Physical Attraction Poll

In My Humble Opinion
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Hi all! :slight_smile:

  1. When you’re romantically attracted to a person, how much does physical appearance factor into that attraction? Please give a rough percentage, e.g. 50%.

  2. as looks go, how important is the face compared to the rest of the body? Again, give a rough percentage.

  3. What is your age and gender? (optional)

Thanks. Please feel free to expound on your answers.

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On some occasions, physical “good looks” had nothing to do with the attraction. For example, humor was paramount – once.

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  1. 70%

Right off the bat, first appearances determine attraction. After I get to know someone, appearance is less important, but still a major factor. I have difficulty getting past being really unattracted to someone physically, even if they have a great personality.

  1. 90%

I only see the body when the clothes are off. Body obsession is really silly, and unless someone has a really bad figure, I can’t see that being much of a factor at all. The face, on the other hand, is something I look at all the time, and really shows personality and such.

  1. 18/m
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  1. 50%

I’ve been majorly attracted to men that others would consider extremely physically unattractive. I also meet a lot of attractive guys with major egos, too, and that turns me right off.

  1. 90%

I agree with Ooner. If you’re obsessed that much with bodies, then you’re going to be majorly disappointed when said body starts to age.

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  1. 75%. Yeah, I’m shallow–but then, what I consider physical attractiveness includes grooming and style.
  2. 50%
  3. Female, 41, my boyfriend is 25.
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  1. Maybe 30%. In general looks take a distant second place over personality, but if someone is particularily unattractive it puts me off.
  2. 75%
  3. 19/m
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  1. Met my wife on the internet so in that case it was a meeting of the minds 100% first. Looks are important though and in general I will make conversation with someone who is plain but interesting, I will make intense conversation with someone who is pretty and interesting, I won’t bother with someone who is pretty but boring/disagreeable.

Short answer: 50%

  1. 80%

  2. 27/m

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Physical attractiveness ranks about 100%. The face being 95%

Of course, it’s an entirely subjective standard. I have found some women more attractive after getting to know them. Meaning my attraction to them affects my perception of their beauty.

I’m 37.

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  1. 60-70%

  2. 60%. Most of the good looking guys I’ve seen also have nice bodies though. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any guy I know who is good looking, but has an unattractive body.

19/f

10

1.) 90% I can work around the rest.

2.) Women have faces?

3.)31 male of course…

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  1. about 50-60%

  2. about 50-60%. A hard body turns me on! But is not absolutely necessary (although I appreciate someone who is willing to work at it)

  3. 21/female

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  1. 100% I have never been romatically attracted to someone I didn’t find physically attractive. Mind you, this doesn’t mean that they have to be some super model. Also, as I get to know someone more, they tend to become more attractive physically.

  2. 90-100% As others have said, the face is the part you deal with the most.

  3. 27/M

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Ooh - a toughy.

Physical appearance is about 75% for me, but I need to qualify that:
My extra senses tell me something about a woman’s personality when I detect her physical appearance and the nuances associated with it.

For example, hair styles are very much an appearance issue, but I can get a taste of the woman’s persona from seeing her hair…or how much makeup she uses…or how she carries herself…or her smile…

While talking does key us into the remaining parts of her personality, alot of her physical appearance is based on her persona.

I know 'bombshell" types that are absolutely unnactractive to me because of how they carry themselves or primp themselves.

So, while I would say 75% is physical…alot of the physical appearance is a manifestation of one’s personality. Occasionally, a plain Jane modest looking woman will get my juices flowing because she takes the 25% and makes it work.

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Oh, I am a 34 year old male.

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99% for me. I have to be attracted to their physical appearance before I can try to get to know them. No matter how wonderful their personality is, if I’m not physically attracted to them I’m not going to be in a relationship with them.

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Again, 99%. Hopefully their body is just as appealing as their face. I’ve yet to meet someone whose face is attractive and body is grotesque. I find muscular/athletic builds to be very sexy compared to skinny guys so that’s the type of guy I usually go for but the face is a little more important than the body.

**
27/female

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  1. I think there’s a difference between “physically attracted” and “romantically attracted”; the former is much more dependent on appearances than the latter. I also agree that once you become romantically attracted to someone (based on their personality, sense of humor, quality of character, or the company they keep with you), then they become more physically attractive than you might have thought otherwise. Similarly, women who may have “conventional” beauty may not seem attractive at all depending on what they’re actually like. I have never been romantically involved with someone I didn’t find extremely attractive physically, which either makes me very open-minded or simply lucky. :stuck_out_tongue: Sorry, don’t know how to quantify that answer into a percentage.

  2. I’d say the face is probably at least 90% of what makes a woman physically attractive to me. The body usually doesn’t play much of a part at all, outside of someone demonstrably unhealthy-looking (anorexic/obese). Compatability might be an issue (too short, too tall relative to me) but it’s never come up so I can’t be certain.

  3. 31, Male

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I’d say 4%. One of these days I swear I’m gonna go forth and try to get involved with someone based on what she looks like, just to see what that’s like.

The face=somewhere around 40% unless you’re including things like facial expressions, but that’s really more of a window into the person underneath so I’m not counting that.

43, male.

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  1. I would say about 30%. Possibly less.

  2. The face in general isn’t as important as eyes and hair. Both of those are huge items for me, particularly the eyes.

  3. 26, male.

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  1. 35%. How well I get along with the other person/depth of our conversations is more important that what they look like. If I enjoy being around someone, how they look isn’t as important, nor do I care what other people think of me for being around an individual most other people would find unattractive.

2.) 35% A great body is a definite plus, but frankly I consider it a pretty low prioirty in comparison to other things. Intimacy doesn’t need to be achieved through beauty; I feel it lies more in two people being comfortable with each other.

  1. 21/male
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It’s hard to put a percentage on that. I have to be physically attracted first before I can be romantically attracted, yet I’m not turned on by someone who’s good-looking but vapid. That is, I can be sexually turned on by someone who is not conventionally handsome, and he has to have something on the ball intellectually for me to remain interested. I’ll say 50 percent.

Maybe 10 percent. I find a man’s body and overall masculinity to much more of a turnon than his face. In fact, I find myself more attracted to rough-hewn men like Henry Rollins than I am to pretty boys like Brad Pitt.

I’m a 40-year-old gay male