What gender ages better in terms of physical appearance?

[jpgray]

[asthmaticeog]

1. .

:thumbsup:

[jpgray]

2. Nobody's voting

It's like my "who likes jpgray?" poll all over again.

[liontamer]

3. women do

men get fat and bald pretty quickly and if they weren't stylish before they don't get stylish later.

[swag]

4. I voted for the males because of the alluring thickening of the toenails

[FuzzySlippers]

5. Not to mention

the hair-growing-out-of-the-ears thing.

[swag]

6. The males got it all.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. Hott.

Then you pair that up with the growing ear hair...

[swag]

11. Clogged leg follicles . . .

It's a beauty win for the entire world!

[Robeson]

7. What? No transgender category?.....

...:-)

[LeftyMom]

8. Assuming both parties are attractive to begin with, usually men do.

Women tend to fight aging too hard and it sometimes leads to looking really fake and desparate in one's clinging to thier youth.

Men usually just get an impractical car instead of going for that Katherine Harris "I put my plastic surgeon's kids through the Ivies" look.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

10. I think my mother sleeps in formaldahyde.

On the plus side, my dad aged early. So I seemingly got the one good gene from her.

[pitohui]

12. in real life women do

unless they're in show business men do not trouble to maintain themselves

what good is having the technology to prolong a youthful appearance if you don't bother to avail yourself of it?

[leftofthedial]

13. women by far

go to any reunion

most of the women look fabulous

most of the men look lumpy, balding . . .

[u4ic]

14. In reality,

I think women do, for various reasons.

However, with cultural expectations so high on women...and it is usually the young, pre-motherhood ideal. Any deviation from that seems to take away from their beauty. (in the eyes of society)

I think men are allowed to age ungracefully, and may be seen as the more attractive. They are allowed the grey hair and the lines, the little belly is 'cute', etc.

Women take better care of themselves...and it think it shows as they age. I'll agree with LeftyMom's statement that women who try to look 20, but are 50 are quite sad indeed. Men may do the same, however (is it really necessary to comb over those three last hairs?)

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Ka-ching!

We have a winna!

Women are not afforded the same rights as men to age "ungracefully." For that matter, they aren't afforded the same rights to look less than appealing at any age.

As a result, our concept of "appealing" differs by gender. I see women here drooling over guys I'd consider average-looking, whereas it typically takes a Kelly Brook or other Hollyweird crank-'em-out to get a reaction from most guys.

We've come a short way, baby. :eyes:

[RevCheesehead]

16. The popcorn smiley is ageless.

:popcorn:

[Seabiscuit]

17. Women don't have to worry about popping Viagra some day.

[DainBramaged]

18. Proof is in the pictures

[miss_american_pie]

23. The filtered, airbrushed pictures?

;)

[DainBramaged]

25. Keep the dream alive baby

[tjwmason]

19. All in the eye of the beholder.

There's many a woman in her fifties that can make turn my head, yet comparatively few men of that age.

[Mutley]

20. I'll just post a popcorn smiley.

:popcorn:

:P

[AngryAmish]

21. Men are hard wired to appreciate youthfulness as beauty

Older women who still give off a younger vibe (it has to do with facial symmetry, clearness of skin, clearness of eyes and breast/waist/hip ratios) are considered attractive. This is attractive across cultures. Give a Ghurka pictures of (current) Liz Taylor, Goldie Hawn or Scarlett Johansen and ask him to pick the most attractive the overwhelming amount of times he will pick Scarlett.

Men are considered attractive for things other than appearance alone.

[Boojatta]

32. No current pics for us? Are you sure no Ghurkas prefer Goldie Hawn? n/t

[AngryAmish]

35. Of course we are speaking in generalities

Individuals are so varied in their sexual attraction to speak otherwise would be nonsensical. For example there are people who are furries - and that shit is sick.

[Dangerously Amused]

41. Please cite your authority for the "men being hard-wired to appreciate

...the American paradigm of female model/moviestar beauty" theory, because I have heard this "hard-wired" claim on numerous occasions but have yet to see credible research to back it up. Without substantive research, it could just as easily be a lame excuse to drool over supermodels without taking responsibility for contributing to most women's self-esteem/body hatred issues.

I am also interested to learn how you correlate your claim that this "hard-wiring" is so genetically ingrained in men as to cross cultures with the fact that many cultures prefer women who do not fit the stereotypical ideal of female beauty that we worship here in the US.

For example:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3429903.stm

[AngryAmish]

42. Old article, first thing on google

[In_The_Wind]

22. Without cosmetics, hair dyes, plastic surgery ~ the male ages better.

We are talking totally natural here ~ I've seen so many men who look like they are out with their mothers.
The guys really do look better.

[XNASA]

24. I'll assume you're referring to humans.

ITC, the chicks got it all over us......bigtime.

[jpgray]

26. Ironic--usually we get it all over them

[XNASA]

31. Not if you're lucky.

[Radical Activist]

27. The comments and poll results don't add up.

I guess the majority who think men age better are afraid to say so. haha

[miss_american_pie]

28. Oh I'll say it

Here


Wrinkles and gray hair, and he's still better looking than twenty years ago.

[Radical Activist]

30. I was waiting for that.

A Clooney pic on this thread was inevitable.

[Left_Winger]

29. It all depends on the particular person

:popcorn:

I do have a co-worker who smiles every time they take a seat because of all the plastic surgery.

[Boojatta]

33. Men die at a younger age than women, so it seems reasonable to expect men

to look more like death than women their age.

[azmouse]

34. We are trained to think of older men as sexy but not older women.

[AngryAmish]

36. Who does the training?

I think it is hard wired.

[azmouse]

37. I blame the media.

Men of all ages are shown as sexy. Women are only sexy in if they are under 30.
In the movies, men in their sixties are paired with women in their twenties and thirties. Can you think of many examples of women in their sixties paired with younger men? It's very rare indeed.

[AngryAmish]

39. And when the media come up with this conspiracy?

Did they all get together in the 1950s to decide to exclude older women?

[NewWaveChick1981]

38. I think in general that women do.

Of course, it all depends on genetics and environmental and health factors, like smoking, exposure to UV rays, etc. When I look at older women and older men, I think in general women are now taking better care of themselves than they used to. Older men haven't quite yet gotten a grasp on it, though, and it shows. I know many more women than men who look younger than their age.

[Left Is Write]

40. I really think it depends on the individual.

I know overall people will say men, but I don't think it's a universal truth. George Clooney is an excellent example of a man who gets more and more attractive with age; Val Kilmer, however, is an example of someone who has not aged as well.

Audrey Hepburn looked as beautiful as ever as she aged: