working on some scratch & sniff code? It sure would be nice to have here. I'm sure there's a market for it in the porn industry, as well. I *love* a sexy-smelling guy. Cologne or aftershave, sometimes. But also just *him* (no, not B.O.). Hard to explain. But it's good. Very very good.
  3. Sense of humor. So funny guys are going to get more points than guys who come off as intimidating. Not to say that the smoldering attitude isn't sexy. But you gotta be able to NOT take yourself so seriously for a while.

And that's it. The short list. Of course, there are other elements, but rather than generalize, they're best taken on a case-by-case basis.

So here's my question: what is sexy to you? Yeah, sure, there are body parts. But if that's all there were, then why would you ever bother with the living, breathing model? I'm talking both physical and personal traits. What attracts you most, what turns you on (in any & every way)?

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  • Yes, the brain is the largest, most sensitive sexual organ in the body.
    I was having a brain operation once, & a nurse started stroking my brain. Trust me, it's very over rated. ;^) Just kidding. I do think that intelligence is important.

    Regarding smell, I'd say that that is half the picture. I usually sniff the air when people walk by; especially good looking women. Some of them smell so attractive.
    • Well then there are the ones that you ca smell for 5 minutes after they walk by. Cheap or expensive . . . it doesn't matter. Too much is too much!

      jason
      • Well then there are the ones that you ca smell for 5 minutes after they walk by. Cheap or expensive . . . it doesn't matter. Too much is too much!
        What?

        I think that we're talking on a different wave length. I'm just saying that I like the smell of women, because it paints half the picture for me.

        As for too much being too much, well, I can agree to that. I'm sure that we disagree on how much is too much, but still.
        • I get your point. May be I'm just annoyed a bit more than the usual person by overly perfumed / cologned people.

          Could be because I use cologn in very small quantities and am not used to smelling a lot of anything (except food. . . lots of food smell is good).

          Of course this is comming from the guy that wants to have a cologn that smells like Pesto.

          Mmmmmmmmmmmmm pesto...

          jason
          • I use cologn in very small quantities
            How do you ensure that you use only small quantities? I try to be considerate of those around me, but I haven't the foggiest idea of what to do, other than not use any smells @ all.
            • No idea. Since I work in a software development environment there tend to be very few people that are "fancy" or "trendy" or "stylish." So pretty much as far as I can tell, only the two woman in our team wear anything that smells good.

              The rest of us guys (and I am the only single one) don't seem to bother with it. Heck, I keep a stick of deoderant in my backpack because I usually forget to put it on before I leave for work.

              I usually don't remember to put any one for church or going out so I guess I am

  • 1: Smart
    2: Warped Sense of Humor
    3: Great Smile

    That's what constitutes sexy to me... I gave up on my 'no beards' rule as I started dating El Husband (who I guess was El Boyfriend at that time). I hate the whole stubble thing, but once it grows out, it's nice. (He usually keeps a goatee, but sometimes gets lazy and grows it into a full beard.) He looks 12 without it.

    Smart -- I've got to have someone to bounce my ideas off of. Someone who understands the words that are coming out of my mouth. Creative goes w
    • Nice list. I guess that yeah, I should have qualified the sense of humor as "warped." But see, I'm so warped I don't even think of it as warped anymore. :-)

      Warped as in giving your 2-year-old a squirt gun and telling her to go squirt Daddy and say, "It was you, Fredo! It was you!"

      Warped as in having a *very* lengthy and detailed discussion about how we'll develop the "compound" and what kinds of weapons, ammo, and other provisions we'll stock.

      Seriously talking about genital electrodes as a method of d
  • First, before I answer your questions, make sure you don't make a "Final" list of who's hot or not on the contest until I stop accepting pics.

    What is hot to me? Here is my 'premarriage' list.
    Obviously, they can't be dumb as a brick. Have a couple friends that married those types and, well, how can you carry on a conversation? So you gotta have some brains.
    Physical attraction is a must. No, you don't have to be gorgeous, just gorgeous to me.
    Multifacetted personality. She can be proper in formal occ
    • Oh, don't worry FK. Who is hot will continue to fluctuate depending upon a variety of factors. No sale is EVER final. :-)

      ....Bethanie....
  • I'm brad pitt.

