# What not-typically-sexualized body parts get your motor running? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289 "2007-11-05T14:39:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/21 "2007-11-05T18:24:49Z")
Hands. Long, thin fingers, with nicely manicured nails, without hair on the backs of the hands, smooth palms or slight callouses. ---
**Author:** ![Marienee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Marienee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marienee)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/22 "2007-11-05T18:27:59Z")
The male lower back, just above the butt, is the source of all male beauty and grace. I am convinced. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/23 "2007-11-05T19:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I like a slight double chin on a woman. [/QUOTE] By that, do you mean that little crease about half an inch behind the chin? Because I’d have to give that a total “me too.” I’ve always loved that, but it wasn’t until last summer, when I was studying drawing faces, that I actually took note of what was going on there. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/24 "2007-11-05T19:14:09Z")
Hair. A really nice head of hair is a major turn on. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/25 "2007-11-05T19:17:18Z")
Tummy. Slightly soft. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/26 "2007-11-05T19:19:11Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] By that, do you mean that little crease about half an inch behind the chin? Because I’d have to give that a total “me too.” [/QUOTE] Yes, that’s it. :: pant pant :: Oh, and speaking of noses, I am strangely-fascinated by noses with an upward curve along the ridge. There was a middle-eastern-looking porn star back in the eighties who had such a nose, and later on she had it straightened, and I was so disappointed. The new nose completely didn’t fit the structure of her face. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/27 "2007-11-05T19:37:24Z")
Upper arms, and where they meet the shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/28 "2007-11-05T20:17:04Z")
Forearms. Nice well-defined forearms, particularly ones ending in graceful, long-fingered hands. Rawr. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/29 "2007-11-05T20:26:02Z")
Lower back. A nice smooth and fit lower back on a woman really turns me on. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/30 "2007-11-05T20:55:32Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Wait. There are non-sexualized body parts? [/QUOTE] “Hey, baby, nice pancreas.” ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/31 "2007-11-05T20:58:16Z")
[QUOTE=gallows fodder] Noses. More specifically, long noses, and even more specifically, long noses with an aquiline bump. And flared nostrils. And laugh lines around the eyes. [/QUOTE] We should organize a club. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/32 "2007-11-05T21:05:27Z")
[QUOTE=LouisB] We should organize a club. [/QUOTE] Slight hijack, but I assume you’re fans of [Peter Wingfield](http://br.geocities.com/gisele_highlander_fan/pw/peterw.JPG) , then? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/33 "2007-11-05T21:09:43Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] By that, do you mean that little crease about half an inch behind the chin? Because I’d have to give that a total “me too.” I’ve always loved that, but it wasn’t until last summer, when I was studying drawing faces, that I actually took note of what was going on there. [/QUOTE] Just curious, can you find a picture of what you’re talking about? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/34 "2007-11-05T21:50:52Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Just curious, can you find a picture of what you’re talking about? [/QUOTE] No. Not really. Unless you can find a site that has a lot of pictures of different people in profile view, espicially if they are smiling. You can find anything you want on the inerwebs, but not that. But look at [this](http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/I/g/8/tiffany03290613.jpg) photo. It’s extremely subtle, but look at Ellen, on the left. The line from the tip of her chin to her jowl is pretty much an uninterrupted line. Nothing breaks it up. Now look at Portia, on the right. There is a slight interruption there. It’s hard to see from that angle, but there are two distinct parts to her jaw. [Here](http://www.advanced-art.com/submental/Submental-SAL.jpg) is a clearer example. The woman on the left has a more pronounced double chin. Normally people who have a double chin would take great offense at being described as such. Google on “double chin” and you’ll mostly get hits on how to surgically remove one (or other treatments). We normally associate them with the elderly and obese. But anyone, of any weight, age, gender, or race can have one. Some people only have them when they talk, eat, or smile. Ah, here’s a great [example](http://photo.net/bboard-uploads/00B9kP-21883284.jpg) where some moron tried to “fix” this “flaw” using some photo-enhancing software. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/35 "2007-11-05T22:07:27Z")
Neck, shoulders (broad), hands (big, strong, long fingers) and wrists… I could go on and on. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/36 "2007-11-05T22:07:27Z")
I’ve always been a fan of good abs, right before they start turning into a 6 pack is perfect 🙂 I don’t think that’s really that unusual though, compared to what other people have described. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/37 "2007-11-05T22:30:07Z")
I like a man with a prominent nose too. I think it makes a man look more masculine. I also really enjoy the shape of a man’s upper arms and upper back. Yesterday I was watching Season 3 of Veronica Mars and noticed that Jason Dohring, while plain in the face, has [a very nice upper body proportion](http://www.givememyremote.com/remote/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Jason%20dohring%20shirtless.jpg). No six pack, no ripped muscles, just solid upper arms and a very pronounced difference between the size of his shoulders and his waist. The shots of him from behind show it even better. I can get past the plain face for that. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/38 "2007-11-05T22:49:51Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] I like a man with a prominent nose too. I think it makes a man look more masculine. I also really enjoy the shape of a man’s upper arms and upper back. Yesterday I was watching Season 3 of Veronica Mars and noticed that Jason Dohring, while plain in the face, has [a very nice upper body proportion](http://www.givememyremote.com/remote/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Jason%20dohring%20shirtless.jpg). No six pack, no ripped muscles, just solid upper arms and a very pronounced difference between the size of his shoulders and his waist. The shots of him from behind show it even better. I can get past the plain face for that. [/QUOTE] I was reading something a while ago that said that shoulder-to-waist ratio for guys had very similar correlation to attractiveness as waist-to-hip ratio for women. So there may some very basic reasons why you find that hot 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/39 "2007-11-05T23:06:22Z")
I have nothing to add that hasn’t already been mentioned. I think a slightly-larger-than-average nose can be sexy on a woman. Not necessarily a big honker, just something a little more substantial than the common Hollywood/fashion model nose, which looks too small and pointy to me. I’ve always thought [Anne Heche](http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Anne-Heche-Photograph-C12146327.jpeg) has a nice nose, for example. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289/40 "2007-11-05T23:15:38Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] I like a man with a prominent nose too. I think it makes a man look more masculine. I also really enjoy the shape of a man’s upper arms and upper back. Yesterday I was watching Season 3 of Veronica Mars and noticed that Jason Dohring, while plain in the face, has [a very nice upper body proportion](http://www.givememyremote.com/remote/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Jason%20dohring%20shirtless.jpg). No six pack, no ripped muscles, just solid upper arms and a very pronounced difference between the size of his shoulders and his waist. The shots of him from behind show it even better. I can get past the plain face for that. [/QUOTE] ohgodohgodohgodohgod Sorry, I went a little woozy there for a moment. Jason Dohring is just…gah. Lovely. Lovely man. _drool_ And I agree. His is another neck I love, and the way it curves into his shoulders, and then the upswelling of the deltoid over the bicep… Is it hot in here? But I wouldn’t say his lower half is entirely without charm, either. That bit on the front where the pelvis meets the hip - that valley that goes down into the groin? What’s that called, anyway? It must have a name. Anyway, that’s an awfully yummy bit on men, and on Dohring it’s especially luscious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-not-typically-sexualized-body-parts-get-your-motor-running/425289.md?page=3)