Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

Most of us like looking at certain body parts of the opposite sex. Men tend to like butts, breasts, legs and occasionally the abdomen. Women tend to like abs, arms, hands, and occasionally the butt. Most people will say "We naturally like these things" that's true but why? Sure, one of those reasons we like these things is because we like how certain parts look but there are other reasons as well. Since those other reasons are in our subconscious, we don't pay attention to them. We already know why we are attracted to each other's he genitals; to produce offspring.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

1.) Why men like breasts

They are nice to look at and are sexually arousing but why do they sexually arouse men? Well because they are a sign of nurture. Subconsciously men see breasts as being able to nurture a baby.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

2.) Why men like female butts

Once again, they look nice and are sexually arousing for men but they are a sign of fertility. A man subconsciously knows that she can have a child. Another reason is if a guy is sexually aroused by female flatulence, he knows that is the part of the body were it comes from hence his attraction to the butt.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

3.) Why men like the female abdomen

You guessed it, because it looks so gorgeous but there is a scientific reason as well. Subconsciously men see the female abdomen as the child bearing area, hence a sign of fertility.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

4.) Why some men like the female navel

Yes it looks so arousing but once again there is also another reason; men subscondciously like it because it resembles the female genitalia and because it is a erogenous zone for some women. In fact the female navel use to be censored in public. Women use to not be able to reveal their navels in public or in the media. Eventually that censorship became obsolete.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

5.) Why men like the feminine pretty face

Obviously we find it to be gorgeous but even though we are not aware of it, we also see beautiful women as a means of producing our offspring.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex
Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

6.) Why men like female feminine hands

We like how women's hands look so soft/tender but it might also have to do with their tender hands being a sign of nurturing capabilities.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

7.) Why men like soft feminine voices

We like them because subconsciously we know they are a sign of high estrogen in a woman.

Now let's take a look at what women like. This is what convinced me that women are visual when it comes to physical attraction.

8.) Why women like masculine strong arms

Obviously they like how they look but their subconscious says that strong arms offer a lot of protection.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

9.) Why women like masculine hands

Well they do like how they look and there are various other reasons why. Strong hands are a sign of strength and skill for protection and because there is a possibility for some women that fingers might resemble the human penis.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

10.) Why women like male 6 pack abs

Clearly women like to look at them and touch them. However they also look at 6 pack abs as a sign of good health/fitness, so they can give good offspring.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

11.) Why some women like the male navel

I know, it's surprising but I've met some women who are so fascinated by the male navel. Clearly they like how it looks but it might have to do with the subconscious sense of protection as well. One of those women told me that she prefers the navels of men with 6 pack abs. Another reason why is because for some men including myself, our navels are erogenous. For those that don't know, the human navel does change in shape based on how physically fit a person is.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

12.) Why women like male butts

Sure they love how it looks but people wonder if there really is a biological reason why women are into it. There are actually many read but here are some; a muscular butt is a sign of strength which gives the woman a sense of protection, she likes how it looks when the man walks and because she might envy it. Also, if a woman is sexually aroused by male flatulence(yes there are women that are) she knows that the butt is where that sound and smell comes from. I've always had a rather large butt and I've had many women always complimenting me on how nice my butt looks and how they wish their butts looked like mine.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

13.) Why women like men's masculine handsome faces

Yes, they do love how they look. However, they also like the message/vibes a man's facial structure gives. They tend to like guys that have masculine facial features(high cheekbones, hollow cheeks, intense eyes, strong Jaws) and certain facial shapes because they look for dominance in a man's face. Pictured below are two men that a lot of women might consider handsome.

Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex
Why We Like What We Like About the Opposite Sex

14.) Why women like masculine deep voices

The reason why they like deep voices is because a deep voice is a sign of high testosterone. I have a very deep voice and I've had females always telling me how they like how my voice is deep.

As you can see there are many reasons why people are fond of certain body parts in the opposite sex. Men and women both like proper bone structure and healthy skin in the opposite gender. However men tend to like lumps of flesh(breasts, chunky butts) while women like muscle on men (biceps, forearms, abs, glutes etc).

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Most Helpful Guys

  • You really simplified this a lot there's a lot more science behind it.
    For instance Men like the curve where the hips widen because it shows that the woman can give birth to a child without dying. Because in the past some women had too narrow hips and would die in childbirth.

    But the butt is attractive because that's where females store fat so it's a sign of health and a good diet.

    And I heard the face is a indicator of your imune system so a pretty face means good resistance to desease. I don't know if that's true though but there was a study about this.

    Anyway I thought this was way too simple and inacurate.

    • At least cite your sources.

    • Oh like you did

    • Took you a whole year to reply.

  • Small and perky boobs (B or C) and nice firm round ass in a gal for me.

Most Helpful Girls

  • Men also prefer women with a healthy amount of body fat (curves) because it can be used in store for the winter to ensure a healthy baby while an underweight woman may have a malnourished baby or miscarry

    A woman with wide hips has less risk during birth than a woman with narrow hips

    Women are drawn to facial hair and beards as a sign of high testosterone in men

    A man's height also plays into that protective factor for a lot of women (but most are willing to settle for similar heights since we don't live in a caveman world anymore)

    • Caveman world is irrelevant to this discussion it doesn't negate the fact that height is just as important to women now as it was then it's wired in the brain.

