# Ripped men and attractiveness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripped-men-and-attractiveness/487869>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 1, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripped-men-and-attractiveness/487869 "2009-03-01T11:43:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripped-men-and-attractiveness/487869/59 "2009-03-07T02:59:34Z")

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And regarding **Sleel** ’s comment in the other thread:

> [@Ladies: Which male physique would you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-which-male-physique-would-you-prefer/409742/132):
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> you can’t keep that look past your mid-twenties unless you win the genetic lottery

Lusting after people who have won the genetic lottery is pretty much the name of the game, isn’t it? After all, that’s what the genetic lottery is _for_. 😃

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