Do you find the attractiveness of the face or the attractiveness of the body to be more important in a partner?

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This is asked in a dating context, so please choose your answer with that in mind. If your answer is different in a purely sexual context, you can mention it in your comment, but don't vote according to that.

For the purpose of this question, there is no "Neither is important" or "Both are equally important" options. If you can't decide which you find more important, just don't vote.

curiousnorway · Accepted Answer

I probably think the face is the most important thing here, but it's difficult to choose though. And here's why.

1. Faces and bodies affects each others. If you've an overweight body, your face would look round and overweight too. Fat people have fat faces, so although the eyes are good doesn't mean the other facial features would look good. Fatness can affect your whole face.

2. How severe or good would the body and faces be? It all depends from scenario to scenario. There's so many combinations here like:

- A beautiful face, but ugly body
- A beautiful face, but average body
- An ugly face, but beautiful body
- An average face, but beautiful body
etc. etc. etc.

I would rather have one with an average face and beautiful body than an ugly face and beautiful body or a beautiful face and ugly body. Since I can't pick both a good body and face, I would say my most preferred are a beautiful face and an average body. The body better be slim.

Kurαȷ · Accepted Answer

The attractiveness of the body is ultimately more important to me, which I believe is the case with most other people despite their failure to acknowledge it being so.

I think people are too fixated on face being the determinant of the overall degree of attractiveness, and that they underestimate/fail to acknowledge the amount of people they automatically dismiss on the grounds of what their body is like.

I personally dismiss at least 80% of people because of their height and weight, even though I'm sure that most of those people's faces would be well within my preferences otherwise.

SammyGurl · Accepted Answer

His face, his eyes are what draw me in first; yet there is a body type that attracts me to his face. I love his body to be that long lean swimmers bod that shows he's spent time in the water, he cares about how the rest of him looks, he's not just another pretty face! That's just one of many things that attracted me to my guy!!

Porcelaine · Accepted Answer

Body. Face is not something that can be changed, but if he has a bad body that just shows me lazyness and I like guys that are fit and active. No matter how pretty the face is it won't make up for lazyness. While a guy with a less attractive face if he looks after himself he can be very sexy.

anniisa · Answer

The body can be attractive but with a face that doesn't match up it's meaningless. I'll always look at someone's face as the final and most important factor in considering them as attractive or not.

Did you see Logan Paul's body during the KSI boxing fight? Wow. But unfortunately Logan Paul is not attractive because his face is just... meh. Someone put a paperback over him so I can drool at his body some more please

Apope16 · Answer

The face is important. But as i get older a great body has mattered to me more. There is something special about an older woman that still has a great body and isn't insanely obese or whose body looks so unattractive that the face no longer matters.

Prankster13 · Answer

Well I think most people have fine faces. And a face can't really change all that much. It's bone and skin, mostly.

But there's much more variant in attractive bodies. And those definitely change, in working out, or gaining weight, or whatnot. I feel like I pretty much have to say body here, because face usually is pretty good anyways, especially if the body is good. But the body can be bad much more likely to, too.

Of course, a really really good face could tip the scales, but for the most part I think body holds more sway.

NineBreaker · Answer

Face without a doubt is more important, but that does not mean that attractiveness of body isn't. It's just at second place, that's all.

A person's disposition dictates their usual facial expressions, and over time, this can affect how your face looks.

CubsterShura · Answer

I don't know. I always preferred a guy looks good enough overall. Never thought much about face and body separately.

But I guess I would choose body, because you have not control of your body and fitness than your facial structure, and I don't judge people for things that are beyond their control.

Glue-Sniffer · Answer

Face by a mile. The body can change within a few weeks but unless a person has major surgery the face's attractiveness stays constant. If you have an unattractive face you are stuck with it for life and you also pass it along to your offsprings. If you have an unattractive body there is a lot you can do about it.

EmbraceThePain · Answer

To me, it’s face for sure. I can find a lot of different body types attractive, but face is one of those things that everyone seems to look at for cues of different emotions. It seems to be the hub of determining if someone likes you, scared of you, mad at you, etc. The face encompasses other parts that are important like the eyes, mouth, etc. These are where a lot of how we perceive the world come to be. It makes sense that face is one of the most important aspects of attraction.

Xtiix92 · Answer

Face is depend in your gene so how would your children will be beautiful if you are ugly yes perfect body is important but the face features are more and more important All people can have good looking body but not all can have a good genetic features

Anonymous · Answer

I don't know. I believe anyone can become attractive if the person has an attractive personality. For example: I think the most popular guy at my school is meh because he has a bad personality, and I fell in love with a nerd who barely left his room because he had a great personality

djmzes · Answer

Simple

Bellarina6 · Answer

I never thought of this before but I'd say the face for me. The guy I'm seeing isn't the tallest or fittest but I was instantly attracted to his face and after getting to know him more, I overall find him irresistible

SugarLeaf · Answer

I gennerally pay too much attention to the person's face. I don't really care if the person is chubby or whatever, even when talking about sex, but I'd never kiss someone whose face I don't find attractive unless I'm drunk lol

RussianNestingDoll · Answer

Fitness of the body is important but faces are either becoming or ugly. Unless you are just trying to have a brief sexual relationship, then the face is more important. Faces are how we recognize others.

dadler313 · Answer

If I had to choose one it would be the attractiveness of the body. The last girl I dated was very petite, and while I thought her face was cute, the typical shallow guy would not. Her body was perfect for me because I'm a little above average in terms of body fat and we both thought our differences in body mass was nice. She loved having a big guy who could protect her and I loved having a small woman to protect.

sz193 · Answer

Face. You can always change the way your body looks through diet and exercise. You can change the way the face looksas well through surgery. But the way they look at you, their smile, certain facial expressions that you like - those can’t be bought or changed.

weysally · Answer

I voted for face but mainly its the eyes, I know I have been wrong sometimes but mostly the eyes tell me a lot

Anonymous · Answer

This is a shallow question. The face. The persons eyes are the windows to the soul. Ideally I'd want someone with a good heart, too having an attractive heart blows all superficial looks out the water.

ImJustCurious13 · Answer

It's always been about her body for me personally. She doesn't have to be born with the best facial features, but an at least healthy body has always been a must for me.

laurenok · Answer

No point having a good body with an ugly face. I have a 12/10 face and a 8/10 body (not bad but, I capture attention thanks to my face) and all men want me so that should answer th me question for ya.

AmorgansHorse · Answer

Gosh darn it! I ask this and nobody beats an eye but an attractive girl posts it and everybody loses their minds! So Face for sure but its 55 to 45 in favor so it's close.

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