Help me find widely held, irrational turn-ons men have about women
March 16, 2010 7:51 PM Subscribe
Widely held irrational turn-ons, for those attracted to women.
What makes a woman"universally very hot"? For men, it was "riding a motorcycle, building things out of wood, and having been in more than a few fistfights growing up" -- what's the female equivalent?
(I'm doing the female version of this post: http://ask.metafilter.com/33652/List-some-specific-widely-held-possibly-irrational-turnons)
To clarify, I'm not looking for answers like "someone who is confident and knows how to be herself" (or "has big boobs"). I'm looking for specific, widely held, possibly irrational turn-ons.
(Bonus points for movies that portray characters with these turn-ons.)
What makes a woman"universally very hot"? For men, it was "riding a motorcycle, building things out of wood, and having been in more than a few fistfights growing up" -- what's the female equivalent?
(I'm doing the female version of this post: http://ask.metafilter.com/33652/List-some-specific-widely-held-possibly-irrational-turnons)
To clarify, I'm not looking for answers like "someone who is confident and knows how to be herself" (or "has big boobs"). I'm looking for specific, widely held, possibly irrational turn-ons.
(Bonus points for movies that portray characters with these turn-ons.)
This post was deleted for the following reason: please talk to us about using multiple accounts on AskMe. -- jessamyn
If she laughs at his jokes.
posted by MexicanYenta at 8:14 PM on March 16, 2010
posted by MexicanYenta at 8:14 PM on March 16, 2010
In fact, this question seems unanswerable as you have posed it. Any feature that it's weird to consider a turn-on is also a feature that is not widely held. Do you just mean "What are some common things that men like about women, other than boobs and confidence?"
posted by k. at 8:16 PM on March 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by k. at 8:16 PM on March 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Having the habits of a "Manic Pixie Dream Girl," whimsical and up for whatever. Like many of the appealing male traits in the other thread, like fistfighting, this one may prove a LTR red flag.
posted by thelastenglishmajor at 8:18 PM on March 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by thelastenglishmajor at 8:18 PM on March 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
I think OP means irrational in the sense that it serves no obvious purpose for survival of the species. g.g.a.d.'s list would be rational--physical appearance and willingness to copulate are good for propagating the species. Women who laugh readily is irrational in the OP sense.
posted by parkerjackson at 8:18 PM on March 16, 2010
posted by parkerjackson at 8:18 PM on March 16, 2010
Financial independence (as in, not a gold-digger).
posted by salmonking at 8:29 PM on March 16, 2010
posted by salmonking at 8:29 PM on March 16, 2010
It's not necessarily irrational, but I have found that it is a big turn-on for a lot of guys, when a woman is very interested in or good at something they themselves like, that they think usually just guys are interested or good at. Like being extremely into video games, or being a world champion mixed martial artist.
However, this only works if the woman is already at least decently attractive.
posted by Ashley801 at 8:32 PM on March 16, 2010
However, this only works if the woman is already at least decently attractive.
posted by Ashley801 at 8:32 PM on March 16, 2010
Are you talking about things like guys with Yellow Fever or Jungle Fever? IE being attracted to females outside of their ethnicity?
posted by Redmond Cooper at 8:38 PM on March 16, 2010
posted by Redmond Cooper at 8:38 PM on March 16, 2010
Not growing up watching 90210 or Dawson's Creek or whatever, and therefore thinking that her life needs to be like that.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:43 PM on March 16, 2010
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:43 PM on March 16, 2010
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posted by k. at 8:11 PM on March 16, 2010