Tens (and Nine, Eight, Sevens....)

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Tens (and Nine, Eight, Sevens....)
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Mon, 06-21-2004 - 2:51pm
Men often rank women as being a 1 through 10 number, as we know. Maybe women do this too, but if they do, it seems to be less often that women put an overall score on a person they're involved with (not sure about that)! I'd love to understand this scoring thing better. I'm assuming that it almost always means just looks, and other judgments would be stated some other way. ;-D

So, what exactly is a "Ten"? My guess is that's the unattainable...the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover, the models in the Victoria's Secret catalog, the movie stars and pop stars. Women that men put on a pedestal but never imagine they're really going to get...their idea of "ideal" woman. Is this right?

Is a "Nine" a real woman they might see in real life, not famous but probably the most popular girl in high school, or the most beautiful woman in town? Somebody that the majority of men are still not going to get a date with?

So what is left in the "Seven and Eight" bracket are more attainable, pretty/cute but slightly less than perfect women? Is this about right? How MUCH less than perfect?

What would a four, five or six be?

I would LOVE to hear specific definitions of what these rankings mean, especially to the men. :)

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Mon, 06-21-2004 - 9:04pm
This is the absolute best and most honest answer ever, Eric! The "she's a 10" *is* based on looks and looks alone.

You cannot rate a whole person by first glance. Looks yes, but not the person. And what one seriously looks for in a potential SO has very little to do with that first look and much more to do with what the person is really like.

You nailed it. Wonderful answer!

Tally33


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Tally33 "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll
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Mon, 06-21-2004 - 9:33pm
Thank you for your excellent answer. This is pretty much what I thought. I knew for sure that most guys that talk about women in numbers are basing that on looks, alone. Especially in a setting where they don't know her at all, like in a club looking around, pictures in a magazine, women walking by on the street and the guys all comment to each other about her.

"7-9 - women that are very attractive to differing degrees."

I would love to hear various men elaborate on what this means to them. Thanks. :)

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Tue, 06-22-2004 - 6:23am
DH has just defined an '11' for me.
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Tue, 06-22-2004 - 9:59am
I even think that you can't rate on looks alone because people can fool you. A man might see a woman with huge breasts and her breasts seem perfect because she's wearing a heavy duty push up bra. But once she removes that thing, they fall to her knees. He thinks she's a 10 because of her body, but let him get her home and naked and see just how much of a 10 she really is.

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Tue, 06-22-2004 - 11:33am
ROFLMAO!! That is great...
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