# What are things that are generally considered "sexy" that you find unsexy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324 "2011-08-03T14:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/141 "2011-08-04T17:47:47Z")
Like several other female posters in this thread, I’m not a big fan of overly muscular, ripped men. I do like a bit of muscle, but not to the point of wondering if the guy’s on steroids. I prefer thinner, athletic types - think runners or swimmers. Another thing that I don’t find sexy is too much cologne/aftershave. I like when a guy smells nice and clean, and maybe with a bit of aftershave. I don’t appreciate drowning in a man’s Axe spray. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/142 "2011-08-04T17:58:54Z")
All these “sexy” things have really sharp knees. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/143 "2011-08-04T18:05:04Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Nun porn. How anyone finds this sexy is beyond me and yet it seems like it’s everywhere. Ok, I get the idea that you want to corrupt the innocent, see what’s really going on under that long habit, etc. Judging from the nun porn I’ve seen, a lot of tattoos and body piercings. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/144 "2011-08-04T18:05:34Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > I don’t necessarily love the bushy _ **look** _, but the bush keeps the erm… personal aroma, which drives me crazy like a visceral instinctual reaction. > > Joe LMAO hrm…that’s the first time I’ve heard a guy say that about it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/145 "2011-08-04T18:07:48Z")
> [@VitrolicBump](#): > > LMAO hrm…that’s the first time I’ve heard a guy say that about it. 😛 Really? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/146 "2011-08-04T18:08:37Z")
The women on here who say they like bears: I don’t think that word means what you think it means… > [@Tranquilis](#): > > Hosiery is cool, most certainly including suspenders (NOT Garters - those hold your sleeves out of the ink or hold up ONE stocking, nor braces either - _Those_ hold up your pants!). But I never did get the point of fishnets. Nor of cat suits. Those both leave me cold. Let me translate: Suspenders(US) = Braces(UK) Garter(US/UK) = a ring of fabric that goes on one leg, often associated with weddings Garter belt, often simply “garters”(US) = Suspenders(UK) ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/147 "2011-08-04T18:11:53Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Really? Yes, really. Though there has only been one man who has enthusiastically commented on the way I taste. Others just can’t get enough. Um..wait, uh…forget that. What I mean is no one has really commented the way you did. lol ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/148 "2011-08-04T18:16:48Z")
> [@VitrolicBump](#): > > Yes, really. Though there has only been one man who has enthusiastically commented on the way I taste. Others just can’t get enough. Um..wait, uh…forget that. What I mean is no one has really commented the way you did. lol I wasn’t the one who said it, but I certainly could have been. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 4, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/149 "2011-08-04T18:16:52Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Let me translate: > > Suspenders(US) = Braces(UK) > Garter(US/UK) = a ring of fabric that goes on one leg, often associated with weddings > Garter belt, often simply “garters”(US) = Suspenders(UK) 😃 Can you tell I work with a lot of Brits..? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/150 "2011-08-04T18:20:37Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’m not getting all of the hate for blowjobs. I’m the opposite, I love watching blowjob scenes, but am bored to tears with coitus. > > With porn, that is. IRL it’s pretty much the opposite. I love giving blowjobs. Knowing that my husband is really enjoying something I give him is hot. I don’t get the hate for them either. ---
**Author:** ![Krouget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Krouget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krouget)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/151 "2011-08-04T18:23:36Z")
I’d have to toss in trying to use food as a turn on. I just can’t say I’ve ever had food really enhance something that wasn’t already sexy. If anything, it’s only ended up making the situation cheesy (no pun) and/or messy. Also, being wet and half naked washing cars, just doesn’t do it, either. It’s cliche, but just doesn’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/152 "2011-08-04T18:24:20Z")
I think the objection to porn blowjobs was pretty much my objection to porn in general, which is that the participants don’t appear to be doing each other so much as the camera, which just makes me bored and slightly embarrassed for them. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/153 "2011-08-04T18:24:45Z")
LOL, **tdn**. I don’t think you have…really. And **Serenata** , I enjoy giving oral too, as long as I’m not being pummelled by a friggin log. That’s happened to me and I seriously thought I would rip his balls off. If he wants rough sex, wait til the main course. Geez And **Diana** , I don’t watch porn because if I want a comedy, I would watch a comedy, not some halfbaked excuse for a sexual escapade. If I want to imagine sex, I’ll get one picture and extrapolate from that. 😛 ---
**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:** [August 4, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/154 "2011-08-04T18:33:40Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I love giving blowjobs. Knowing that my husband is really enjoying something I give him is hot. I don’t get the hate for them either. It’s not that they’re bad - indeed, they’re entirely awesome. It’s that if a blow job doesn’t include _me_ in it, I’m not turned on. Yeah, I guess I’m selfish that way. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/155 "2011-08-04T18:37:52Z")
I find oral sex in porn boring. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/156 "2011-08-04T18:38:17Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I love giving blowjobs. Knowing that my husband is really enjoying something I give him is hot. I don’t get the hate for them either. Let me explain it again for you, then. I love getting blowjobs. I do not love watching another guy getting a blowjob. Get it? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/157 "2011-08-04T18:43:08Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I think the objection to porn blowjobs was pretty much my objection to porn in general, which is that the participants don’t appear to be doing each other so much as the camera, which just makes me bored and slightly embarrassed for them. That’s why I only watch clips where there seems to be genuine enthusiasm. I don’t get off on women bored by sex. As to the food thing… yeah. I tried it once. My partner wanted to turn my chest into cherries jubilee. (Without the flame!) I felt like little more than a dinner plate, and when we were done we both smelled like sour milk. Several showers didn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/158 "2011-08-04T18:46:28Z")
I find the food thing unsexy as well. I really hate whipped cream. All I can think about is the UTI I could get from that kind of bacteria _down there_. It’s really difficult to relax and enjoy it when you’re thinking “No! Food doesn’t go there! Awwww man… I’m gonna get a horrible UTI from this. Might as well pick up some cranberry juice on my way home.” ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/159 "2011-08-04T19:08:16Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I find the food thing unsexy as well. I really hate whipped cream. All I can think about is the UTI I could get from that kind of bacteria _down there_. It’s really difficult to relax and enjoy it when you’re thinking “No! Food doesn’t go there! Awwww man… I’m gonna get a horrible UTI from this. Might as well pick up some cranberry juice on my way home.” Lmao, well, I would think more of a yeast infection. ewww ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324/160 "2011-08-04T19:09:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Let me explain it again for you, then. I love getting blowjobs. I do not love watching another guy getting a blowjob. Get it? Have you tried imagining you’re the guy? Or the girl. That’s what I do. Imagine I’m the guy, I mean. Why would I imagine I’m the girl? What are you all implying? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-sexy-that-you-find-unsexy/591324.md?page=9)