posted March 30, 2015 06:58 PM            

There are a few general things that can be said of it...for example, in Japan the man most likely to be perceived as attractive to women is the thin (but fit) man over broad shoulders, and a lot of that is from their history. Because of an emphasis of skill over brute strength (and it just takes a pound of pressure to slit an artery or even pierce a heart in some cases) those who could move gracefully often rose to rule over those who could just swing their weapons the hardest and thus became the alpha males of history (and until the Tokugawa Period even female samurai could be considered fearsome, the male would go lead attacks and the wives would stay home and guard the property, sometimes with her wielding blades like a samurai herself). As a result such men became the ones with an aura of power and the ability to provide and it has continued down to this day...the ability to fight and kill is no longer so important but the imprinting of when it was still remains, just as it does in the west based on our history.

Then there's just the plain science of it but that typically just deals with "common sense" stuff like features that show a lack of genetic defects as well as hips showing the ability to have a healthy baby (and survive), but even then plenty of men today (at least in the US) prefer a lack of hips (at least going by a lot of porn and the like).

But when it comes to individuals it gets a lot more tricky and everything from attraction to outright fetishes. Ultimately we still don't know why individuals like what they like, at least when it differs from what most everyone else around them likes. In some cases it can be very strange though other times it's just a little odd, like guys who are completely straight but find tomboys attractive (and I know a man who finds women in uniform extremely attractive, and he's not submissive but loves a woman with authority--at least over others not him) and women who find the "pretty boys" and such attractive. I expect it's because it suggests something about their character to you (like men who are driven wild--or turned off by--women who smoke as they imagine them as uninhibited and sexually loose as well as willing to have some fun and do the stuff, sexual and otherwise, that other women would sneer at or be disgusted by).

Historically speaking at least, sometimes pretty boys and those more feminine were seen as attractive because it meant they were wealthy. (Or maybe just that they weren't so tired and filthy like men toiling in the fields or military, pick one.)

Another common thing is that women can be attracted to men that are very similar to her father OR about the exact opposite (probably depends on whether she likes being daddy's girl or whether she dreams of being taken far away from everything she's known, though men can be attracted to women who are like, or the opposite of, their mothers as well).

posted March 30, 2015 07:14 PM            

He caught so much crap for that, including physical beatings to "beat the gay out of him" from his dad that it traumatized and changed him. He's gotten where he's not so "obviously Libra" anymore and he'll never wear pink again but he also has nothing to do with his ignorant bigoted family either (who don't know what his problem with them is, they were just "making a man" out of him--congratulations, though I expect they wondered the wisdom of it when he finally beat the crap out of his own father and then left never to return despite his father asking him to).

posted March 30, 2015 07:37 PM            

I mean, it's not as if women didn't show interest and approach me. That certainly has happened quite a bit.
I don't even understand it! I'm not model material by any stretch of the imagination.

Weird.

posted March 30, 2015 08:04 PM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I did know a Libra man who said as a boy he manifested stereotypical Libra traits: fairness, politeness, dressing well, liking pleasant (including classical) music (and he used to want to play the piano), and his favorite color was pink.

He caught so much crap for that, including physical beatings to "beat the gay out of him" from his dad that it traumatized and changed him. He's gotten where he's not so "obviously Libra" anymore and he'll never wear pink again but he also has nothing to do with his ignorant bigoted family either (who don't know what his problem with them is, they were just "making a man" out of him--congratulations, though I expect they wondered the wisdom of it when he finally beat the crap out of his own father and then left never to return despite his father asking him to).

It's just sad. And goes to show how family can brutalize you in the name of love and wanting what's best for you.

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Awwww.. Okay I feel bad that I wasn't too serious in my response before.

posted March 30, 2015 08:06 PM            

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Originally posted by YellowGerbera:
Awwww.. Okay I feel bad that I wasn't too serious in my response before.

What he went through.. omg so aweful!!

