# (Perhaps Surprising) Things That Make a Girl Sexy To You **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074 "2001-10-02T23:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/81 "2001-10-05T16:03:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey, Hippie did it ever occur to you that you might be a lesbian trapped in a man’s body? Isn’t every man? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/82 "2001-10-05T17:53:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\*That’s awesome that somebody likes that in a woman. I had a potty mouth even before I went into the Navy, and then 7 years there didn’t help. I love visiting NYC because people there seem to say “Fuck” a lot, and that’s one of my favorite words to say. I just like the way it sounds: short, explosive, expressive. Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck. \*\* Count me in! I love a woman who can cuss up a storm! That totally turns my crank! One of my best friends is a woman with an amazing combination of pure class coupled with the ability to curse like nobody’s business. Scott Adams (of _Dilbert_ fame) has said that every successful businesswoman he ever met could “curse like a wounded pirate.” I told my friend that and she loved it, especially since she’s a businesswoman herself. Another fairly unusual thing I find attractive on a woman is very short hair. Ooh, bay-bee… ---
**Author:** ![Thrasybulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Thrasybulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrasybulus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/83 "2001-10-05T18:21:31Z")
Ok. I have seen a bunch of my favorites posted already (glasses, woman wearing a dress shirt, willingness to swear) but there is one I have not yet seen . . . **middle age**. A very inexact way of describing it but let me try to elaborate: I don’t know exactly what it is but ever since high school I have had a thing for women in the 35 to 55 age range. The college sorority girl can be cute, but the word “sexy” is reserved for women who wear time well. The attraction hasn’t diminished with time either. I still find my self staring (probably too long) at women in public places who are 40ish. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/84 "2001-10-05T18:27:24Z")
How could I have forgotten? I find **thin lips** very sexy on a woman. There’s one woman in another division who’s been in a working group with me the past few years. If I’m talking to her and not looking her in the eye, are my eyes wandering to her breasts? Nope, not half that far: I’m looking at her lovely slender lips, as they shape the words she’s saying. I never understood this business of women getting injections to make their lips fuller. Nothing wrong with full lips, but to me, going out of your way to get them would make about as much sense as a redhead dying her hair brown. Mmmmm, redheads…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/85 "2001-10-05T20:08:19Z")
[Girls who wear glasses](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=48675) This is a great thread for all those glasses admirers out there. Myself included. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/86 "2001-10-05T20:36:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Corrvin \* > \*\*_whew_ good to hear that some guys aren’t picky…I’m 6’ tall and my last encounter was a short but torrid affair with a 5’3" co-worker. (Wowza! Rrrrff! Reeeow! :::pant pant pant::🙂 > > I love shorter men. And it’s a good thing, since I’m taller than the male average…unfortunately, it’s a bad thing, because some of them just don’t feel comfortable dating someone taller than them. > > I wear flats for no man…but I can be convinced to equalize the heights in other ways. \ > > Corr \*\* That’s awfully nice of you but doesn’t carrying that little stool around get tiresome? d&r and staying in hiding for _quite_ some time ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de053/32.png) [@Umbriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/87 "2001-10-05T20:37:32Z")
Okay, I haven’t seen anything similar to this anywhere in this thread, so I’m feeling even odder than I did when I came in. A prominent chin. Particularly when combined with a sharply angled jawline. I haven’t made a real clinical study of this, and would be hard-pressed to pick out celebrity examples without a picture in front of me, but when thinking over various women I’ve known or seen in passing whom I found particularly attractive, I’ve noticed that the above chin/jawline is a common factor. It seems especially weird to me, not only because it’s not a trait often mentioned in discussions of the subject, but because it operates subtly, such that I’m often not specifically conscious of it. There are rounder-faced women that I find attractive, but not in quite so… personal a way. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/88 "2001-10-05T21:03:54Z")
I don’t care if you are short, tall, thin, round, blonde, brunette, wear glasses, don’t wear glasses… if you can act, I will want you. But you have to be a REALLY fantastic actor in order for this to come into play. Other include: - Women who are unapologetically proud of their body, and who dress accordingly. Any woman who actually talks about her body in a positive way will get my attention instantly. - I also will find myself invariably attracted to a woman who has been exerting herself in a natural environment for a while - mussed hair, muddy clothes, sweat. I don’t know why, and am a little disturbed by this one. - Women who play basketball. Other sports are irrelevant to me from an attractiveness standpoint, but give me a competitive game of one-on-one and I’m interested. - Frank ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/89 "2001-10-05T21:09:11Z")
Wearing a **hockey jersey** - especially if it’s way too big and just hangs on her. A **ponytail** stuck through the back of a ‘one size fits all’ baseball cap. …and several other things already mentioned, including glasses, brown eyes, intelligence… ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/90 "2001-10-05T21:30:38Z")
