Men And Women Both Care More About Pretty Faces Than Hot Bodies

Jewels86
wrote on September 2 2009 @ 01:54 pm: [report]

Phewf, well this is a relief.

I can definitely say I’m more into faces than bodies.. Bodies are a bonus feature. Faces are bonuses too really.. I mean it should be all about personality.. but I know this is not always the case.

As my friend Samuel always says “I’d rather wake up to a pretty face who may not have a perfect body, than wake up next to Shrek or Quasimodo years down the road”

Kathls
wrote on September 2 2009 @ 02:02 pm: [report]

if this was true I would definitely go on more dates.  seems like all the guys I run into are looking more for a hot body than a pretty face.

If I could only choose one, I personally would rather look at an attractive face than an attractive body.  With the exception of nudists, you spend more time looking at a person’s face than you do their naked body, even if it’s your SO.

@Jewels86:  I’m glad you know at least one guy that feels that way!

Kiki T
wrote on September 2 2009 @ 02:15 pm: [report]

some expert guy was on tyra recently saying that guys are more into bodies than faces, scientifically and all the guys on the panel agreed.

who f’cking cares, I say the whole package matters!

Sancho
wrote on September 2 2009 @ 04:04 pm: [report]

I’ll take the hot face over the hot body. A person can change the appearance of the body relatively inexpensive (and end up with an awesome result) while the face on the other hand, you just never know what you’ll end up with when the bandages come off!

ksdancer
wrote on September 2 2009 @ 05:44 pm: [report]

Agreed, @Kiki T….the whole package matters! Face, body, personality too.

Pinky
wrote on September 2 2009 @ 11:37 pm: [report]

” Men grow cold as girls grow old
And we all lose our charms in the end
But square cut or pear shaped
These rocks don’t lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”

Jimbo
wrote on September 3 2009 @ 12:36 am: [report]

I think a butterface is so much better than a but-her-everything-else. On the plus side, I find that the girls with the prettiest faces are usually the ones who take the best care of their bodies anyway, so there aren’t so many women in the latter category.

Jewels86
wrote on September 3 2009 @ 06:39 am: [report]

@Pinky: haha good song

@Jimbo: I know plenty of girls that are not a size 00 that have gorgeous faces. So I would have to disagree with you here.. but its all a matter of opinion, your taste in faces, might be different than mine

@Sancho: I agree, its easier to change the shape of a body than it is to have a nose job, chin lift, botox etc

Personally the eyes and smile have it all for me. if they have a great smile and eyes I can fall into, Im hooked.

eggsandbacon
wrote on September 3 2009 @ 08:08 am: [report]

I’ll always always always take face over body. Even if you spend you time humping like bunnies there is only so much time you can spend enjoying your partner’s body in its full glory.  A good face you get to see all the time.

bogart4017
wrote on September 3 2009 @ 09:26 am: [report]

No guarantee you’re gooing to keep either one for very long so what the hell? If you have no sense of humor, no conversation and your knowledge of current events is nill you may as well look like ET.

ootie
wrote on September 3 2009 @ 09:53 am: [report]

To me, faces are way more important.  I would much rather be with a guy with a really handsome face and average body than vice versa.
Its always secretly annoys me when guys are into girls with nice bodies but totally busted faces. When my boyfriend mentions that he thinks a porn star with an ugly face is hot, I feel like he’s fallen for a trick or something, haha.

majicksand
wrote on September 3 2009 @ 03:41 pm: [report]

Physically speaking, I fell for my husband’s crystal-blue eyes, especially in combination with his black hair, and his voice.  He has that super-deep radio-voice.  So sexy!

Shasta
wrote on September 3 2009 @ 07:47 pm: [report]

On the whole I agree. Howevva…

Real question is would a guy choose a girl with a smokin’ body and a skeletor face and vice versa.

The whole “but she has such a pretty face”

canadiancutie
wrote on September 4 2009 @ 07:53 am: [report]

Both. I need an amazing smile and a body on the slender side for attraction to even occur, in order to ever GET to the long-term relationship. Once I’m in love with him though, he could get fat without much protesting on my end. It’s happened to me before. A guy I dated gained 30 pounds over the course of the relationship.

canadiancutie
wrote on September 4 2009 @ 07:56 am: [report]

I think guys care more about body, personally. A good hip-to-waist ratio is an indicator of overall health and reproductive potential, after all. An aged woman can still have a beautiful face, but chances are she’ll have narrow hips, and she won’t be able to bear children anymore. On a subconscious level, men know this. It’s why there are so many Fergies for every Josh Duhamel.

