So if you can’t bother getting enough context to contribute to the thread intelligently, why did you think we’d give any credence to your responses? I don’t understand what the point of your effort is, here. If you don’t care, why’d you open the thread? Much less post in it.
what’s attractive to females : males
This is not a universal truth.
You must have missed this post:
According to sociobiologists, because of the fact that women invest a lot into each offspring, women tend to be attracted to status as the most important factor of fitness. Of course, “status” can mean a lot of different things to different women, but generally: power, money, leadership qualities, and physical prowess or artistic ability.
Women tend to bond with high status men, and when they cheat, it’ll generally be with higher status men. (Or, higher status on a different status scale …)
Because men can invest little but a moment of time and a sample of DNA to many offspring, and lots of resources to a few, they have a different strategy. They tend to mate with high status women while also preferring young and fertile-looking ones, and when they cheat, it’ll generally be with anything that moves. Movement may be optional.
No pants dance.
Yes, I’m not very good at this thing.
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If I did you’d be the first to know 
Oh, well sure, if I had his good looks.
Fine by me. If someone is incredibly socially astute I’ll happily succumb to his wit and insight regardless of his physical strength and jawline. And despite what a previous poster claimed, income is of no consequence since I’m capable of providing for the lifestyle to which I’m accustomed. I’m attracted to a person, not a wallet or a physical type.
Clint Eastwood’s kid has made the news in the last couple days, and he’s easily one of the theloveliest boys I’ve ever laid eyes on. But if he’s shallow and not totally into me, I could care less about his appearance or his income. My previous advice is solid: lose the mystery and contempt and become comfortable and familiar with women if you want to get some.
OP: “What do females think is attractive?”
All the ladies: “Well, don’t refer to us as females, for one.”
OP: “Why not? You ARE females! And I’m going to make rape jokes too!”
You were given a very clear message that women don’t like being referred to as females and instead of saying, “Got it, I will refer to you as women or ladies from now on” you fought it, basically saying that all the women who responded to you were wrong to feel like referring to a woman as a female might be disrespectful. Then you made a bad (and poorly spelled) rape joke. That attitude is why no women are willing to touch your penis.
There is a useful context for “females”, we use it in WICS (Women in Computer Science) because there’s no real good single word for “women, young women, and little girls”. Thus we talk about “women and technology” and “[teenage] girls and technology”, a lot, but use “females and technology” as sort of the catchall when we need to talk about all ages.
But yeah, don’t use it in general.
That’s the point I was making via a joke. Somebody like O’Brien, who isn’t a stereotypically great-looking guy, can do okay with women due to his personality.
You got it. But he has to actually like women, that’s the jumping off point. We’re fun, you know. And we’ve got the good stuff, so making nice is in everyone’s best interests.
Men who don’t address us as females.
Ya know? You’re right. I have now read the thread. I was being charitable in interpreting the OP’s meaning, but your interpretation of what he meant was correct. That’ll teach me that I should immediately jump to the worst possible conclusion, and leap for the throat, like you did. Save some time, eh?
BTW, it’s not the pit, so both you and the OP get a pass.
I seem to remember a study that indicated men, on the whole, have very similar preferences for physical attributes, whereas women tend to have a much more diverse range of what they find physically attractive.
I’m attracted to skinny nerds with glasses. I married one. The thing that most attracted me to him was how kind he is to other people. The secondmost thing was how easy he is to talk to. He was also far more mature and responsible than most kids his age (18 at the time), he was exceptionally intelligent, and had a very egalitarian view of relationships. What I was looking for in a mate was someone who was fun to hang out with that could share the responsibilities of managing a household or taking care of other grown-up things.
Not all women are looking for a life partner. I ALWAYS have wanted that. And I seriously mean I remember ‘‘breaking up’’ with 4th grade boyfriends because they were not marriage material (I was a really intense kid who had my entire future planned out, right down to the Ph.D. in clinical psychology.) That’s ridiculous to be worrying about in 4th grade, of course, but keeping my standards high turned out to be a very good decision. I had a realistic view of what marriage would entail and married someone who I knew was up to the task. I was correct in my assessment. We’ve been together for 11 years now, and married 7 years, and he is the best decision I ever made.
My husband, though attractive by any objective standard, was not someone who caught my eye initially. We were close friends for several months before I even thought about him that way. The closer we became, the more attractive he became. It wasn’t just how he looked but the way he touched me, his gentleness, his warmth. I think it’s true that many women are looking for security, but security isn’t just about how much money you make. It’s about consistency. I know every time I’m in his arms that I am safe. I know that no matter what crazy shit happens in my life, or how bad I screw up, or when I’m having the worst day, that I will be loved. That is security.
Speaking of alien entities, in what world is the word ‘female’ a sign of being extra-terrestrial?
I think you need to stop being empowered. You’re already over the top.
I thin the term ‘chicks’ is coming back, tho. I haven’t liked the term since I saw the movie ‘Taxi Driver’. (Altho, the term there was ‘chicken’, blah, blah…)
But, to the point, this one girl with whom I worked, in her mid-20s, definitely liberal, referred to my female friend as a ‘chick’. Don’t know what to make of it, but, there it is.
Hear, hear.
:rolleyes: It isn’t that calling us females makes us feel like aliens. It’s saying things like “What do females like?” Like there is some magic wand that you can wave.
We all like different things. We’re people, human beings, just like men. If I asked, “What do men like?” I’d probably get 100 responses on “sex” and “blowjobs”…guess what, women like sex too, and women even like oral sex. But beyond that, do you all like the same things? Do you all like baseball? Do all men like video games? Do all men hate dressing up? I mean, it’s the same thing - you’re all different.
But women, oh no, women are just this universal set, and we all like the same thing. Well, anyone who says that, I hit with my non-designer $20 purse.