On: Ask HN: How influential can physical appearance be...

[SturgeonsLaw]

Someone you'd want to have sex with, not to put to fine a point on it...

[Tangurena2 → SturgeonsLaw]

For asexual people, this question gets asked a lot, and it drives us nuts - because that desire just routes to /dev/null.

[Bakary → Tangurena2]

You can understand that someone is physically attractive without being sexually attracted to them.

[colinmhayes → Tangurena2]

Same is true for psychopaths, but many are good at pretending. Just have to observe and find the patterns.

[Bakary → SturgeonsLaw]

That's not a sufficient criteria because people can tell if their competitors are attractive ar not

[barry-cotter → Bakary]

Male taste in men and female taste in men are not the same. Straight men and most gay men think muscle bound manly men with chiselled jaws are the hotness. Lots of women like KPop androgynes. Lots more men be ‘mirin a guy who has big muscles than women.

[Bakary → barry-cotter]

Even taking this into account, it's still possible to determine or sense the attractiveness of most attractive competitors. At least to the point where sexual attraction cannot be the sole criteria