seygra20
wrote on September 4 2009 @ 01:51 pm: [report]

body attracts but a face will attract more

alohajoe
wrote on September 28 2009 @ 07:50 pm: [report]

well i’m a guy and i’m a body man, period.
i’m an athlete, always have been and take extremely good care are of my body. and i value function over looks. dont waste time looking in the mirror. 15 minutes and i’m ready to go anywhere, anytime.
never in a million years would have lipo or surgery as i refuse to be fake. but i’ve always been just a guy with a very average face. never gonna scare people but never make a magazine cover either.
i’d rather be a first team all american athletically and academically because i’ll never be a pretty face. in fact i was one of those….
never dated a woman as beautiful as one above but have dated plenty with bodies like that except maybe a bit less curvy. i far prefer a lean petite swimmers body to curvy one any day. like ‘em built for speed not comfort. thats what my couch is for.
those fat-assed kardasian? sisters make me wanna hurl. but thats how women are anymore especially younger ones. fine faces, no brains or work ethic. just big fat asses…...
i seriously think women are prettier now than ever in my entire life though vast majority think they can skate by with a pretty face; dont watch what they eat, dont work out and you dont dare point up the obvious.
used to date women (in the 80’s when in h/s) who wore size 2/4/6 (i like petite women) and now a woman who USED to be a size 10/12 wears a 4 because thats how clothes are sized. incredible! nothing more than designers changing sizes so women wont feel bad about the fact they’re fat. men too are fat (like most of my friends) i guess, but i dont have to waste time time looking at them. thats for you girls…...
i still date pretty much whoever and whenever i want, but frankly find fewer and fewer women that turn my head for more than a nanosecond.
have what i need as far as career, house, investments etc. only thing missing is a fine (thin) woman who loves kids as much as i do.
its all personality now, good job, values (politics/kids/ animals/those less fortunate) and education. next one i find with a killer bod attached, i’m thinking permanent.

canadiancutie
wrote on September 29 2009 @ 07:10 pm: [report]

I work out plenty and still have what you so tactfully called “a big fat ass.” I don’t mind it, though, It’s why my stomach has visible abs. The fat’s gotta go somewhere on a woman unless said woman has little-to-no estrogen (which is, apparently, how you like ‘em), and in my case, the fat’s subcutaneous instead of visceral. You should look that up.

Jenn27549
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 02:48 pm: [report]

I have to agree with alohajoe, even if he didn’t really go about saying it in the nicest, caring way.  He totally came of as a narcissist, but that’s beside the point.  We do tend to make “excuses” for women to be overweight. I see so many young girls (like teenagers) who are already very overweight and if they keep up that trajectory will be HUGE as adults.  Its not OK.  Everyone is going to have their own build—some will be curvy and some will be sticks—but healthy weight is never something that should be brushed off.  But we don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, even at the expense of health, so don’t dare say a girl is fat b/c then she’ll have body image issues and turn anorexic.  Now there’s this…I don’t have to lose weight b/c he’s only looking at my face.  Yeah, right.  I actually feel sorry for teenage guys today b/c they don’t really have any choice but to date chunky or fat girls.  That’s all there is anymore.

canadiancutie
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 07:15 am: [report]

My issue wasn’t so much with the fact that the sheer quantity of overweight people disgusts him. No, in fact, I get where he’s coming from with that. I took issue with the fact that he said “I hate curves,” even going so far as to brand the Kardashian sisters, who are by no means overweight by any standards except maybe his, belonging to this group of obese women.

Basically, by his own admission, he’s pretty average-looking or below in the face and has never dated a woman with a face as beautiful as the woman in the picture, so it’s obvious why he likes the boyish body type. He simply cannot get a beautiful woman. So he probably only dates Asian girls with average faces. You know - the Yoko Onos.

SouthOC
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 10:51 am: [report]

My wife was in her early 30’s when I met her (va va voom hour glass figure, and gorgeous face).  Now she is almost 50, and has put on some weight, added some wrinkles, and I have no idea what her real hair color is…

I know all of her faults, insecurities, and failures (and she knows mine).

I admire and respect her, and she’s very good to me.

To me she’s more beautiful and sexy than ever, because I’ve fallen head over heels with her as a woman.

Long story short, the outside is going to fall apart with age.  Spend more time working on the inside.  If your guy dumps you because of your looks.  It’s about him, not you.

