# Face v. body in sexual partners **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748 "2010-06-19T03:15:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/21 "2010-06-20T01:28:30Z")
Body. Pure sexual attraction for me requires a healthy body. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/22 "2010-06-20T01:40:58Z")
Face. That’s the part I’m going to look at 90% of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Drew\_Kit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Drew\_Kit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drew_Kit)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/23 "2010-06-20T02:08:12Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Jesus invented that?! > > My turn. It depends on what kind of body we’re talking about here. > > Round 1) Scrawny guy with a handsome face vs Average face guy with an amazing body. > Winner: Guy with the handsome face. > > Round 2) Fat guy with a handsome face vs Ugly face guy with an amazing body. > Winner: Ugly guy > > Before I get into every possible variation there is, I’ll conclude by saying face is more important up until the point where the guy’s body is just plain bad. And by bad, I mean very short and/or fat. And by amazing you mean what? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/24 "2010-06-20T03:04:34Z")
Tall, toned, athletic. Defined arms and legs, but not gymratesque. In fact, you get too _Men’s Fitness_ looking, and it becomes a turn off. Ideally a guy’s body would be taller than mine when I’m wearing heels, with broad shoulders, medium-to-large build, and fit. One jillion bonus points for having hair on the arms and chest. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/25 "2010-06-20T03:25:01Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Face. That’s the part I’m going to look at 90% of the time. In my case, that would the the top of his head. 😉 In general I’d have to say body. I’ve been with guys who had ugly faces and hot bodies, and they’re always better in bed than guys with gorgeous faces and ugly bodies. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/26 "2010-06-20T15:56:52Z")
Now that I think of it, I’m more of a parts person. The face doesn’t have to be heavenly, but the eyes must. And I don’t really care too much about the body, but I like a nice ass on a man (nice tits on a woman). I guess if I had to pick one, I’d go with the face, but they’re, on the whole, pretty even. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/27 "2010-06-20T20:38:06Z")
Hetero male, 44 Body. My reasoning is that there is a very wide range of face-types that I find attractive, but a fairly narrow range of body types that I like. Since the OP specified “would you rather be having sex with”, I’ve got to go with body. As an example, immense breasts are a complete turnoff for me (I know, I’m apparently weird), and so no matter how attractive a woman’s face is to me, I’m just going to be completely put off if she has huge breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/28 "2010-06-20T21:14:49Z")
Face. Being attached to a beautiful face is part of what makes a beautiful body beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/29 "2010-06-21T01:46:49Z")
I’m not picky. Anything under 300 lbs is enough, I don’t care about the face, and exceptions to rule #1 can be made. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/30 "2010-06-21T01:47:14Z")
So the choices are: a) beautiful face (where the body is also acceptable) b) beautiful body (where the face is also acceptable) My answer is yes. Seriously though, where’s the downside to either option? The mitigating factors here are intelligence and personality. I’d probably have to go with a) the face. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/31 "2010-06-21T13:24:32Z")
Face. I love a good body, but an ugly mug is just too hard to ignore. I had a previous relationship with a less-than-average face, and it’s really hard to be intimate, good body or not. 34 year old male. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/32 "2010-06-21T13:41:40Z")
Face. You see it far more often. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748/33 "2010-06-21T14:25:42Z")
For a purely casual sexual relationship–body. For something more–face. Though I will say that there are many cases where a face can be sort of homely in an attractive way. There was a guy I had a FWB relationship with for nearly a year all told who had one of those types of faces. If I had wanted a more serious relationship, his face would have been perfectly acceptable but not without that amazing body. > [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > A gorgeous face on an acceptable body… what more can a man ask for from a personality container? A personality container! I love it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-v-body-in-sexual-partners/543748.md?page=1)