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Sorry djbollman, but you're wrong. I'm definitely a male and I can definitely state that sexiness is a subjective matter. I find no appeal in what is deemed mainstream sexy - supermodels, porn actress, and pop divas. That artificial "beauty" just doesn't do it for me. Sure, it works for a lot of guys, and many of those same guys believe that it's the same for every other male. But some of that is social programming, and some of that is the male desire to "have" a woman that (they think) all other males will be jealous of.
Simply put, anyone who thinks there is one standard of sexiness or beauty is a dupe, guided by mainstream pressures into thinking this is an absolute instead of a relative. In reality, one's perception of sexy is as individualistic as one's taste in music or foods. And in that way both genders are alike.
