# Is this picture sexy to you and if so.... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446 "2020-04-09T17:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/61 "2020-04-11T20:28:48Z")
Creepy, not sexy. Like something out of [A Clockwork Orange](https://www.google.com/search?q=clockwork+orange+photos&sxsrf=ALeKk03geqcvjQpP0d5VQpiMgNXTEtZ1jg:1586636808464&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=6_yMLmiQEjccdM%253A%252Co_c9QLbEuzSSRM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQFcxP2kv1JkrULLQE3hFY2sdr6pg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjunezamuHoAhXUPn0KHeWCDPEQ9QEwB3oECAoQKg#imgrc=6_yMLmiQEjccdM:). But I’ve rarely judged someone as sexy by a photo alone. Attractive, perhaps, but sexy involves a lot more than looks. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/62 "2020-04-13T17:49:11Z")
The pic works for me, but maybe not as intended. She looks like a predator masquerading as a bimbo, which takes an extraordinary amount of brainpower to pull off–and I find that level of brainpower highly attractive. In fact, the pic could almost be (a much MUCH younger) Lou Reed in drag. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/63 "2020-04-13T19:23:24Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > In fact, the pic could almost be (a much MUCH younger) Lou Reed in drag. Put this in “once you see it, you can never unsee it”. Well at least the OP’s got his next thread: “Is Lou Reed in drag sexy to you?”. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/64 "2020-04-13T20:36:46Z")
I like it. There’s a hint of a smile on her lips that I find appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/65 "2020-04-13T21:09:06Z")
The pose is stereotypically “come hither”; I don’t find this particular example appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/66 "2020-04-13T23:19:16Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > The pose is stereotypically “come hither”; I don’t find this particular example appealing. A stereotypically “come hither” look is face up, eyes down. Not face down, eyes up. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/67 "2020-04-14T10:16:12Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > No, she looks like an alien. Well, she did come from Planet Claire… ---
**Author:** ![wahsahzii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@wahsahzii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wahsahzii)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/68 "2020-04-14T12:41:44Z")
YIKES!!! Run away, run away! Perhaps I am prejudiced by a previous just out of high school experience with an older woman. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/69 "2020-04-14T12:45:20Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Well, she did come from Planet Claire… I KNEW it! ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/70 "2020-04-15T03:44:57Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I greyscaled the pic, cropped out the hair, and softened it a touch. [Does it help anyone?](https://imgur.com/ylH9o3I) Oh God that’s terrifying! > [@CookingWithGas](#): > > No. It’s like satire of a sexy picture. The hair is overdone, the eyes are overly made up, the eyes fall in shadow of the hair, the head is tilted so far that the eyes are straining to look up. And she looks like she’s about to become unhinged. This picture says to me, “C’mon over here, honey. I’m going to bite your dick off.” > > I think that’s what they were going for. I think you’re right. It probably wasn’t intended to be sexy in the ordinary way, but a beautiful woman looking slightly odd and scary. Not every photo has to be straightforwardly sexy. Really Not All That Bright - it reminds me a lot of the alien babe in Mars Attacks. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/71 "2020-04-15T11:25:36Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > No. It’s like satire of a sexy picture. Uncanny Valley is what came to mind. ---
**Author:** ![PlentyFairy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PlentyFairy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlentyFairy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/72 "2020-04-16T15:37:23Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Not one bit, but maybe that’s just me. I don’t like her hair or her eye makeup. Other than that, I think she’d be considered “attractive,” but I don’t see anything particularly “sexy” about this woman or this photo. Yeah,’ I agree with you. Her hair doesn’t fit her and eyes are not sexy too because of the makeup. ---
**Author:** ![PlentyFairy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PlentyFairy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlentyFairy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/73 "2020-04-16T15:48:07Z")
Her makeup doesn’t suit her and the hair. She could have posed in a sexy manner for her to look more attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/74 "2020-04-16T15:53:55Z")
> [@PlentyFairy](#): > > Her hair doesn’t fit her and eyes are not sexy too because of the makeup. Yeah, but…it isn’t her hair, nor is it really intended to look like her hair :). When the B-52s were just starting out Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson would style and re-style their own hair into those, well, [B-52s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_(hairstyle)). But apparently doing so was not only time-consuming as hell, but was pretty damn damaging to their actual hair. So it was wigs from there on out and they weren’t necessarily [designed to look natural, just visually striking](https://i2.wp.com/bandcampdaily.wpcomstaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/b-52s_600-5.jpg?resize=600%2C504&ssl=1). Live [Rock Lobster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QSYx4wVQg), because why not. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446/75 "2020-04-16T22:18:32Z")
She’s got slutty eyes. I like slutty eyes. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-sexy-to-you-and-if-so/851446.md?page=3)