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Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Saturday, May 17, 2003, 13:12
Quoting Roger Mills <romilly@...>:

> Andreas Johansson wrote: > > > Quoting Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>: > > > > > Heh. For some reason, gay men seem to like my look > > > better than women. Ah, the cruel irony. /=P > > > > Continuing off-topically, does anyone know if there's any data on > whether > gay > > men tend to be attracted by the same things in men as are > (heterosexual) > women > > or not? And similarly with lesbians and straight men? > > > A very interesting question, even if WAY OT. The problem is, I'm not > sure > any two gay men would have the same criteria; friends and I quite > often > disagree as to who's hot, who's not. (Though I agree with Christophe > about > Mr. Thalmann...). And ever since I became aware of such things, I've > always > found my sister's taste in men quite deplorable. So there.
Well, it's not hard to find two heterosexuals men/women disagreeing about whether a particular woman/man is hot either. But notice the word "tend" above - there may be statistical tendencies even when there's obvious individual variation. Andreas