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posted March 30, 2015 08:07 PM            

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Originally posted by DeepFreeze:
Well..... I attract gay men a LOT! I've been hit on so many times or had gay men "rubbernecking", generally just checking me out. Caught a guy at work, a friend of mine who is gay, checking out my meat and potatoes! LOL I didn't say anything.
There was this big thing in High School where at least half the school thought I was gay.
A woman, wait, two different women and two different occasions asked me if I was gay.

I mean, it's not as if women didn't show interest and approach me. That certainly has happened quite a bit.
I don't even understand it! I'm not model material by any stretch of the imagination.

Weird.

Libra Asc.
Leo Sun
Gemini moon
Virgo Mercury
Virgo Venus
Virgo Mars

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posted March 30, 2015 08:10 PM            

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Originally posted by Dreaminess:

Libra rising men are known to also be "mr popular" haha. And in my case that is also true, the guy i was interested in was popular with the ladies. You might be mistaken for being gay sometimes maybe bc you might be too well dressed or have too good manners that people just assume straight men don`t have haha, like walking with a straight back, eating in a nice way etc. Often i have seen libra influenced men potraying some of this.

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Ahhh.... could be! That makes sense.

posted March 30, 2015 08:11 PM            

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posted March 30, 2015 08:43 PM            

But, it's a shame that, to some people, there's still something wrong with that. Men can be more refined or delicate and still be heterosexual, of course. Society's still so backwards, sometimes.

Can I also say that I got pretty sad-eyed when reading PixieJane's post then cracked up laughing at DeepFreeze's. This thread's provoking all sorts of feels in me!

posted March 30, 2015 09:11 PM            

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Originally posted by DeepFreeze:
Oh, I do have Pluto in first, conjunct. I sometimes question it's effect on others. I sense it personally for sure.

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Pluto in Libra, right?

In the 1st and conjunct the Ascendant, you can instantly charm someone into submission, if you choose. Classic iron fist in the velvet glove.

posted March 30, 2015 09:35 PM            

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Originally posted by DeepFreeze:
Well..... I attract gay men a LOT! I've been hit on so many times or had gay men "rubbernecking", generally just checking me out. Caught a guy at work, a friend of mine who is gay, checking out my meat and potatoes! LOL I didn't say anything.
There was this big thing in High School where at least half the school thought I was gay.
A woman, wait, two different women and two different occasions asked me if I was gay.

I mean, it's not as if women didn't show interest and approach me. That certainly has happened quite a bit.
I don't even understand it! I'm not model material by any stretch of the imagination.

Weird.

Libra Asc.
Leo Sun
Gemini moon
Virgo Mercury
Virgo Venus
Virgo Mars

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posted March 30, 2015 11:26 PM            

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Originally posted by DeepFreeze:
Well..... I attract gay men a LOT! I've been hit on so many times or had gay men "rubbernecking", generally just checking me out. Caught a guy at work, a friend of mine who is gay, checking out my meat and potatoes! LOL I didn't say anything.
There was this big thing in High School where at least half the school thought I was gay.
A woman, wait, two different women and two different occasions asked me if I was gay.

I mean, it's not as if women didn't show interest and approach me. That certainly has happened quite a bit.
I don't even understand it! I'm not model material by any stretch of the imagination.

Weird.

Libra Asc.
Leo Sun
Gemini moon
Virgo Mercury
Virgo Venus
Virgo Mars

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You have a point deepfreeze! I was just wondering why people feel that way about libra rising men. This is not the first post that i've read that said that people think this about us.

posted March 31, 2015 04:56 AM            

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Originally posted by Solar_Leo_Queen:
Fellow Libra mars over here. I would say I'm attracted to Libra qualities to an extent. I like politeness and fairness in a man, but I don't like it when straight men dress or move like gay men and when they're indecisive. But then again, I like attractive dudes, which is a Libran quality.

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