Quantcast

What women want...

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
11,003
149
The Cleft of Venus
Apparently it's fuzzy, chubby, and poor GEEKS!
:p


Playgirl's hunks? The hairy, chubby & poor!
BY RIVKA BUKOWSKY
DAILY NEWS WRITER
17 Aug


Forget waxed chests and rock-hard abs. A new survey finds ladies like their men scruffy, a wee bit chubby - and definitely not a metrosexual.
Playgirl asked 2,000 of its readers what they find sexy in a man and the answers were surprising: 42% said they thought love handles were kind of sexy and 47% approved of chest hair.

The mag, which often features toned, hairless males in its beefcake photo spreads, is now searching for a man who meets readers' standards.

Average Joes everywhere can send photos to models@playgirlmag.com to compete for a shot at a pictorial in a future issue.

Rich playboys need not apply - only 4% of women said the size of a man's wallet mattered. Metrosexuals are also out: 73% want a guy who is "rough around the edges."

"This survey shows that the guy who's most attractive to our readers is not your average Hollywood hunk," said Playgirl editrix Jill Sieracki. "It's the average Joe who came up on top. Women are practical about their choices, and they're smart."

New York matchmaker Janis Spindel, a self-described specialist at setting up "highly successful, well-educated, attractive professionals," confirmed the survey's findings. "It's scary, but women don't care [about looks]," she said. "Men are very superficial and very shallow."

But Spindel disputed the claim that women don't care about finding a rich man: "Women want a man who makes more money than they do," she said. "They want to be able to live a comfortable lifestyle."
 

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
11,003
149
The Cleft of Venus
On a related note....


Geek chic
It’s the revenge of the nerds: now they're hot hunks!
nydailynews.com | 17 Aug | JACOB E. OSTERHOUT


Steve Carell in 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin'


Richard Rubin, Mindi Emanuel in 'Beauty and the Geek'


Michael Showalter plays lovable Elliot in the upcoming 'The Baxter.'

Good news, losers: It's cool to be uncool. With the upcoming releases of two new movies, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "The Baxter," and the recent success of "Napoleon Dynamite," Hollywood has gleefully embraced dorkdom.

Hear that, matinee idols? This might be the time for you to trade in your Uzi and Aston Martin for a pocket protector and a sweater vest.

"The Baxter" follows a man named Elliot Wilbur Sherman (Michael Showalter of MTV's "The State" and Comedy Central's "Stella"), whose name is a good barometer of his geekitude status. He's a movie star who spends his spare time reading the dictionary and playing the piano, all while wearing plaid pullovers. "He looks perfect on paper," Showalter says, "but he's square. He is not your typical leading man. Leading men drink beer - Elliot orders a Harvey Wallbanger."

Elliot might not be hip, but he is desirable. "He's not romantic," says Showalter. "He is the kind of guy that plays it safe. You know - unspontaneous. But his heart is in the right place and he is capable of loving a woman."

Whatever his foibles, Elliot is typical of the modern-day leading man. Throughout pop culture history, protagonists were required to have ripped abs or bulging biceps. Now in these films and TV shows like "Beauty and the Geek" they simply need a "Hello! My name is Myron" name tag. It seems that, more and more, the ladies love Geek Chic.

"Women find sex appeal in male geek movie characters," notes Gitesh Pandya, editor of www.boxofficeguru.com. "Geeks have charm in their awkwardness. The personality of a geek makes him sexy, partially because he can be pitied and partially because they are good-natured people."

Hope we don't give anything away, but the title character of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" has never had sex. Andy (Steve Carell) collects action figures, plays video games and, on weekends, blows his baritone horn. "This is a character who has missed out on some opportunities in his life," says Carell. "He was probably in the marching band when he was in high school."

But the affable guy finds love by the end of the film. "Andy is attractive because he is nice and sweet," points out Carell. "He's not a bad boy. He's not dangerous. He is not threatening. He is unique."

It's such individuality that makes for intriguing movie characters. "When people see these characters, they feel good about themselves," says Pandya. "If a geek can succeed, then there is hope. It gives the audience confidence."

"They're always putting their foot in their mouth," says Showalter. "There's something cringe-worthy about them that makes us laugh, but while we're laughing at them, we're also rooting for them."

Of course, Hollywood blockbusters starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt are not headed for extinction. But they do have to make room for movies like "Napoleon Dynamite," whose lead character is hardly a heartthrob.

"Superhero films are more about escapism," notes Pandya. "Films about geeks are about realism."

So is Geek Chic here to stay? "Who knows what's cool anymore?" says Carell. "It's not cool to be uncool, but it is also not cool to be cool. It's cool to be somewhere in between. There is this gray area that is most all of us."

