Do you find extremely muscular men attractive?

[LittleDrops]

I see a lot of stuff about body acceptance for women, some insanely popular instagrams featuring very large women and clothes, etc. This is great, and I support representation of all body types. I then wondered about men, how they don't ever seem to glorify or share images of being larger bodied. Only muscled bodies.
So I presume men are less accepting of themselves as 'fat' whereas women are becoming more progressive and accepting?

It is obviously a very popular trend for men to build excessive muscle, perhaps way more, in the general sense than any other time in history, but i have wondered how many women like it? I guess this is objectifying the male body, but I am more interested in it as a trend.

I personally prefer a Bruce Lee or yoga toned type male body to a 'built' one, and can't relate to the whole bulging muscle thing. As a straight woman who is attracted to men, anything more than natural kind of turns me right off, sexually, although of course not as a person.

What do you think?

give it a rest now, creepster

I find muscular men a huge turn off.

I find them threatening and intimidating.

I am attracted to slim men. My husband is slim and very gentle.

Bliss

I like real muscles, rather than pumped up gym muscles. Not really attracted to men who are too skinny or look frail. I do like a broad hairy chest and a proper set of shoulders..in fact I can accept skinny or a bit fat, but if they don't have any shoulders it's never going to work.

I like tall, well-built, men with natural muscles. Don't like over-defined muscles, or small, skinny men. DH is over 6ft and carries a bit of weight well. He's not 'fat', muscley but not overly defined and by no means skinny. Gives good bear hugs. Very good legs, arms and shoulders. 😄

Athletically muscular is nice but so rare as to never have been anything I'd expect from a guy. Big muscles look kind of silly to me.

I'll never forget once seeing a polll about what body parts men thought women found attractive and men really thought muscular arms and chests were what women really liked. This was alongside a poll of what male body parts women actually liked and 'bums' were way up top and arms right at the bottom!

100% and men don't realise that

Some do and they are the ones I've always gone for. It's like the others think 'duh.... I'm a bloke, I like footbaw [sic] and cars, and shagging birds, wahey!'.

The best ones are, for some reason, immune to it, or unaware of it.

I don't like the over-muscled look for the sake of it. Being a keep fit enthusiast myself, I prefer a body that is fit and naturally muscular through sport - but more running.

Though I'm more likely to admire the effort that has gone into any muscle building because it takes some discipline and dedication.

Are the men trying to mansplain that men are stimulated purely by the visual and women are more discerning and look beyond the "advertising" to find out what is really underneath the muscly veneer? 🤔

I don’t like muscly bodies on men. I mean, if I fell in love with someone with a muscly body then fine. But just looking at one does nothing for me. It always seems a bit homoerotic to me seeing topless men showing off their muscles

100% agree. I love athletic men, footballers, tennis players but the muscle men are a complete turn off. It looks unnatural and probably chemically enhanced in some (most) cases

I find extremely muscular men a bit of a turn off. Not so much because of how they look,but the fact that I have noticed most of them are very self-absorbed. All they seem to care about is going to the gym to work out.

What astonishes me is that some men seem to see this as a negative:

or they are attracted to mens personalities/money, it makes me feel ugly and unattractove as a man when I hear lots of women admit to finding mens bodies boring unless they emotionally connect with a man.

Money, yes, I can understand resentment about that. But personalities and emotional connection? Something very wrong here.

If you mean like the Rock then no.
There’s an extreme bodybuilder who comes into my local sometimes- lovely guy but he waddles because his muscles are so big. To the point it impacts his mobility. I think it must be an addiction or something.

You really have a bee in your bonnet about this Username4939210

But you just can’t généralise like that! Most women I know like the male form and like body hair, some muscles but not an excessive amount, even how men smell.

Fwiw I have never watched lesbian porn in my life! But you seem desperate for your perspective on this to be true!

I just don’t think that appearance is that important to women overall which does not equate to “we all prefer women’s bodies instead”.

You again.

No, OP, I don’t. They look as if they’re too full of blood and internal organs and might split.

This! It's all in the shoulders - I am not attracted to narrow shoulders on men - hence swimmers having what for me is the most attractive body type although I prefer some natural body hair rather than the all over shaved look.

I don't agree men's bodies aren't attractive or are 'ugly' - not the slightest bit interested in looking at female bodies - but it's more about how they use them and how they move that holds the attraction for me - I love watching the butterfly. Massive muscles don't seem to allow a body to move as it should - necks seem stiff, arms and legs stick out - not a good look.

😂, I agree , just like the pic on the right that @NeunundneunzigHorseBallonz posted
I really don't like that look either . I prefer a squareish build , some muscle is fine but 6 packs or large thighs & biceps are not for me.

I also don't like skinny people either , especially if they are not naturally slim. It just doesn't seem to sit right on them .

@CesareBorgia- yes!

I feel that poster sort of gave himself away there.

‘Those damned women being attracted to decent men with interesting personalities. There’s no hope for me!’ 😂

Then you need to work on your self esteem. You're either attractive or you're not, but just because you may not be classically handsome doesn't mean that there's no one out there who won't fancy you. It's not because women are closet lesbians that you can't get a date.

Your edit, 😂

I find muscular men attractive. What I don’t find attractive is the lifestyle they have to look like that. No nice meals or drinks or treats, constant obsession with weight, always looking in the mirror. So for that reason I’d prefer a man who was less muscular but lived a more normal life. Not because I don’t like the look of muscles, but because I couldn’t deal with a partner who had such a restricted lifestyle.

In general, as long as a man is physically bigger than me we’re good. Ideally he needs to be taller and broader than me. Although I find skinny to be more of a turn off than short, so I’d happily date a shorter man if he was well built.

Honestly a pretty face and a nice smile are the most important things in terms of physical attractiveness though! I once dated a man who was technically obese, but he had model good looks despite his size.

I’m just learning today that I’m in the minority! I love big muscly guys. I’ve never been attracted to slim guys. My husband goes to the gym 5 days a week in his lunch break (so it doesn’t impact on family time) and I love his body.