    Thought I'd share.

    But I am keeping my hands to myself. Well, and my woman.
  • I didn't make your list of hot guys.

    I think I'm gonna go eat a worm now.
    :-(
    • Honey, sexy is as sexy does. Being hot is not about what you look like. Did I say anything about looks (other than grooming) in the list above?

      If you didn't make the list, it may have been because that wasn't the greatest picture. And if I was correct in my guess of which pic was yours, the reason is that your face is too much in shadow, so there was not enough data to evaulate the hotness.

      So there. No worms for you. You can leave those to me. :-)

      ....Bethanie....
  • I hereby release the following term to my fellow slashdotters under the GPL:

    Numbiasmus.

    noom-bee-AZ-muss

    That's what sexy is. Numbiasmus is a quality, while often strongly associated with things like good looks, brains, youth, etc., that does operate independently of these traditional features of the sexy.

    Numbiasmus is about a time-warp forward-motion fantasy that seeing someone causes, in which you are almost instantly transported to a fantasy of physical intimacy with the person which then, sadly, just
  • (Ignoring the need for someone who can converse with me, shares interests, and goals)

    The most important aspect for me is the face; primarily the eyes and the smile. Those can make or break an otherwise "attractive" person. People whose faces are too thin or too chubby is a problem too. With an attractive face, most any women can be attractive, regardless of body type (Though I do tend to like curvier bodys - not really into the whole skin and bones thing...)
  • Smart guys wear glasses.
    Actually, some of us have 20/20 vison, but I usually have a pair of sunglasses (perched on my head when inside) does that count?

    Is somebody working on some scratch & sniff code? ... I'm sure there's a market for it in the porn industry,
    Eewwww... Count me out. But I think they do have a "smell printer" in the works. The largest market was going to be online fragrance sales.

    Hard to explain. But it's good. Very very good.
    I understand, some women smell great with out perf

    • There was a girl I dated in highschool. I used to lay my head on her shoulder and kiss her neck. I can still remember how she smelled.

      There's a place there, on the back side of the neck, that smells like... The essence of home, I guess. Hard to describe, but easy to recognize. At least, it does on my wife. :-) No perfume or anything, just her.
  • I think there's some duplication, but here goes:
    • Smart - We have to be able to talk.
    • Sense of humor - helps to be slightly warped or offbeat.
    • Smile - should be a good "whole face" smile, as (I think) SW said well.
    • Creative/Unpredictable - I like being surprised, and I like the creative mind.
    • Self-confident - big turn-on for me.
    • Kind - Bitchy is OK at times, but there has to be some fundamental regard for humanity.
    • Ability to enjoy life - regardless of the state of your life, what you have, what's
  • Some things I find sexy in a woman:
    • intelligence
    • sense of humor, especially dry and with a twist
    • mischievous smile
    • affection -- I like to cuddle.
    • singing -- I had a girlfriend once who sang to me in bed, and it was a big turn-on.
    • looks -- of course; I'm only human. My physical likes are all over the board, though, from Callista Flockhart to Michaela Pereira, at least with their clothes on. With their clothes off, well, I'll let you know. ;-)
    • mojo -- I've run across women who were just inherently sexy for
    • You hit on one that I didn't list, primarily because it's not an initial attraction factor, but it is *essential* to continued relations. That is affection/cuddling. I am a *very* physical person, and I crave a lot of touching. I was raised in a very touchy-feely family, and I know that I need a lot of it. During the times that I've been away from home & people close to me (as an exchange student & going away to college), one of the strongest withdrawals I've felt is that of human touch.

      So yeah. I
  • Well, first and foremost, she has to be warm-blooded and not have her organs in unexpected places. But I digress.

