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This just makes me wonder how you even would sexualise men ?
I'm a lesbian, so I have no inherent understanding of what makes a man attractive, and society doesn't really spell it out... Men are supposedly attractive "per se" just by being men, which doesn't make any sense to me ๐
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Nah there are ugly dudes and attractive dudes
Oh I absolutely believe you that there are, it's just close to impossible for me to tell an average guy from a supposedly attractive one. Unless someone is obviously conventionally ugly, there is no qualifiable difference to me ; they're all just guys.
As a cis man, I find the same. I know that people say Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe are good looking as is Jason Mamoa...but I wouldn't be able to tell you who is better looking or why. I can sort it out better with women, but its still just personal attraction and not overall beauty. Like I have no clue what makes people see one actress more attractive than another, they are all just generically good symmetry to me.