Ladies: Which male physique do you prefer?

I guess I’d go with 4, but I can see Electric Warrior’s point on 7. I am having a hard time separating pure looks from what those looks mean about the person.

But pretty much any except the body builders types 12 and 13 is fine. No hair is a preference of mine.

I really can’t choose without the heads. 6 or 7, purely based on a hint of what their style seems to be. Honestly, clinical obesity or anorexia aside, body type just isn’t an issue. I can look at a pic and think, ‘Yuck, that guy looks like he takes steroids,’ or ‘Huh, that guy looks like he models for jean ads c. 1992,’ but I’d never wank to a torso.

I’m not sure, but I think a lot of you 7 girls are being fooled by the lightning. He might be rather thin.

I actually cannot convince myself fully that 6 and 7 is not the same guy, wearing the same piece of jewelry.

I like 9 for pool scrubbing but my realistic one is 4.

I’m generally against this popularity of skinny people of either gender. A girl should have curves, especially not a too small butt. And a guy should have some bulk. Just being skinny isn’t enough.

My vote is 8 and 15.

Okay, we need a matching thread for the guys!

Umm hetero guys…

My post was, of course, very eloquent and persuasive. :stuck_out_tongue:

7 & 4

13 is both disgusting and profoundly disturbing, the same way a rack thin fashion model is disgusting and disturbing.

I like 4’s body type, just a little better than mine so I don’t have too many self-esteem issues :wink:

If for lusting after, 9 or 10, but I can’t see cuddling with for the rest of my life.

Also, WHERE IS THE FUR?! :wink:

I think he might be too, so I debated on adding him to 8 & 9.

7 or 4. At the opposite end of what I least prefer, 12 and 13 would be the examples of wha I would least prefer. Gah.

I’d make out with 4 and 7, but I’d go home with 6. What can I say, I like tall & lanky guys.

If the majority of women find body builders revolting, who are they trying to impress?

I don’t think they do the body building because they are out to impress women. I think they enjoy the challenge and crafting their bodies that way. It’s a hobby or a sport for them and not a means to get laid. It’s something they do for themselves and not for women.

Frankly, they’re all too skinny for me.

I like my men thick-set. Tall is good, but I’m not a fan of lanky or skinny.

The last two are fairly horrifying, though.

4 for cuddling, 7 for lusting.

I think current bodybuilding has become ridiculously over-the-top. The guys now are totally disproportionate, having placed sheer muscle mass as the number one priority at the expense of everything else. I can’t really fault guys like Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman (the two bodybuilders pictured in that link, who seem to universally inspire revulsion here, and among non-bodybuilders generally) - they are trapped in a bodybuilding “arms race” where the only way to win the money prizes and endorsements is to make your muscles as inhumanly huge as possible. Really I blame the Weider brothers and the IFBB judges, who have allowed this ridiculous “mass monster” phenomenon to go unchecked.

The bodybuilders of the “Golden Age” - the 1970s, if you watched Pumping Iron - are much more aesthetically appealing. Physiques like those of 70s-era Arnold, Frank Zane, Serge Nubret, and my personal favorite, the underrated Ken Waller would have much more appeal among the mainstream. When not in contest shape - i.e. after months of “cutting” and reducing bodyfat - these guys would have simply looked more or less like scaled-up versions of a normal, ideal, in-shape male body, instead of these grotesque guys who are competing now.

I would have to say 1 for lusting after and 0 for cuddling. If you are not a bit squishy I have no room for you in my bed.

1 for both. Not too fat, not too thin, not too muscley, just right.

All guys who are reading this and feeling very pleased whenever someone chooses a photo that they think looks like them, raise their hand. :wink:

This is like compliments by proxy.