    Things I find attractive:

    • Intelligence (to have a good conversation...)
    • Wisdom and maturity
    • Puckish [reference.com] in looks and personality (short hair, elfin face)
    • Glasses (if they're nice ones) -- yeah, I like the more nerdy type, but not too nerdy
    • Polymath [reference.com] (like myself, I hope)
    • Open-mindedness
    • Strong personality (to stand up to me, but also not to dominate me)
    • Artistic ability (painting, sculpture, mus
  • sexy to me. I'll break out of my victorian facade and share.

    Intelligence. Yes, really. and arcane knowledge. (hence, my slashdot addiction... computers are STILL arcane knowledge, just a modern version.) random trivia doesn't impress me. Knowing lots about your chosen field, well... *sigh* Needless to say, i like it when people talk shop... *blush*

    Creativity. And not just the art-for-strangers kind. People who are marching to their own drummer are the sort that i like, and the more fiormly in step they

    • Mmmm... Sean Connery. Honey, you just named one of my all-time favorites. Yum. Jackie Chan is very nice, but he's not really allowed to be portrayed as "sexy" in the movies he makes, so it's hard for me to think of him that way.

      Sigourney Weaver, frankly, is a little intimidating. Susan Sarandon was hot hot hot in Bull Durham, but then I started hearing about her politics and kinda got off the bandwagon. As far as women go, Janeane Garofalo pretty much melts my butter.

      George Clooney, to me, is terribly a
      • George Clooney I can easily understand, but I've never seen what women find attractive about Clinton. The first time I saw him, I thought he looked like a goofy used car salesman, sort of the Arkansas version of Herb Tarleck.

        Kevin Smith would be fun to know (though not biblically for me), but I'd want to be in a well ventilated area; he smokes like a chimney. I saw him on Dinner for Five on IFC with Ben Affleck and others, and it was one of the best episodes I've seen.

        Janeane Garofalo turns me on, too

    • Sean connery leaps to mind, as i love scottish accents and he's got that sort of quality that i was talking about. But then, so does Jackie Chan. And so does Sigourney Weaver, and Susan Sarandon. And i had a terrible crush on Lori Petty for awhile..

      Sean Connery is evil. It's not right for a man in his 60s to have more sex appeal than any 10 mortal men in their prime. I'm straight, and I'd almost do him.

      I would not mind being Sigourney's keymaster. She must have mojo; I don't think she's great looking

  • (In no particular order...)
    • Nice smile: I'm a sucker for a girl with a cute smile. Dimples can really push me over the edge there! ;-)
    • Intelligence: She has to be able to hold a conversation. I have been out with girls who are drop-dead gorgeous, but dumb as dogshit, and that really killed any spark that might have been there. She doesn't have to be in the super-genius class, but reasonably well-educated at the very least.
    • Sense of humour: I have a somewhat warped sense of humour. Monty Python, BlackAd
  • The things that are important to me...

    Intelligence: If I can't have a good conversation with someone, especially some of my more interesting ideas, then it would never, ever work. A pretty face with nobody home just couldn't go it.

    Playfulness: I'm a playful person, with the ability to be quite goofy at times. I need someone that can appreciate and join in with me. A ticklefest on the couch that ends up with both of us on the floor and cushions scattered around is one of the great joys of life.

    Kindn
  • Sure, you can only figure the first two out on the first pass through, but honestly tends to radiate from within. If a person doesn't have enough good things to say about themselves on a first hello without embellishing, it makes you wonder what there really is to them, you know?

    Physically? I love hands. Artistic hands with long graceful fingers that can stroke a guitar as if it were a delicate piece of porcelain and still bring tears to your eyes with the music they can call from the instrument. Hands th

  • I wonder if it is me or what, but there are some wonderful qualities.

    Smell, without perfume. My wife has this smell Mmmmmmm.

    Smart. I have known a few women who are as smart as me, but really DUMB when it comes to people skills. Intellegence is one thing, well rounded with people skills is another.

    Politics. Nothing worse that a Smart Socialist. They are all pretentious, better than everyone else.

    Sexy. Doesn't mean a "10" either. There have been a few girls I have know that weren't close to 10 who were ju

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