# Slightly cross-eyed women. Attractive? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 29, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721 "2010-04-29T05:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/21 "2010-04-29T22:01:38Z")
Anthonly Burgess cointed the term “Venerian Strabismus” for this trait. On a woman with good bone structure, it can give the effect that she’s looking at you wolfishly. (isn’t Scarlet Johansson slightly wall-eyed? Women with good bone structure are allowed a surprising amount of imperfection) ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/22 "2010-04-30T04:47:39Z")
Laura Bush always looked to me like no one was home. Then one day I realized it was because she is slightly cross-eyed. Some fine vacant attractive, could that be it? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/23 "2010-04-30T05:07:42Z")
I think Mary is pretty hot, albeit a bit young for me. She’s also a bit … used … if you will. Again, not my type, but I guess I can see where the letching grays find the attraction. I can’t find a recent picture, but last I heard she was hanging out in Hampstead village. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/24 "2010-04-30T08:17:50Z")
She sounds like a little whore. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/25 "2010-04-30T11:37:00Z")
If woman were slightly cross-eyed, I doubt I’d notice. And if she were seriously cross-eyed (like my sister-in-law), I wouldn’t particularly consider that a source of attractiveness. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/26 "2010-04-30T18:07:34Z")
I can’t think of an example that would put me on one side or the other in this argument. But I have often seen comments online where someone has pointed out that they find a particular woman attractive because she was slightly cross-eyed. I wonder if it causes one to pay more attention to the other’s eyes in order to determine what they are looking at. It’s been said that looking into the eyes of another can be an erotic stimulus. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/27 "2010-04-30T18:13:42Z")
I’ve definitely found slightly cross-eyed women attractive in the past. They have to be attractive to begin with, but the cross-eyes seems to enhance the attraction somehow. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/28 "2010-05-01T01:22:02Z")
You guys that find it attractive could take Jethro Tull’s ‘coss eyed mary’ as your theme song. I don’t find lucy liu very attractive. On the other hand, Joan Chen was absolutely stunning when younger and still attractive now at nearly 50 with 2 kids. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/29 "2010-05-01T02:44:33Z")
Gentlemen, for your consideration, I give you… [Karen Black](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Karen+Black&gbv=2). Although it’s debatable as to whether she was ever \*slightly \*cross-eyed. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/30 "2010-05-01T17:44:04Z")
Gentleman, you can keep her. ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/31 "2010-05-02T06:52:43Z")
Both [Kate Bosworth](http://www.freewebs.com/autographs2041/Kate%20Bosworth.jpg) and [Katie Melua](http://www.6lyrics.com/images/artists/katie_melua.jpg) have slightly lazy eyes. I’ll let you all decide on whether or not they’re attractive (hint: the answer is yes) ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/32 "2010-05-02T14:44:15Z")
\*\*Maybe the same can be applied to women finding similar men attractive, I do not know. \*\* He’s not a woman, but [Christopher Meloni](http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/98/34/0000019834_20060921145140.jpg) is slightly cross-eyed–not so much in this photo, but he definitely looks that way on TV. I think he’s hot, but not because of the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/33 "2010-05-02T17:04:19Z")
This doesn’t pertain to cross-eyed women, per se, but it might inform the discussion a wee bit: I believe it was Edgar Allan Poe, in one of his works (maybe it was “Ligeia” or “Eleanora - A Fable”?) who wrote, “There is no exquisite beauty without some _strangeness_ of proportion.” (He was describing a woman’s facial features.) I’m a hetero guy, and I’ve always found this to be true. Both the celebrity\* females and the “real-life” girls that I’ve always found most attractive, have been somewhat “atypically” beautiful, somehow. \*Some examples from my personal celeb crushes list: -Natalie Portman -[Alexandra Maria Lara](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/106885871_0ec2c87d2c.jpg) -[Rachel Weisz](http://kalafudra.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/rachel-weisz.jpg) -[Angelina Jolie](http://static.open.salon.com/files/angelina_jolie_lips1252429650.jpg) Now, it might be protested that all of these women are “conventionally” gorgeous. That may be true to some extent, I guess, but if you stop and think about it, quite a few of them have some very odd facial proportions. Jolie’s eyes, for example, are rather oddly shaped, too far apart, and her lips are too big, like comically big. Weisz’ face is rather squat, and her eyebrows too heavy. When I think of women like [Gwyneth Paltrow](http://www.totalhair.net/hairstyles-blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/gwyneth-paltrow-th.jpg), on the other hand, it’s almost like she’s TOO beautiful (i.e., not strange-looking enough). I find her to be downright boring. Not hot, because there’s nothing interesting going on with her face. So yeah, I can see this. I think there’s something to it. ---