    • @Brah63926 Most women these days are looking for men who are about 3-6" taller than them, not a foot. So yes, the standard had decreased over time. Some women genuinely don't care about a man's height either. My grandmother was 6" taller than my grandfather and they were together until he died

    • The standard has not decreased it's just that average man is only what 5 or 6 inches taller than average female?

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  • You're right. I think these are all subconsciously true. For one, I know I'm attracted to deep voices because they sound authoritative and I like them even though I don't know that it indicates a high testosterone count. Great Take!

    • Thanks🙂.

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  • Thank you for the Kind Invite, hun.
    Beautifully Done and Very Well Constructed Her, dear. xx

    • Thank you.

    • Thank you for the Like too. xx

    • You're welcome.

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  • Good Take!! I enjoyed reading it!! It makes a lot of sense 👍

    • Thank you.

    • You're welcome 😊

  • 1) I don't really think that explains it. I mean shape and size has literally nothing to do with functionality, yet they are essential to attractiveness

    2) "if a guy is sexually aroused by female flatulence" -- huh? flatulence? as in farting? Is that a thing?

    11) Again, huh? That is a thing. I don't hear a lot of women saying they are attracted to a guys belly ubtton and vice versa too actually

    I agree with the rest of it tho

    • Yes, some people are attracted to flatulence/farting but not every person. Same goes for the navel, only some people like navels.

    • i do love female belly buttons, so good to lick, kiss and put your finger there, whohooooo.

  • I actually hate it when guys are ripped. I hate abs because they look weird. I like chest hair. I also may line a certain appearance but that seriously doesn't mean I don't find others attractive. I have a type but I find myself dating outside of my type 😂

    • so you're saying you like the redneck physique? or we going with mountain man? A lot of girls are like this and prefer flabby dudes not sure why

    • @blutwolfe more of the mountain look I guess. I would say more ACTUAL MAN. I don't want to sleep with a naked mole rat. I like men who are manly.

    • I look like a naked mole rat unless I'm tanned, cause I have blonde body hair lol So you're saying you want a guy who works on a farm/tradesman or something? Cause if so that could be arranged, hue hue, not srs tho

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  • I disagree on a lot of things outhere.

    Women don't like big arms, anything beyond 16 to 17 inches arms look disgusting for a lot of women while they are a bare minimum. Some girl friends cannot stare at Franck McGrath forearms while they are a work of art.

    However, I will never understand their attractions for glutes, I mean that's the last thing I look in a man.

    For what I understand of women beauty standart it would be nice face + decent abs and arms between 14-16 inches + nice glutes. That's all.

  • @redeyemindtricks #fuckyeah fertility goddess wins ;)

    • ahah that's how the story goes, isn't it. muah :*

    • @redeyemindtricks <3

  • Over simplification hypothesis.

  • I like male arms so they can throw me around and booties for ultimate gluteal thrust.

  • Male navel? NOO
    Stay away from my belly button and keep yours away from me haha
    Belly buttons weird me out.

    • Only some people are into navels😆.

  • i am sorry but i don't like faces like that. i like a good balance and beauty.

  • So, basically natural selection and what we should have been taught in biology.

  • I don't look like those 'strong' guys, but I have pulled very beautiful women.
    The reason is because I'm fit, I'm good looking, and cuz I can kill you (which is the most important part). lol.

    • What do you mean by "can kill you"😆😆?

    • You underestimate me.

    • I'm not super muscular either, I do have muscle though but I did restrain a bigger guy when I was in high school by slightly twisting his left index finger. I was only defending myself, so he is the only that ended up getting a detention.

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  • Thank you for reminding how bad I am for a girl. I would give you a dislike but there is no such option.
    As for what I like to a woman that would be small boobs, normal ass, and the pretty face and abdomen you just mention.

  • Thats true the idea of ''women with big breasts can feed babies'' turns me on honestly.

  • You forgot to mention the female legs !!!
    The BEST part of the woman

  • I didn't even finish this be you are so far off haha. I don't relate men's fingers with penises nor do belly buttons seem like vaginas. Basically everything sexy about a woman is because of how much she can nurture? A woman with fugly hands can nurture just as good and one with soft pretty hands. I dunno.. just my opinion. I don't know anyone that likes a girl's fart just because it comes from her ass. where the fuck else would it come from unless it's a queef lol

    • Notice how I use the word subconscious. Also, not everyone likes the same thing.

    • Fair enough the fart thing killed me though 😂

    • It's true, some people are turned on by them.

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  • You picked a brilliant illustration of the female ass!

  • Interesting... I've caught myself staring at my boyfriends butt sometimes and I'm like what? I thought only guys liked butts. He's got hockey butt.

  • My crush isn't muscular and Id prefer him that way. Sure maybe a bit of muscle so he's not just far skin and bone. But all of hose pictures of muscles turn me off because they'd too big they remind me of the mechillin man

    • So you prefer feminine men? No offense by the way.

    • I take no offense! And yea I guess so. Like I find Tyler Joseph more attractive than Zack from or tanning chatum (actually don't like zach or tanning at all.) I have a tendency to like the "pretty boy" type over the apparent "hot and fit" guys

    • you just body shamed me! sexism!

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  • Hun basically the argument is its because men want. women to have femenine traits and be girly. And women want manly men. But not all women want 6 packs, muscles etc...

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