VX967
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 08:18 pm: [report]

I always find that these observations are off the mark.  There are so much that goes into attraction that being simplistic does not one any good.  I look at everything in a woman.  My peeve is “duck walking” (that means waddling) Poor choice in clothes that do not fit and are uncomfortable with themselves.  It is not sexy to me who is a “total woman” guy I look at it all: including when she opens her mouth!
    Many women age very well by not yo-yo dieting and portion control as well as taking care of themselves. It is the person’s responsibility to do the work that is required to keep looking as good as they can and age is not an excuse!

chuck69
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 09:43 pm: [report]

Maxim shouldn’t link to this site. All that’s here is propaganda and lies. Of course Maxim is mostly Hollywood #&@$% too. So #&@$% all these sites.

Kimie
wrote on October 2 2009 @ 11:45 am: [report]

I have two grown sons and they both say there is nothing worse than going out with a pretty face and she’s dumb.  So there has to be a brain behind that pretty face.

Dave The Rave
wrote on October 2 2009 @ 07:36 pm: [report]

I got a hair cut last night and when I went into work, some women liked my “new look”.  I laughed.  Another said that the ladies don’t like a “scruffy-looking guy”.  Uh, tell Brad Pitt and the actors who have permanent 5 o’clock shadows that!  I’m an average guy of average looks and get more attention than the “hot” or “handsome” guys.

As for women, I prefer “natural” ones, not “fake”.  If you look nice, don’t change.  If you aren’t “pretty enough”, handle it in a nice way.

I was in an accident as a kid and had a huge gash on my left cheek and it healed wrong and left a lump.  Everyone teased me until it got removed in sixth grade.  The patch is about the size of a thumbnail and one reason some want me to shave is because that “patch” has no hair, so if I shave it won’t be “noticed” as much.  Always something!

Anaxa
wrote on October 4 2009 @ 07:58 am: [report]

@Dave the Rave, I had a similar experience when I was very young.  A horrible bike accident took off most of the skin on the left side of my face and tore up my mouth pretty badly.  I was lucky enough that my surgeon did a fantastic job putting me back together, but I had that same problem of relentless taunting from my peers for the next year or two.  Looking back now, I am so glad I had that trauma because it’s allowed me to disregard a person’s appearance almost completely.  I don’t see what the big deal over beauty is.  People are just people, right?

MirandaMay
wrote on October 7 2009 @ 02:52 pm: [report]

I know that there are many more deep and thoughtful things to say here, but honestly, those eyes get me every time. Bodies, it turns out, aren’t as important as I used to think they were. I love a guy with a little more to squeeze, all the better to hold me with.

Derrick Watkins
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 08:43 am: [report]

When a man sees a woman who is attractive, he will start to size her up from her toes to her nose. Stopping every two seconds to check out her features. If he notices that her main feature is his, he will not take his eyes off her until she sees him looking or turns a corner.

Derrick Watkins
Author: Derrick Watkins
Why Good Girls Date Bad Boys

ariscari
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 11:44 am: [report]

This could be misleading… I actually made my boyfriend mad because I told him I thought he tolerated my body because I have a pretty face and a nice personality. He made it clear that he is attracted to me physically, too, and was offended that I thought he “tolerated” me.

So, misleading, just a bit, seeing as I only brought it up after reading this article.

HappyDude
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 11:18 am: [report]

When thinking long term, for most of us a hot body isn’t going to last past our thirties, but attractive faces can last for decades. Makes sense to invest long term.

hawaiianpeach
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 07:29 pm: [report]

Most of the guys I know will take a butter but over a butter face any day of the week.

hawaiianpeach
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 07:32 pm: [report]

Butter ‘butt’, that is.

Lexington
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 07:37 pm: [report]

I’m definitely a face over body person… though I wouldn’t turn down both!

As Pretty Does
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 11:08 pm: [report]

Face over body, any day. That being said, a nice face on a sloppy, uncared for body still says something about the person behind that pretty/handsome face.

vagrantexcrement
wrote on February 9 2010 @ 03:27 pm: [report]

face draws me in,
personality keeps me there for more than an instant,
and then ya gotta just hope for the best
when unwrapping the mystery body underneath.
i need it allllll haha

of course, you can generally get a good guess
about a person’s body with clothes on. i’ve had pretty good luck so far, and am not sure if i’m shallow enough to reject an undesirable one upon viewing.
i mean, personality/smarts mean a bunch to me too. but…i do have a few weird preferences/dealbreakers that i don’t think i could get over if confronted with them.