**Author:** ![bobolinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@bobolinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobolinks)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/34 "2010-12-06T04:11:31Z")
I think cross eyed woman are so sexy I could stair at them for hours. I can’t explain it ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/35 "2010-12-06T05:44:22Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > I can’t say whether guys find her attractive, but I’ve always thought [Jane Kaczmarek](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3380845312/nm0434223) has a slightly cross-eyed look (and frankly, it creeps me out a little bit). I think that also - it gives her a bit of an intense look. Doesn’t bother me at all though, as she definitely floats my middle-aged boat. Sense of humor is way more important than looks in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/36 "2010-12-07T02:22:46Z")
Well, since the ice has been broken with respect to attractiveness of cross-eyed men, I’ve long noticed sumpin’ going on with Derek Dooley, University of Tennessee’s head football coach, but I sure don’t mind: [http://blogcritics.org/sports/article/derek-dooley-accepts-offer-to-coach1/](http://blogcritics.org/sports/article/derek-dooley-accepts-offer-to-coach1/) (No, I don’t want to Google “what the hell is up with DD’s eyes?”, although I suspect it’s some other (minor) affliction rather than crosseyedness.) Ramp up the intensity and ramp up the hot: [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/collegesports/2010808072\_grid16.html](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/collegesports/2010808072_grid16.html) ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/37 "2010-12-07T04:04:04Z")
I don’t find cross-eyed people attractive at all. If that’s what you like, more power to you. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/38 "2010-12-07T04:45:41Z")
When I was in middle school, I started noticing that there were certain girls I found very attractive, who had a certain quality to their eyes that I have never been able to properly describe. It wasn’t _quite_ cross-eyed, but I understand that attraction to very slightly cross-eyed girls, because it’s in the same realm as this feature. The best I could ever put it was that their eyes look “upside down.” My friends would all think I was crazy when I first told them this, but then I’d say “what about Leslie?” “Hmm…” “And Carrie?” “Ahh…” “And Emily?” “God damn it, you’re RIGHT! They all have upside down eyes!!!” I still occasionally notice girls with this feature and chuckle to myself about it, and I’m still attracted to it. Can’t really think of any celebrities who exhibit it, though Rachel Weisz perhaps sometimes shows flickers of it. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/39 "2010-12-07T05:22:25Z")
I’ve noticed this, but never given it much thought before. (I wonder if it’s partly self-selecting: I stare at the woman’s face because I find her attractive, then notice the crossing?) I went to Google Images and typed “cross-eyed women.” This thread showed up(!) on the first page along with [Lauren Sanchez](http://www.hifriendz.com/Lauren_Sanchez/lauren-sanchez_02.jpg). I doubt eye-crossing has much to do with it, but Ms. Sanchez is definitely attractive! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721/40 "2010-12-07T05:47:30Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Because of their shape, my daughter has pseudostrabismus. Depending on the angle it looks like she has crossed eyes but the ophthalmologist says it’s just eye shape. > > She’s certainly a cutie. > Proof: [PEEPS! | She didn't like them at all! | bellabrigido | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellabrigido/4517953876/) Definitely cute, but she doesn’t look cross eyed to me. She looks normal. Maybe the difference between slightly crossed and normal eyes is too subtle for me? Most of these pics don’t look cross eyed to me. Then again, I had a hard time distinguishing the pictures of women with overbites from the non overbites in that other thread–almost everyone seems to have a slight overbite to me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721.md?page=3)