According to Oxford Dictionary of English, "attraction" is defined as, “A quality or feature of something or someone that evokes interest, liking, or desire.”
Attraction is an interesting thing to me; it means the action of liking someone, and being interested. Personally, I find guys that are “tall, dark, and handsome” to be attractive. Everyone has their own type. Although I do like guys with dark hair, it doesn’t mean that I don’t find blondes or red heads attractive. Anyone can be attractive, but there are only specific or certain types of people that I might be attracted to. Even if I find someone attractive, it doesn’t necessarily mean I would want anything with them. If the interest isn’t strong enough, I won’t feel compelled to do anything about it. I conducted a survey using Survey Monkey, and asked people, “What makes a guy or a girl attractive to you?”
Here are some of the responses….
1. “Can carry a conversation, likes deep conversations and has depth to them, makes me laugh & smile, down to earth and laid back, adventurous, goofy and silly, doesn’t take themselves too seriously” Mr. Perfect?
2. “Humor, honesty, takes good care of himself”
3. “smile, kindness, graciousness, sense of humor” “sense of humor, passionate, doesn’t take themselves too seriously, great hair” Agreed
4. “Appearance, nice and funny” “Personality and appearance” “sense of humor, intelligent, low-maintenance.” I can dig it.
5. “Humor, kindness, and good looks are all important factors.” “Someone who isn't all about drinking. Someone who likes to laugh and have fun in safe and healthy ways. I guess what someone looks like doesn't really matter as long as they are confident in who they are." Eh, looks are what attract you first.
6. “How he treats his parents is important.” Absolutely yes!
7. “Personality & looks, smile, hair.”
8. “Physical appearances, respectfulness, humor.”
9. "Sense of humor, smile, and laugh. Also someone who is determined and motivated."
10. "Nice eyes, a nice smile, cheekbones, good sense of style, sense of humor!"
11. "Tall, brown hair, talkative and takes initiative, clean acne free, muscular preferably but not too skinny or fat works too"
12. "Collar bones!!!!! So, so, so, hot on a nice gal! But she has to be healthy looking with Collar bones." Interesting
13. "A guy is attractive to me based on their height, if they can make me laugh, and their eyes."
14. "Eyes and butt."
15. "A combination of things."
16. "Intelligence, physical fitness, and a sense of humor."
17. "Tall, scruff, muscular, big hands, good teeth, funny."
18. "Guys are attractive when they're humble and nice to everyone to be honest. Looks can only take someone so far."
19. "Being witty and sly, teasing, flirting. eye contact."
20. "A girl who can keep up a conversation."
21. "Guy: If he can take care of himself. Nothing is worse than when a guy is irresponsible and lazy."
22. "Confidence, respect, manners, good smile, well kept (i.e. clean, smells good, clean shaven and well dressed)"
23. "Height, eyes/eyelashes, biceps, calves, nice hair" Eyelashes?
I can agree with most of the responses. Some were general, while others were really specific. I think that looks are what attract your interest in the first place, but once you get to know someone, their personality can make it or break it. I also believe that the more you get to know someone, the more likely that you’ll notice little things about them that make them stand out even more. It's interesting because many people share the same interest in what they find attractive while others might be much more picky with their choices.
