# Grace Jones..Did people find her sexy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127 "2014-04-27T19:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/1 "2014-04-27T19:10:34Z")
For some reason she came to mind recently and I actually forgot her name so I looked up the Conan movies. I didn’t realize she was in only one of them either. I kinda recall alot of guys thinking of her as sexy in the 80’s. I was only 11 years old when Conan the Destroyer came out but I never got the attraction she had. Maybe i’m wrong but for a few years wasn’t she like a household name? After looking her up in Wikipedia, I saw that she was a main character in a James Bond film too. I do not get this attraction she had. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/2 "2014-04-27T19:15:28Z")
Confidence is always sexy and her characters exuded confidence. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/3 "2014-04-27T19:15:50Z")
I thought she was hot. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/4 "2014-04-27T19:22:57Z")
Yes, in a very scary way. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/5 "2014-04-27T19:25:21Z")
Another vote for: Sure, she could kill me, but I’d take that chance. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/6 "2014-04-27T19:33:56Z")
I always liked her music more than her acting, but she’s definitely got something about her. [Pull Up To The Bumper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1IphRx1pk&feature=kp) is full of splendid euphemisms. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/7 "2014-04-27T19:34:15Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Confidence is always sexy and her characters exuded confidence. Absolutely. And like others have pointed out, there are many men who’d say: _“Powerful amazon bitch? That’s hot. I’ll take my chance, what a way to go.”_ Also, her look was “exotic” and a lot of people find that sexy – she definitely did not follow the “Barbie doll dipped in chocolate” standard that mainstream media used to define an attractive black woman. Grace Jones looked like Grace Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/8 "2014-04-27T19:38:08Z")
Back then I was rather scared of her, but "Slave to the rhythm"and her version of “La vie en rose” are still two of my favourite songs ever. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/9 "2014-04-27T19:39:10Z")
Never thought she was sexy. She’s too manly, and I don’t find men sexy. But even judging her as manly, I don’t think she’s good looking. I can see the attractiveness in a George Clooney or Denzel Washington or Brad Pitt-- I can even see their sexiness, even if I’m personally not attracted to them. I just don’t see the attractiveness in Grace Jones. She’s odd looking, imo, not sexy. If someone wants to link to a picture they find her especially sexy in, I’m willing to change my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/10 "2014-04-27T19:39:22Z")
Nope. Had to double check, though, to see whether my opinion had changed in the past 30 years. Just not into guys, which is what she looked like to me. (NTTAWWT.) ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/11 "2014-04-27T20:04:00Z")
Her music is awesome. She appeals to people who are into the androgynous aesthetic, which is why she was well-suited for the 70s and 80s. [Queens of Disco-Grace Jones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEQzu1TDB_A) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/12 "2014-04-27T20:15:08Z")
I’m a straight female and always though she was [sexy as hell](http://nutriot.com/files/2010/07/grace_jones-twelve_inch_fever.jpg). I a very unconventional, androgynous way. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/13 "2014-04-27T20:23:02Z")
No, she’s not attractive. The media’s attempt to portray her as such was essentially just another middle-finger to what it (wrongly) sees as arbitrarily constructed social norms. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/14 "2014-04-27T20:45:06Z")
I never thought she was. I didn’t care for her style. But, as the saying goes… different strokes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/15 "2014-04-27T21:12:22Z")
Strangely alluring, like an ur-Bjork. ---
**Author:** ![Echo\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Echo\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Echo_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/16 "2014-04-27T21:17:38Z")
I saw her perform live last summer. Still sexy. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/17 "2014-04-27T21:21:35Z")
How many people saw her perform? I can’t imagine that being sold out. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/18 "2014-04-27T21:25:21Z")
Never thought she was even remotely attractive, in any way. Feel the same about her “acting” and her music. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/19 "2014-04-27T21:26:03Z")
> [@chicagowhitesox1173](#): > > How many people saw her perform? I can’t imagine that being sold out. I Googled “Grace Jones sold out concerts” and there were quite a few returns, including recent dates (within the last 5 or 6 years). She was and is popular. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/20 "2014-04-27T21:52:57Z")
Depends on the picture for me. She had a rather chiseled face for a woman. I think some of her more severe 80s eye-eyebrow-hair stylings didn’t always look good with her nose. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127.md?page=2)