Are you taking notes, Pitt? Better start brushing up on your baritone horn, pal.
 

bluebug32

Asshat
Jan 14, 2005
6,141
0
Floating down the Hudson
robdamanii said:
Women just want sex and chat. That's about it.
Yeah, you think that's all we want? Apparently when we do have sex, it's cool if it's with poor, hairy beer-gutted men. Come on...we've still got standards, maybe not Hollywood standards, but standards nonethless
 

dh girlie

MISS MISSY (geek)
bluebug32 said:
Yeah, you think that's all we want? Apparently when we do have sex, it's cool if it's with poor, hairy beer-gutted men. Come on...we've still got standards, maybe not Hollywood standards, but standards nonethless
Amen, sistah! I saw a lot of metros in Vegas this weekend...they definitely did nothing for me, but there are a LOT of 'normal' looking guys that had nice bodies that were really hot...I certainly wasn't checking out the beer guts and hairy backed beasts by the pool...
 

Ciaran

Fear my banana
Apr 5, 2004
9,841
18
So Cal
dh girlie said:
HAHAHAHA! The person probably tallying the votes was as described above...of course we don't like rock hard abs...:rolleyes: Although I do not much care for metros myself, there is NOTHING quite like running your tongue over rock hard abs...
Ummm... I think I'll pass on the rock hard abs and stick to running my tongue over The GF's soft and curvy body. :drool:
 

dh girlie

MISS MISSY (geek)
Ciaran said:
Ummm... I think I'll pass on the rock hard abs and stick to running my tongue over The GF's soft and curvy body. :drool:
Well...I have to say that I don't care for the type of rock hard abs a dude gets from going to the gym 6 hours a day every day of the week...I prefer the rock hard abs a dude gets doing sporty stuff outside...but no lame sports like football or baseball...hot guy sports like bmxing, mtn biking, wakeboarding, etc.
 

bluebug32

Asshat
Jan 14, 2005
6,141
0
Floating down the Hudson
dh girlie said:
Well...I have to say that I don't care for the type of rock hard abs a dude gets from going to the gym 6 hours a day every day of the week...I prefer the rock hard abs a dude gets doing sporty stuff outside...but no lame sports like football or baseball...hot guy sports like bmxing, mtn biking, wakeboarding, etc.
:thumb: You got it. There's nothing worse than a gym-obsessed meat head
 

dh girlie

MISS MISSY (geek)
DRB said:
And rowing. Lord forgive you for forgetting rowing.
Lord have mercy, you are correct! My best friends little brother was on the Long Beach State crew team...we used to go down and visit him all the time...his roommates and buddies were also on the crew team... :drool: :drool: :drool: and it was HOT down there...so shirts were always off...I was so sad when he graduated...
 

DRB

unemployed bum
Oct 24, 2002
15,242
0
Watchin' you. Writing it all down.
dh girlie said:
Lord have mercy, you are correct! My best friends little brother was on the Long Beach State crew team...we used to go down and visit him all the time...his roommates and buddies were also on the crew team... :drool: :drool: :drool: and it was HOT down there...so shirts were always off...I was so sad when he graduated...
STOP IT. I was making fun of Stoney for God's sake. Not encouraging you to get all hot and bothered.
 

Pau11y

Turbo Monkey
SkaredShtles said:
You forgot climbing.

<waits impatiently for Stoney to chime in about his rock hard abs and his nubile young climbing partner>
I think you and DHG will also be able to identify w/ this one: skiers/snowboarders. However, w/ the current trend in ski wear, it's hard to "picture" anything under the ski clothes.
 

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
65,962
12,890
In a van.... down by the river
Pau11y said:
I think you and DHG will also be able to identify w/ this one: skiers/snowboarders. However, w/ the current trend in ski wear, it's hard to "picture" anything under the ski clothes.
Yeah. In the good ol' days ski bunnies wore tight clothes. Now those damn "shred Booties" or whatever they're called are wearing $hit 8 sizes too big. :mad:
 

hooples3

Fuggetaboutit!
Mar 14, 2005
5,245
0
Brooklyn
maybe for women its different... but i have found myself attracte to a wide variety of types of women
from a really small/ petite cuban girl .. to a big boned norwegian
 

Pau11y

Turbo Monkey
Me likey 'em tall and lean w/ about a mile of legs joining at a nice tight ass. The legs should be long enough so when you bumpin' and grindin' on the front side, w/ the legs over your shoulders, the heels could be tucked in your back pockets.
Ok, I guess that would make her kind of a mutant if I'm gaguing it w/ my 6' frame, but DAMN if that isn't a :drool: of a visual :D