"I find "pretty" males and females aesthetically pleasing,"
So do I. To me, "pretty" requires typically "feminine" characteristics (e.g. fine bone structure, soft clear skin, long hair, long eyelashes, etc.), so for either a male or female to be "pretty" to me, they are necessarily also "feminine".
It is also possible to be "handsome" (which involves some typically "masculine" characteristics), but that's a whole different set of aesthetic appreciation. Not generally something I am attracted to per se in the case of males (which is different WRT most of society, but you and I seem fairly similar in that regard), and something that I usually find specifically unattractive in females.
"just not... overtly so (at least to the point where they exude 'femaleness'. Than any sort of overt sexual overtones I am uncomfortable with"
See, I think I rather would "exude femaleness". To me that is a position of power, and more generally attractive rather than just to a niche market ;).
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Date: May. 10th, 2007 02:06 am (UTC)From:So do I. To me, "pretty" requires typically "feminine" characteristics (e.g. fine bone structure, soft clear skin, long hair, long eyelashes, etc.), so for either a male or female to be "pretty" to me, they are necessarily also "feminine".
It is also possible to be "handsome" (which involves some typically "masculine" characteristics), but that's a whole different set of aesthetic appreciation. Not generally something I am attracted to per se in the case of males (which is different WRT most of society, but you and I seem fairly similar in that regard), and something that I usually find specifically unattractive in females.
"just not... overtly so (at least to the point where they exude 'femaleness'. Than any sort of overt sexual overtones I am uncomfortable with"
See, I think I rather would "exude femaleness". To me that is a position of power, and more generally attractive rather than just to a niche market ;).