# Great body/okay face or okay body/great face- which do you prefer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155 "2005-07-19T16:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/1 "2005-07-19T16:36:57Z")
This is a continuation of the morning’s water cooler conversation in my workplace. Which do you find sexier: -a [gender of your choice] who has a beautiful/handsome (whichever term is appropriate) face [everything clicks- eyes, hair, smile, etc.] but only an “eh” body (not gelatinous but also not anything that would stop traffic) or -somebody whose face isn’t homely necessarily but has nothing really distinctive, but has a body that would stop a train (however that’s defined to you, whether it’s super buff or some tone with a great shape)? For males, Hugh Grant would seem to fall in the first category: he has a beautiful face, but his body is usually just kinda… functional (sometimes skinny, sometimes pudgy, rarely toned) while Vin Diesel (to me, strictly subjective) has a homely face but a wonderful bod. Personally, I’ll go with Hugh. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/2 "2005-07-19T16:41:12Z")
As a friend was fond of saying, it’s not the face you fuck, it’s the fuck you face. I’m going with the body. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/3 "2005-07-19T16:42:12Z")
I’d take beautiful face with so-so body. Although I think Vin Diesel has a rather attractive visage as well. Or maybe I imagine that simply because I like bald men. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/4 "2005-07-19T16:42:35Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > -a [gender of your choice] who has a beautiful/handsome (whichever term is appropriate) face [everything clicks- eyes, hair, smile, etc.] but only an “eh” body (not gelatinous but also not anything that would stop traffic) This one, definitely. (FWIW, I’m a heterosexual male.) ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/5 "2005-07-19T16:43:41Z")
The face is more important by far. If I like the face, then I find the body attractive too. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/6 "2005-07-19T16:43:56Z")
No body has ever floored me. Beautiful faces have. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/7 "2005-07-19T16:45:48Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > No body has ever floored me. You’re obviously not meeting enough sumo wrestlers. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/8 "2005-07-19T16:48:05Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > it’s not the face you fuck, it’s the fuck you face. You’ve no idea how I wish I’d heard that quote when they were prompting me for a quote for my High School Yearbook. It would have made a wonderful refressing filler between the Bible verses and the “You can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy” quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/9 "2005-07-19T16:48:31Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > it’s not the face you fuck, it’s the fuck you face. You’ve no idea how I wish I’d heard that quote when they were prompting me for a quote for my High School Yearbook. It would have made a wonderful refreshing filler between the Bible verses and the “You can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy” quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Severiane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@Severiane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severiane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/10 "2005-07-19T16:52:30Z")
Beautiful face and so-so body for me too. (I cannot understand the girls saying “He has such a pretty little ass”… I just don’t look at guys’ asses…) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/11 "2005-07-19T17:05:02Z")
Here are a couple pages of (mostly) male answers from last March: Seaworthy’s [Men: do you prefer a good body or a pretty face?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242323) ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/12 "2005-07-19T17:11:06Z")
I vote for good face. The body can (for better or worse) change. And eyes are so much more interesting than ass cheeks. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/13 "2005-07-19T17:12:13Z")
Body ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/14 "2005-07-19T17:13:05Z")
face, for the same reason as the previous poster. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/15 "2005-07-19T17:22:06Z")
I’d go with the face one and cheat with the body one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/16 "2005-07-19T17:36:12Z")
Great face/okay body = perfect combination for me. (heterosexual female) ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/17 "2005-07-19T18:25:52Z")
I prefer an okay body, and an okay face, with a beautiful personality. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/18 "2005-07-19T18:26:14Z")
Straight male checking in: Give me the great face, okay body combo. I’m more into a gorgeous smile and beautiful eyes (even better if they’re behind a pair of glasses) than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/19 "2005-07-19T18:59:14Z")
Having thought back to all my encounters in the past, it seems that I have no preferance. I have been with good face/knockout body, and great face/ok body, ok face/ok body, and even a great face/killer body. Obviously, the last one is the best of both worlds, but as to do I prefer a face or body, I couldn’t say…thoguh I’m leaning towards body, I think. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155/20 "2005-07-19T19:00:21Z")
After much reflection, I’d say great body/Ok face. While I don’t think I’ve ever seen a face so stunning that it changed my mind about an unattractive body (what will change my mind is a great personality which makes every part cuter), I have seen bodies so gorgeously muscled and perfect that the face didn’t matter. (straight female, if’n yer counting) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-body-okay-face-or-okay-body-great-face-which-do-you-prefer/313155.md?page=2)