I just watched the Netflix romcom The Family Affair. If you haven’t seen it, it’s fun. But I found myself distracted in the movie by Nicole Kidman’s weird face and, whenever he took his clothes off, Zac Efron’s absurdly jacked body. Here’s the trailer:
Now, I do like a well-constructed man–at my age, ogling seems kinda of sweet, right? But, in this film, when I first saw a shirtless Efron, my response was WTF not ooh baby. I just don’t find men that are exceedingly muscle sexy. Either on the screen OR on the page.
So the many descriptions I’ve recently read (mostly in contemps), where men are described as having shoulder like boulder and mountain ranges, abs where one could place quarters in between each muscle, well, find myself skimming. It’s not hot… to me.
What do I find sexy in a hero? Brains, obviously. A commitment to using birth control. A focus on mutual pleasure. But none of those are physical traits. If I had to pick a trait or two, I’d pick height–I’m tall–and a wide smile.
How ’bout you? What floats your boat in a hero? And what turns you off? And, did you see Family Affair? Thoughts?