# Who's Hot - and Who's Not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250 "2012-08-12T05:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/21 "2012-08-14T20:51:01Z")
As a celebrity-drooling thread, I’m moving this to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/22 "2012-08-14T21:45:33Z")
> [@IceQube](#): > > And if it isn’t too much to ask what do you guys think of Roan - hot, or not? > > (Roan = gray-haired dude) > > [rob stewart - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=rob+stewart&sugexp=chrome,mod%3D16&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=RY0qULE2iazwBPfYgNgK&biw=648&bih=656&sei=SY0qUNq2PIiW8gTV3oGABA#q=roan+nikita&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=399919cea5b5d0f8&biw=900&bih=912) Nope, not even if he wasn’t evil. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/23 "2012-08-14T22:46:39Z")
What about [Birkhoff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Stanford)? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/24 "2012-08-14T23:11:04Z")
I don’t know the show, so I can only judge “attitude” and charisma by still photos and my personal opinion\*, but… Sean: hot Michael: hot, but not as hot as Sean, for the reasons already mentioned, plus his face isn’t quite as symmetrical as Sean’s. Roan: not hot. Nothing to do with his age, he just doesn’t do it for me. (Harrison Ford was a hot grey hair about 10 years ago; he’s a bit past his prime now, but he was hotter as a silverback than as a young thing, in my opinion.) Birkhoff: not hot, yet, but room for hotness when he grows up a bit. Right now he’s got a man’s square forehead with a boy’s round jaw, and the clash is not hot. **even sven** , actually, I’m going to have to disagree with you, and there’s science to back me up: an individual woman actually has quite a range of what she considers hot, and it varies with her cycle and whether she’s on hormonal contraception or not. She may still have a “type” (tall, dark vs. short, blond) but the testosterone influenced male secondary characteristics are more appealing in the phase before the ovulates, so the rugged square jaw and broody eyebrow ridge is going to be hottest then. Once ovulation occurs (and she’s thus no longer fertile) and through menstruation, these hyper-masculine facial features are no longer as appealing. [Female respondents in the follicular phase of their menstrual cycle (n = 55) were significantly more likely to choose a masculine face than those in menses and luteal phases (n = 84),[22] (or in those taking hormonal contraception).[9][10][23]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_attractiveness) \*Me=37 year old follicular phase straight female. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/25 "2012-08-14T23:48:02Z")
> [@IceQube](#): > > Rugged looks, badass gun, clean-shaven … what’s there not to like? He looks weird because somehow he has this really youthful-looking face but then wrinkles. I don’t normally think guys that age are hot anyway but there are a couple exceptions, like Dr. House, who in looks is an exception to every single thing I ever find attractive. But I can’t resist an attitude like that. Hence my lack of successful relationships. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/26 "2012-08-14T23:53:35Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > What about [Birkhoff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Stanford)? Well, I personally find him more attractive than Sean, but I don’t think I’m going to have a lot of company. ---
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/27 "2012-08-15T03:43:43Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Roan: not hot. Nothing to do with his age, he just doesn’t do it for me. (Harrison Ford was a hot grey hair about 10 years ago; he’s a bit past his prime now, but he was hotter as a silverback than as a young thing, in my opinion.) I really dig Roan’s glasses … those frames make the man. For me, at least. 🆒 > [@WhyNot](#): > > Birkhoff: not hot, yet, but room for hotness when he grows up a bit. If he does any more growing he’ll be receiving an AARP card soon in the mail :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/28 "2012-08-15T03:45:42Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Well, I personally find him more attractive than Sean, but I don’t think I’m going to have a lot of company. Please wax at length on his jaw, cheek, and forehead topography. After that, don’t forget to analyze his facial hair. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/29 "2012-08-15T03:49:40Z")
> [@IceQube](#): > > If he does any more growing he’ll be receiving an AARP card soon in the mail :eek:. Oh, wow, you’re right, he’s older than I thought. I found some other pictures of him where he’s thinner and squarer of jaw than in that wikipedia picture, and yes, he’s more attractive to me in those pictures, but still too baby faced to be hot. Ask me again in two weeks and I may have a different opinion. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/30 "2012-08-15T13:31:21Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Lots of different things, but the #1 is basically tall dark and snarky. Throw in blue or gray eyes and I’m yours. …so, I seem to remember you just discovered _Sherlock_! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/31 "2012-08-15T13:43:05Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > …so, I seem to remember you just discovered _Sherlock_! Yes. Hence the complete and utter adoration. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/32 "2012-08-15T14:13:48Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I’m sort of surprised to see you mention Matt McConaughey - he’s been [People’s Sexiest Man Alive](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1113899_1129980,00.html). If he is not currently thought of as hot, maybe it’s because he hasn’t aged well. That can happen to men who are “pretty.” It certainly was not always the case. > > Now personally, I’ve always found him unappealing: ugly face, overtall/overlanky, with ridiculous hair. That rednecky charm appeals to some people I guess. It doesn’t help that McConaughey plays someone thoroughly skeevy in that movie - he plays that character well, and we’re less inclined to like him because it’s clear what he’s all about. Tatum plays a hunky, but nice (and cocky) down to earth guy - we like his character better, so he becomes more attractive. Plus, we know altogether too much about McConaughey’s life. Face it, that cat’s _weird_. Bongos in the hospital while his wife’s giving birth? Eternal surfer guy persona, for someone in his 40s? It’s the Tom Cruise phenomenon - the more I know about the wierdness that is your life, the less attractive I find you. ---
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250/33 "2012-08-16T15:19:24Z")
Damn guys, I love McConaughey. Everything from his offbeat name - “Dallas” - I guess “Austin” would have been too ordinary … to his redneck charm … to his lines (“You are the husband they never had” and “I see a lotta lawbreakers out there tonight”) to his washboard abs … 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-hot-and-whos-not/631250.md?page=1)