# Why are glasses sexy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-glasses-sexy/438373 "2008-02-20T11:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![herownself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8baadc/32.png) [@herownself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herownself)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-glasses-sexy/438373/81 "2008-02-23T03:10:00Z")
I don’t really go without glasses anymore - I’m too old and lazy. But I have a selection of glasses pictured [here](http://picasaweb.google.com/herownself/KatrinaPhotos). The blurriest photo is, of course, the most recent. Then back about a year and a half, then back about that much again. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-glasses-sexy/438373/82 "2008-02-23T03:31:21Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I can never tell if I look better with or without glasses (or bad or less bad as I tend to not find myself very attractive sometimes). Anyway, here is a smattering of my face. I mean, a smattering of images. Oh just click and say nice things 😛 [With glasses and beard](http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/BC_Autolycus/Random%20Pics%20of%20Me/hpim0636small.jpg) [My Mario shirt](http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/BC_Autolycus/Random%20Pics%20of%20Me/n706265708_670256_6179.jpg) [Tofu Man](http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/BC_Autolycus/Random%20Pics%20of%20Me/n734844317_289971_302.jpg) [Different style of glasses](http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/BC_Autolycus/Random%20Pics%20of%20Me/HPIM0386small.jpg) [No glasses](http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/BC_Autolycus/Random%20Pics%20of%20Me/tuxedome.jpg) [Glasses](http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/BC_Autolycus/Random%20Pics%20of%20Me/n734844317_289970_9670.jpg) Sorry for posting so many, but I feel that only two pictures doesn’t really give a good sample. [/QUOTE] Glasses are good. They make you look more mature. You have kind of a baby-face. Cute, but probably not the image you’d like to promote. 😉 **herownself** , you look great in glasses, and your kitty is soooooo cute! What’s its name? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-glasses-sexy/438373/83 "2008-02-23T19:35:49Z")
[QUOTE=herownself] I don’t really go without glasses anymore - I’m too old and lazy. But I have a selection of glasses pictured [here](http://picasaweb.google.com/herownself/KatrinaPhotos). The blurriest photo is, of course, the most recent. Then back about a year and a half, then back about that much again. [/QUOTE] Ooh, very cute. The kitten, too. ---
**Author:** ![herownself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8baadc/32.png) [@herownself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herownself)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-glasses-sexy/438373/84 "2008-02-26T04:47:39Z")
Sorry to bring back a dead thread - just wanted to say thanks for the nice words! The kitty is Sophie, she’s now 2 1/2, and has recently discovered an undying passion for scratching furniture. She has ‘behavioral alternatives’ out the wazoo, but apparently only the sofa and chairs are good enough for her! ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-glasses-sexy/438373/85 "2008-02-26T18:37:46Z")
Well, given that the space-time continuum has already been wrinkled, I get to weigh in on the glasses question. I think it’s really a generational thing. Back in the day, the default setting, culturally speaking, was that glasses were unattractive, and people who had to wear glasses tended to feel unattractive in them. Adding to the negative reinforcement was the fact that glasses used to be a lot more uninteresting and unglamorous. I remember going to the optometrist as a teenager, and being asked, “Do you wear more blues or browns?” That was how he could tell whether I should have a silver frame or a gold one. The other thing that’s made a huge difference is high-index plastic lenses. They’ve thinned out the lenses something amazing, and thinned out the frames as well. Just that one revolution in lens technology freed designers up a bunch. As for myself, I think I look better without glasses. No, I don’t have a picture, so you’ll have to take it on faith. Suffice it to say that if it were a question of me without my glasses, versus me with my teenage glasses, it wouldn’t be much of a contest. My wife looks equally good with and without her glasses. But as far as other people go, it really depends. For example, I have a colleague sitting next to me who usually wears contacts but who today is wearing her glasses. She looks better without, frankly, but don’t tell her I said so. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-glasses-sexy/438373/86 "2008-02-26T18:53:38Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Sorry for posting so many, but I feel that only two pictures doesn’t really give a good sample. [/QUOTE] You’re a hottie either way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-glasses-sexy/438373.md?page=4)