It is all about the connection between two people, as someone once said, it is how your quirky bits mesh, or something like that.

"women really blossom when they feel good about themselves" - which comes from inside themselves, & in no way depends on what a man, any man, thinks of them.

Truth be known ...I would love to be treated like a sexual piece of man meat ;you know with like all these women just staring when I walk down the street and what not. andi promise itf it ever happens ill let y'all know about it!!! (my last word here is that growl thing that roy orbison does in the song Pretty Woman)
PEACE

Neither one is very appealing to me. I have dated both and the extreme of either end was NOT fun.

I started scrolling the other comments as I tried to articulate my response, and @IndySent has already said it far better than I could. I do want to feel I am desired by a partner -- and if we're partners then I do desire him and I know how to show it. I'm not stuck on looks, and would absolutely be unwilling to pair up with a Gaston type. Especially if he were that ignorant. I want someone who likes at least some of the things I do, who has his own interests and thinks for himself, and is willing to discuss topics serious and mundane with his brain in gear.

I don't care as long as we can have a laugh and lots of hugs

The first thing I thought after reading your question was "Would I want to be treated
like Aphrodite?" A little rusty with the Grecian Pantheon so I had to look her up. lol!
I think everyone wants to feel desired and heard by their lover regardless of societies current physical markers of 'attractiveness'.
As far as being the last two people on earth issue as long as we could find a way to have good conversations and share the work load of survival we would get along ok regardless of appearances.
Or we wouldn't... really don't want to find out.

I don't rely on the opinion a man has of my body to define my happiness no matter what they look like..... if that's all you bring to the table move on

Simple. Danny DeVito. In relationship.

But, getting to the point of actually feeling like he MEANS the words of affection and is not only trying to get laid, is another story.

Meaning, if I meet somebody who I am not particularly attracted to -- or even not attracted to at all -- it is going to take many interactions, meetings, conversations, etc. for me to discover the parts about him that actually do make him attractive to me.

So, regardless of what he looks like, if I get to the point of wanting to make out and have sex with him, it would be FAR more important to me that he ultimately be like DeVito than Adonis in personality.

That said, there are a couple physical things I would not be able to get beyond. Uncared for teeth is an example. And, I do NOT consider myself shallow.

I'll take the Adonis. I don't need a man to make me feel any kind of way about myself. But if he's all that's left, I'll make do.

Since I lost the 47lbs, I have become more aesthetic. I don't wear makeup though. I just dress nice and workout at the gym. (I was sick for a week, and then work took over. So Monday I'll get to go to the gym, finally.) There is no man around me interested in me, so I just focus on my life. Maybe one day I might get lucky again and find a boyfriend.

Because men had never taught me anything about women... I am listening.

Both hubbies were easy on the eyes, and made me feel like a Quasimodo. A 3' tall troll that treats me like a queen & laughs at my jokes, baby, would be Hot!

Looks have never been a factor for me. Nearly all of my boyfriends have "punched above their weight", but not by much. And most of them have been quite older than me. I was drawn to intelligence and wit.

I'm no knockout, but I've had good reviews. Only a couple of times have I encountered overly-effusive praise of my appearance that gave me pause. I don't like the feeling of being put on a pedestal nor that the guy I'm with doesn't feel worthy of me. I'm not wrapped up in anybody's looks, so the thought that a guy thinks he doesn't deserve me because of how I look is really discomfiting.

I always appreciated the lift I got from a dose of healthy admiration, but I never felt like I needed it. More than that, too much of it makes me nervous.

Another hint..I am one of the most difficult types of woman to court; although I resemble a cis woman, I'm really bigender/gender fluid/androgynous, so have strong male traits.
Yet men have often successfully courted me by being indirect; charming, funny, befriending me cautiously and gradually inserting themselves into my life by joining me in activities I love...hiking, ballroom dancing, birding, etc. If the guy starts to make demands of me or pressuring me commit to him, that's often my cue to exit stage right. Confidence and seeming to be be emotionally independent can intrigue women.

I'll take Danny Devito any day.

Hmm...a few problems with that. I look like a 65 year old female.
Nothing sexy male about me.

Yet I am androgynous, with such a strong male personality that, despite being mostly asexual, I effortlessly pick up women without realizing it and once I notice the crowd of gorgeous young giggling women around me (in Thailand, there are many gorgeous women, but the Koreans are a cut above in looks) I quickly snap out of it and make some excuse to disappear. As an asexual, I have no problem accidentally landing the fish, but I'm a "vegetarian."

Women are attracted to my strong, bold male vibe, apparently, both in the US and when I moved to Thailand where most people seem to be bi. I have to be careful after three Thai women in a row at work, the married Thai female school owner, my female supervisor, and one of the female staff, got crushes on me, unbeknownst to me, and when I didn't reciprocate the way they liked, they took revenge on me.

I learned to always behave in a neutral manner, but it still sometimes happens. I have learned to carefully answer when a married female boss starts propositioning me (which happened two weeks ago)-I thank her, but say I don't really "take lovers," etc. Mainly, I try to keep her happy so she doesn't try to get me fired.