I wonder if a guy spends more time around girls growing up if he would be better at it? I have one or two straight guy friends who are very comfortable not always playing by enforced gender rules because they grew up with a lot of sisters/girl friends
It probably helps, but I'd say that it's also necessary to interact with them in a way that goes against gender rules. I have more female friends than male friends, but I don't think I spend too much time talking to them about which guys are hot.
they both will answer with which guys they think are attractive when asked (though their answers tend to be more hyper-masculine--Clive Owen and Daniel Craig are two that come to mind that they've mentioned).
Haha, I think it's possible for more guys to answer who we think are attractive, but we might merely not have too much faith in our accuracy and/or we're guessing what girls like based on what we know of cultural standards of masculinity.
I might be willing to do John Barrowman or Johnny Depp though.
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Date: 2011-06-16 06:45 am (UTC)It probably helps, but I'd say that it's also necessary to interact with them in a way that goes against gender rules. I have more female friends than male friends, but I don't think I spend too much time talking to them about which guys are hot.
they both will answer with which guys they think are attractive when asked (though their answers tend to be more hyper-masculine--Clive Owen and Daniel Craig are two that come to mind that they've mentioned).
Haha, I think it's possible for more guys to answer who we think are attractive, but we might merely not have too much faith in our accuracy and/or we're guessing what girls like based on what we know of cultural standards of masculinity.
I might be willing to do John Barrowman or Johnny Depp though.