# What standards do blind guys have in women?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-standards-do-blind-guys-have-in-women/420403>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 25, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-standards-do-blind-guys-have-in-women/420403 "2007-09-25T08:43:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-standards-do-blind-guys-have-in-women/420403/21 "2007-09-25T21:36:15Z")

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[QUOTE=bluethree]  
If a man suffered from asnomia (inability to smell) and fell in love with a beautiful woman who smelled bad, would he drop her if his buddies told him that she smelled bad?  
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Not _quite_ the same situation: you can’t get rid of ugly with a shower. 😛

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**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:** [September 25, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-standards-do-blind-guys-have-in-women/420403/22 "2007-09-25T22:23:13Z")

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One objective reason to prefer slender over fat – the fat tend to snore, which would probably be even more annoying to a blind partner than a sighted one.

[QUOTE=Cat Fight]  
There was an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm like this. A blind pianist thinks he’s going out with a model then dumps her when he finds out she’s ‘ugly.’ Oh well. More and more I see that being a minority or having a handicap doesn’t not automatically make one more open-minded or empathetic.  
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Another Larry David-related example – George Costanza’s scorn for a woman who turned out to be bald. (“She’s _bald_?!” “She’s BALD!!”)

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-standards-do-blind-guys-have-in-women/420403/23 "2007-09-26T05:38:51Z")

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[QUOTE=bluethree]  
If a man suffered from asnomia (inability to smell) and fell in love with a beautiful woman who smelled bad…  
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Just FTR, it’s “anosmia.” I suffered from it for years.

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**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-standards-do-blind-guys-have-in-women/420403/24 "2007-09-26T22:39:04Z")

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[QUOTE=jackelope]  
Just FTR, it’s “anosmia.” I suffered from it for years.  
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Crumbs. I always make that mistake.  
Is it dentifrice or dentrifice?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-standards-do-blind-guys-have-in-women/420403/25 "2007-09-26T23:48:19Z")

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I spoke with an acquaintance who attended the Blind School. She said it was standard behavior to feel someone’s face before asking her out. One guesses the fella would have a general idea of appearance and build.

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