Women, are you attracted to muscular guys?

Post Reply New Topic

No, not really. I think a guy's shape is more important than muscle. Lean (as opposed to "stocky") and widest across the shoulders and chest. I would assume it's partly genetic.

One point to the muscles thing as well, a muscular guy is no guarantee he can defend a woman any better than a non muscular one in most reasonable scenarios. Some very non-musclar men can kick some serious ass. And many muscular men are seldom challenged and therefore really don't fight well.

I'd prefer a guy who's intermediate.

I'm mostly attracted to women, and romantically it's basically exclusive. So my response probably won't be the norm, I'm super-far from straight.

But I've had aesthetic/sexual attraction to men before, and there: yes. A muscular body is ideal to look at on a guy. That said, I vastly prefer it be natural-looking, which entails having some degree of fat around it. It being overly defined and veiny actually is a turn-off. The "I'm a lumberjack who lifts stuff for a living" body type is much better than the gym-bunny look.

I'm also most attracted to slightly chubby/cuddly-figured girls, so there might be a pattern here in the looks department. But personality >>>> body type. Being someone I'm happy to be around matters much more than fitting my absolute ideal body shape, and as said above, that describes most long-term female attraction.

I voted for "somewhat lean".
I've never liked guys who were too muscular, I usually prefer the ones who are athletic but thin (with some muscles but not too much).
It's embarrassing if I think about it, but the guys I felt attracted to (with a few exceptions) were usually less muscular then me and weighed less than I did, and I'm not even that muscular and am just 117 lbs

I think alot of women view extreme muscularity as a sign of insecurity and conceitedness. A person that is obsessed with their physical appearance has to spend an abnormal amount of time at the gym. An old skit on Saturday Night Live made fun of this; "its not how you feel, its how you look, and you look marvelous"

Most girls like "in-between" guys, I have found, usually taller than themselves. I'm a bit chubby....and I don't feel that women find me unattractive. My short height is a bit of a problem, though.

Don't really care either way, I don't like overly muscular dudes though. They look grotesque. Also I like guys with butts.

I've always thought my hips and butt are a bit too wide to look very masculine. It's a common trait among male members of my family.

Maybe girls like skinny guys because they look more youthful. Muscular guys look older.

I've seen a lot of young women with iPhone cases shaped like teddy bears. I've seen a lot of young women with teddy bear hair clips. 30 years ago that sort of thing was for little children, 20 year old women.

For both young men and young women, I think the culture has become infantilesed. I've seen it in the way young adults dress. I've seen it in the way young adults intentionally use incorrect grammar to appear cute. Both young men and young women. 30 years ago acting like a child would have been considered highly embarrassing. Now it's the in thing.

I think that the change might have something to do with anime / manga. So many male characters look incredibly feminine IMO. Some even look like female faces grafted on androgynous or male bodies.

Of the two, the present-day girl looks a lot more fun to be around, to me. Between that and being someone who looks pretty bishonen facially (my body type is more average) when I'm passing for male, I'm liking this trend.