# What are things that are generally considered "unsexy" that you find sexy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 9, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008 "2011-08-09T00:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/1 "2011-08-09T00:10:25Z")
Inspired by[this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=618822). For me, it’s bellies. I LOVE a big soft squishy belly on a guy. Washboard abs? No thanks. My fiance thinks I’m insane. I don’t care. 😃 You? ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/2 "2011-08-09T00:18:11Z")
“Plus-sized” women is probably the obvious one for me. Weight isn’t really a turn-off for me. It’s not specifically a turn-on, either, as I like all sorts of body types, but I think my favorite is definitely on the larger side than normal. Also, to go a little meta, I’ll be the guy who admits finding the trashy, wow-she’s-dressed-like-a-hooker look sexy. I mean, it’s _supposed_ to be sexy, but it seems like most folks tend to find it unappealling if overdone. I, however, love to see somebody pushing past the boundaries of good taste. That said, in my experience I tend not to find the _people_ dressed that way very sexy – but I like the look. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/3 "2011-08-09T00:43:09Z")
Longer-than-average noses. [Paget Brewster](http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2010/12/Paget-Brewster.jpg) is not hot \*in spite \*of her proboscis, but in large part \*because \*of it. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/4 "2011-08-09T00:45:36Z")
Typoink, I think we were separated at birth. I likes me a girl with some meat and curves on her. Megan Fox?? Yeech. I also like when a girl is tramped up. Bold makeup, big hair, sassy and loud. Don’t know if I could handle the high maintenance 24/7, but seeing someone like that in the bar certainly turns my head. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/5 "2011-08-09T00:47:22Z")
Glasses are hot, so I always find it amusing when the whole “she’s an ugly duckling until she takes off her glasses” thing plays out. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/6 "2011-08-09T00:54:21Z")
I like men who are my height, or close to it, which, since I’m 5’4" means I like short men. I also like men with a fair amount of body hair, including back hair, and I like a guy with a bit of a tummy too. Short, hairy, fat men… mmm! ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/7 "2011-08-09T01:00:00Z")
> [@miss\_elizabeth](#): > > I like men who are my height, or close to it, which, since I’m 5’4" means I like short men. I also like men with a fair amount of body hair, including back hair, and I like a guy with a bit of a tummy too. Short, hairy, fat men… mmm! You are going to be chucked out of cinema when you see The Hobbit aren’t you. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/8 "2011-08-09T01:22:40Z")
Glasses & bellies for me! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/9 "2011-08-09T01:24:32Z")
Intellect. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/10 "2011-08-09T01:26:29Z")
Geeky guys, esp. ones like Geddy Lee! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/11 "2011-08-09T01:26:49Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Intellect. There are people who find intellect unsexy? Who? ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/12 "2011-08-09T01:35:55Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > There are people who find intellect unsexy? Who? Many, many men. Maybe not here, but out in the world … yeah. And, many of the men who do like it would not like it if the woman were smarter than they are. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/13 "2011-08-09T01:37:35Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > There are people who find intellect unsexy? Who? There are a lot of guys who say they don’t like a woman to be smarter than they are. The kinds of guys who say this are generally the kind who will have a hard time finding women who won’t trip that buzzer. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/14 "2011-08-09T01:40:57Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > There are people who find intellect unsexy? Who? > [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > Many, many men. Maybe not here, but out in the world … yeah. And, many of the men who do like it would not like it if the woman were smarter than they are. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > There are a lot of guys who say they don’t like a woman to be smarter than they are. > > The kinds of guys who say this are generally the kind who will have a hard time finding women who won’t trip that buzzer. I suppose I can expect no better from a world inhabited by Athena-deniers. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/15 "2011-08-09T01:48:05Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > You are going to be chucked out of cinema when you see The Hobbit aren’t you. Shit. Probably. Especially because Martin Freeman is blazingly hot anyway… ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/16 "2011-08-09T01:50:50Z")
Acne scars. Of course, they have to be on an otherwise pretty face. Big noses. Not Karl Mauldin, or Geddy Lee big, but… Oh, this is on females… Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/17 "2011-08-09T02:29:08Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Glasses are hot, so I always find it amusing when the whole “she’s an ugly duckling until she takes off her glasses” thing plays out. Agreed, and doubly so since it’s usually “…takes off her glasses and lets her hair down” and I find short hair sexier than long. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/18 "2011-08-09T03:05:35Z")
> [@banesidhe](#): > > geeky guys, esp. Ones like geddy lee! yes! Yeeesssss!!! ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/19 "2011-08-09T03:12:56Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Glasses are hot, so I always find it amusing when the whole “she’s an ugly duckling until she takes off her glasses” thing plays out. I wouldn’t go as far as saying glasses are hot, but huge framed glasses make certain girls look a lot cuter. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008/20 "2011-08-09T03:22:01Z")
Pubic hair. A guy with a small build, not muscled up, longish nose with or w/o glasses. “Weak”-looking eyes, (like John Lennon.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-things-that-are-generally-considered-unsexy-that-you-find-sexy/592008.md?page=2)