# Guys: Amy Farrah Fowler - sexy or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788 "2015-01-02T18:31:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/41 "2015-01-03T10:57:52Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > On the other hand, she’s homely. On what planet?!? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/42 "2015-01-03T12:16:02Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > One of the most excruciatingly stupid tropes is that we’re all so utterly blind that we don’t notice that a woman is beautiful because she is wearing glasses, has a bad hairstyle, isn’t wearing makeup, etc.: > > [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeautifulAllAlong](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeautifulAllAlong) or maybe just looking at her from the wrong angle… [https://gfycat.com/ExaltedInconsequentialGrackle](https://gfycat.com/ExaltedInconsequentialGrackle) ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/43 "2015-01-03T16:54:17Z")
The character? Not remotely. But it has nothing to do with her looks. She’s an emotionally needy, socially awkward person who has little sense of her own self value. What’s sexy about that? ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/44 "2015-01-03T17:26:51Z")
Is she wearing that [schoolgirl outfit](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r23kudhslWk/U1z_rtItfBI/AAAAAAAAOqk/blYR6JfQ-II/s1600/thebigbangtheory2.jpg)? Will she bring Penny along for a threesome? ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/45 "2015-01-03T20:12:20Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > Not a chance but then again I’ve never understood people who say personality is attractive. \*\*My best female friend, non wife category, looks like she got hit in the face with a shovel \*\*while I love spending days with her there is no reason I’d take her to bed. Holy cow, that’s the nastiest, most shallow thing I’ve seen anyone post in a long time, and I read here every day. Your best friend deserves much better. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/46 "2015-01-03T21:42:47Z")
He didn’t say best friend, he said best _female_ friend. She could be, like, twentieth in line or something. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/47 "2015-01-03T21:52:06Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Not attractive to me on any level. > > Short haired Penny is probably the most attractive to me. She’s a sarcastic smartass too, which I find endearing. After thinking about this for a while, I have come to the conclusion that she might be attractive on an invisible level. That is, if she was invisible and I was invisible, one of us might then be attractive. But you know what? I strongly doubt that she gives shit. After all, she has millions of dollars in her bank account. So, why would she care what any of us think? ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerald\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerald_II)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/48 "2015-01-03T21:52:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I liked Dr. Stephanie Barnett, sad that her arc was so short. I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/49 "2015-01-03T22:26:38Z")
(I’m on a thread about if as woman is sexy or not, so my comments will be much shallower tan what I really am) The character is not sexy, not even remotely. She isn’t physically attactive in any level and is obnoxiously insecure and let’s herself be pushed over by her boyfriend on a level very close to abuse (although that got less over the seasons). I love intelligent women, heck I’m married to an M.D, but intelligent stupid women are anatema. Mayim Bialik is prettier tan Amy, but in no picture than I’m aware of can she be categorised as sexy. Pretty? Sure, but her nose is too distracting to get her to sexyville. Penny is amazingly sexy (as is Kaley Cuoco). Bernardette is sexy and Melissa Rauch even more. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/50 "2015-01-03T22:42:47Z")
She is undeniably homely in her role. As plain, vanilla, bland as it comes. That’s the point of her character… Also, the most attractive female by far on BBT was Raj’s sister, who was pretty stunning in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/51 "2015-01-03T22:54:05Z")
Really, all Amy has to do is [lose the glasses and change her hairstyle.](http://41.media.tumblr.com/20e2d387acf7b29458fe14559d8cbd54/tumblr_n1tq16fFbb1rd2ot9o3_400.jpg) [Or not, sometimes.](http://api.ning.com/files/2wVKpDSlminTSCmATvexU4TZeMxGwzHLROYtYOuaOHIKpqqHVE0LyMsQDUBAlJ2wRuRx0kzxVcI2NWA4PWOnX42K-AUXoAUw/TBBTPlayingDoctor02b.bmp?width=737&height=462) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/52 "2015-01-03T23:07:53Z")
Not at all. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/53 "2015-01-03T23:34:00Z")
Not in the least. Bernadette, on the other hand… ---
**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:** [January 4, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/54 "2015-01-04T00:23:28Z")
Bialik has said that since her child actor (or should I say ‘actress’ days) she knew she had the face of a character actor. So, she may not be conventionally naturally beautiful (as in wake up in the morning and just drag a come through your hair beautiful) but there are LOTS of ingenue type of actresses out there who in paparazzi photos where they’re not wearing makeup and just on a grocery run, look pretty unattractive. And there’s a lot of photographic evidence out there that with the right makeup and hair style, Bialik is not unattractive at all. Bialik tends to dress modestly as part of her religious practices and some might call this style ‘unflattering’. I’ve read somewhere that as Amy, the wardrobe people add some body padding to her wardrobe to make her appear plainer. I think Bialik might be the best actor in the cast of TBBT. I think she’s really convincing when Amy “shifts gears”, as in that scene where she offers a cage for the not-a-blue bird that invaded Sheldon’s apt. It the cage for one of her monkeys… “… the monkey slipped on a banana peel and broke his neck. It was tragic… and hysterical!” ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/55 "2015-01-04T00:32:50Z")
Yeah, No. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/56 "2015-01-04T00:43:32Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I think Bialik might be the best actor in the cast of TBBT. Whenever she gets upset with Sheldon, it’s very believable and realistic. There’s a subtlety to it that invites empathy with her situation. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/57 "2015-01-04T01:06:03Z")
Not sexy and certainly not pretty/attractive. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/58 "2015-01-04T01:35:58Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > Not sexy and certainly not pretty/attractive. sexist garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/59 "2015-01-04T02:12:38Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > sexist garbage. Why is is sexist to find a given woman unsexy? As I wrote upthread, I find Amy-the-character beautiful but not sexy (possibly because she trips my big brother instincts), while Bernadette is both sexy and beautiful (she’s got a great face and is just the right shade of bitchy) while Penny is neither (I don’t like her face and her boobs are too big). Am I sexist for holding these opinions? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788/60 "2015-01-04T18:50:44Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Bernadette is both sexy and beautiful (she’s got a great face and is just the right shade of bitchy) while Penny is neither (I don’t like her face and her boobs are too big). Penny has bigger boobs than Bernie? :eek: I don’t think so. Anyway, this is a problem??? 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-amy-farrah-fowler-sexy-or-not/708788.md?page=4)