**Corrvin** : > [@](#): > > So where are the guys who like taller chicks? Is that the bottleneck in my selection process? 😕 **Corrvin** , did you miss my post on the first page? I’m 5’ 7". ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/91 "2001-10-05T22:05:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ballybay \* > \*\*After reading this thread, my desire to get a pair of glasses again has strengthened. \*\* **Ballybay** , if you get glasses, I may not be held responsible for my actions. 🙂 For me, glasses are a HUGE plus. Something about a woman who reads… _sigh_ A love of good puns (is there such a beast?) is also important. Heck, actually being able to laugh at my lame-ass jokes is a bonus. She’s gotta love water- swimming, floating, all that. Liking mexican food and sushi is pretty big, too. Blonde hair and brown eyes… yum. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/92 "2001-10-06T01:29:02Z")
Well, well, well, I generally like fair skin, I like almost any hair color but I’m not into tans. However women of color are nice as well. I like women who don’t call the cops or get restraining orders. I love watching a women fussing with her hair but not when she is looking in the mirror. When she brushes it out of her face or is pulling it out of/into a pony tail is really nice. I watched this short hair girl doing this thing where she was just kind of unselfconciously running her finger through her hair and … glasses check A nice tailored suit that is very simple and straight foward and then as she twists you can see the lacy bra through the gap in the buttons. I love a women who knows that I’m not blind because I date her and dosen’t go blind because she dates me. One who will let me take pictures One who will want to take pictures of me One who will occasionally wear stockings of her own accord I need to be alone now ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/93 "2001-10-06T01:35:56Z")
> [@](#): > > - I also will find myself invariably attracted to a woman who has been exerting herself in a natural environment for a while - mussed hair, muddy clothes, sweat. I don’t know why, and am a little disturbed by this one. Don’t be. It’s common, and quite correct. 😉 This one works on me, too. Oh, while I’m at it, a woman with an Australian accent just slays me. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/94 "2001-10-06T17:35:02Z")
Physically, I’ll take all comers, but I really do like small, pixie-ish women with glasses and long hair. I fell wildly in love with one, and I guess I still am in love… I go crazy over round lenses (al a John Lennon). I like it when a lady can command and threaten without so much as raising her voice above a low conversational level. A constant half-smile kind of helps, as is an extreme distaste for violence of any kind. I get strange thoughts over black jeans and dark, loose shirts, but a long, flowing dress drives my hormone levels through the mesosphere. Fluency in a foreign language is a plus, as is the ability to take and give a beating with a large vocabulary (any woman who knows the proper usage of ‘whence’, ‘whither’, and ‘thither’ is automatically attractive.). Love of reading and nature is a definite plus. A good singing voice, coupled with good taste is like a multiplication sign to me. That should sum it all up. ---
**Author:** ![kpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kpm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/95 "2001-10-06T18:20:21Z")
Black stockings and boots. ---
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/96 "2001-10-06T20:21:36Z")
I wrote, \<\\> Fiver replied, > [@](#): > > Corrvin, did you miss my post on the first page? I’m 5’ 7". I’ll be home tonight putting a CD-ROM in my new computer…if you’d like to **come over and** hold the screwdriver and cup of **screw** s, I’ll be answering the door. It’s a little chilly outside, so I have plenty of blankets by the computer, but if it gets too **hot** I can always kick 'em on the floor. **Stuff** like working on my computer tends to get me really stressed out, but **I’ll be** getting everything installed so I don’t have to just look at a **naked** case and motherboard. Corr ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/97 "2001-10-07T06:29:29Z")
**Thrasybulus,** you are definitely onto something. Something I wish I was _onto_ right now, in fact. 😉 Women in their 40’s are definitely tops on my list. I’m 42. Of my last 3 girlfriends, One was my age. One was 5 years older than me. One was 7 years older than me. All three were flaming tigers in the sack. …_grrrrrrrrrrrOWWWWWWWWLLLLLLL!!!_… ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/98 "2001-10-08T13:45:25Z")
Aaahh, **Corrvin** , **Corrvin** , you drive me to distraction. But you live in Oklahoma. If only you currently owned a pair of thigh high leather boots, that would be just enough incentive to send me straight to the airport. To help you put the screws. To your appliance. ---
**Author:** ![jmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmonster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/99 "2001-10-08T17:18:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hugh Jass \* > I love a girl in overalls. I don’t know exactly where this comes from. I absolutely lose all self-control and make a fool of myself whenever a girl wears overalls. It’s because it’s so easy to get your hand in her pants. Overalls always make a girl look chunkier, but damn, they’re sexy. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074/100 "2001-10-08T20:10:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuperNova \* > \*\*1) The **laugh** is so important. But I guess that’s not really surprising. > > 1. Ditto on the **shorter** girls. Once I hooked up with a girl taller then me (and I’m 6 feet), but never again. Don’t know why, just didn’t feel right. > > 2. Gals with **big vehicles** , again as someone said before. SUV’s, trucks, etc. are all great. > > 3. **Painted toenails**. Never been a big fan of fingernails, but toenails pained and wearing sandels is great. > > 4. Girls who **like sports**. Both playing and watching. > > 5. **Smart**. Not really in a math or science sense, but able to discuss almost any topic, and not make a fool of themselves. > > 6. A girl who is **shy at first** , but outgoing once you start talking to her. > > 7. A girl who is **willing to play**. I think someone said this before also. Not in a sexual sense, but more a stupid sense. Like just having a catch with a frisbee (as I did with someone earlier today!), and just random fun. > > 8. Someone who **likes ice cream**. I don’t know why, but seeing a girl enjoying ice cream is a huge turn on. > > 9. **A writer**. Of anything that involves thought. Could be poetry, short stories, novels, or just meaningful E-Mails. But the ability to put words together beautifully is attractive. > > That’s all I can think of at the moment. More may come later. \*\* Strange, but except for the painted nails (and the only sport I like is paintball), you just described me. I didn’t know my husband had an account here. Are you leaving on time today, dear? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-surprising-things-that-make-a-girl-sexy-to-you/85074.md?page=6)