# Do You Find Androgynous Women Sexy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835 "2004-02-06T13:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/1 "2004-02-06T13:37:10Z")
I do! Women like Jamie Lee Curtis I find extremely sexy…also that vulcan chickon “STAR TREK”. I wonder why they are attractive…,maybe the short hair/high cheekbones? Anybody know who the actress is who plays that extrmely attractive Vulcan on STAR TREK? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/2 "2004-02-06T13:53:04Z")
What in the world is androgynous about Jamie Lee Curtis? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/3 "2004-02-06T13:55:08Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I do! Women like Jamie Lee Curtis I find extremely sexy…also that vulcan chickon “STAR TREK”. I wonder why they are attractive…,maybe the short hair/high cheekbones? I don’t think either of those women are androgynous. I am, however, turned off by women that appear boylike, or a woman where you actually have to think about whether someone is a woman or a man. It takes a lot more than short hair, high cheekbones and no makeup for me to think that a woman looks like a man. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/4 "2004-02-06T14:07:26Z")
I’d regard an “androgynous” looking woman as having, at a minimum, narrow hips and small breasts. Jolene Blalock does _not_ qualify. (No comment on whether the “look” is attractive, or not … attraction is too much of an individual thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/5 "2004-02-06T15:50:07Z")
I like androgynous men. Does that count? (yet often with facial hair. It’s rather odd). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/6 "2004-02-06T16:16:03Z")
[Androgynous](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=androgynous) > [@](#): > > an·drog·y·nous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-drj-ns) > adj. > Biology. Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic. > Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior. I gotta say that if you can’t tell Jamie Lee is a _distinguishably_ feminine, you aren’t looking. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/7 "2004-02-06T16:27:12Z")
Paris Hilton has narrow hips and small breasts. I don’t think she qualifies as androgynous. But there are women who I get an androgynous “vibe” from who I think are attractive, and it’s usually _because_ of it rather than _in spite_ of it. Something about the contradiction is intriguing, I guess. Isn’t there something in the Kama Sutra about women being able to accent their femininity by taking on masculine characteristics? Examples of hot androgynously-vibed women: Hillary Swank, Angelina Jolie, Jodie Foster. Examples of androgynously-vibed women who don’t do it for me: Lori Petty, Martina Navratilova. ---
**Author:** ![Shepherdless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Shepherdless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shepherdless)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/8 "2004-02-06T21:21:28Z")
I think Jaimie Lee Curtis is somewhat androgynous. If you take away the makeup and the breasts, that’s a boy. There’s a rumour that she was born a [hermaphrodite](http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/jamie.htm). Here’s another candidate: [Paige Davis](http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/tradingspaces/bio/paige/photos_season2.html) , host of “Trading Spaces”. Check out those shoulders! She’s also annoyingly cheerful. Personally, I find androgynous women less attractive. I like curves and soft features. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/9 "2004-02-07T04:04:51Z")
I drool over “boyish” looking women! Short hair, strong jaws, high cheekbones, swanlike necks, small butts turn me on like a light switch. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/10 "2004-02-07T19:09:37Z")
Hell, yeah. “Boyish,” that is-- not mannish. Hypersexualized types of both genders look ridiculous to me. Androgynes appear more balanced, natural, and attractive. I think that for some obscure reason, on some level I expect androgynous-looking people to be more intelligent than people at either end of the scale, and with females, that translates directly into “boinkable.” Example:[ul][_][Sexy](http://home.uchicago.edu/~smh/girlies/funny/bjork.jpg)[_][Silly](http://www.donnedive.com/images/2003/npr/14.jpg)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/11 "2004-02-07T20:57:56Z")
The first thing that popped into my head upon entering this thread: (sung to ‘These are a few of my favorite things’) \*Leather clad women with haircuts like boys… These are a few of my favorite toys!\* (Alas, I cannot find the rest of the poem.) ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/12 "2004-02-07T21:50:51Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > Examples of hot androgynously-vibed women: Hillary Swank, Angelina Jolie, Jodie Foster. You consider Angelina Jolie to be “androgynously-vibed”? 😕 I think the full lips and decent-sized chest disqualify her, personally. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/13 "2004-02-08T04:21:33Z")
Annie Lennox is androgynous, and (IMHO) very sexy. I consider myself androgynous. I have short hair, wear a combination of men’s/women’s clothing, and my body shape is boyish. And I know I look sexy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/14 "2004-02-08T04:29:03Z")
[Yeah. Jolene is androgynous](http://www.iupload.net/082003/AD514-Jolene_Blalock.jpg) (warning\* - large picture, scantily clad) [sub]\*Like such a thing should be somehow _feared_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/15 "2004-02-08T04:30:49Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > [Yeah. Jolene is androgynous](http://www.iupload.net/082003/AD514-Jolene_Blalock.jpg) > > (warning\* - large picture, scantily clad) > > [sub]\*Like such a thing should be somehow _feared_[/sub] Bugger! [Here is an alternative link](http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=233064&highlight=Jolene+lalock) ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/16 "2004-02-08T04:43:08Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Bugger! > > [Here is an alternative link](http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=233064&highlight=Jolene+lalock) She’s androgynous? That’s the most colossal piece of bullshit that I’ve ever heard! She’s hot! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/17 "2004-02-08T04:49:41Z")
> [@hebesphenomegacorona](#): > > She’s androgynous? That’s the most colossal piece of bullshit that I’ve ever heard! > > She’s hot! I realize you’re calling bulshit on the OP, but just in case you weren’t - I was being sarcastic. I sure don’t watch enterprise for the stories! ---
**Author:** ![Shepherdless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Shepherdless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shepherdless)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/18 "2004-02-08T05:53:21Z")
I was just thinking that most supermodels would probably qualify as androgynous. They’re all unusually tall, and have small breasts and narrow hips. Reminds me of a theory a friend of mine once explained to me. He believed that the fashion industry was aimed primarily at women and gay men, thus the super-tall and thin models are chosen because they please these two groups rather than actual men; i.e. they have boyish features. In surveys, such as [this one](http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1355/18_98/66157060/p1/article.jhtml) , most men say they prefer a full figure. However, in a [study](http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/20/1040174353721.html) that looked exclusively at Playboy models, scientists concluded (without polling men, mind you) that men’s taste in women is shifting toward the skinny and androgynous. Interesting theory. I know that I definately like curves and a full figure. The women mentioned in this thread are surely beautiful, I just wouldn’t feel any romantic attraction to them. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/19 "2004-02-08T12:31:55Z")
I’m convinced that Clay Aiken from American Idol is a woman posing as a man. Just thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835/20 "2004-02-08T18:09:19Z")
There’s something extra-hot about a beautiful woman who likes “guy” stuff. Let’s take two identical hotties–call them Mary-Kate and Ashley–and one of them (let’s say Mary-Kate) collects little glass unicorns, has fifty pairs of dress shoes, watches a lot of Meg Ryan movies, and her favorite musician is Norah Jones. The other one (Ashley, say) has a dirt bike, a membership at the local firing range, can quote from any James Bond movie (but hates the Roger Moore ones), and did a stint as a dancing girl for the Brian Setzer Orchestra. Mary-Kate, you’re a lovely girl, but Ashley’s the one for me. And if that’s androgyny, it’s my kind of androgyny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-androgynous-women-sexy/227835.md?page=2)