Do you believe that attractiveness and sexiness are mutually inclusive, or mutually exclusive?

It depends, of course. There's fragile beauty in a Degas painting which accounts for its attractiveness, and there's inordinate sexiness in Andy Warhol's Marilyn despite its gaudiness (which borders on unattractive).

Other. They are orthogonal.

It is possible to be sexy and not attractive, and vice versa. It is also possible to both sexy and attractive. Or, you could be like me, definitely neither sexy nor attractive.

exclusive. A person can be dictionary definiton attractive but not sexy. and vice versa.

Neither?

Neither. A sexy person is usually attractive, in fact sexiness could be considered an attractive attribute, but it isn't always enough to make someone "Attractive" in the superlative sense. Lots and lots of people are attractive without being sexy. Anyone who considers an attractive child to be sexy, is a deviant. A very elderly person can be attractive, but most younger people wouldn't consider them sexy. Okay, I know I would, but I'm talking about MOST people!

I find people such as Sean Connery and Harrison Ford to be very sexy, but some people don't find them especially good-looking. I find their ruggedness quite attractive and sexy.

Looking back someone should've asked me to add a Neither option. > I count on you guys to spot stupid mistakes like that!

You can be attractive without being sexy

Even at 60, Harrison Ford is one of the sexiest men alive. And smart, and talented. And deserving

I certainly can't (and won't) argue with that!

Pobody's nerfect!

If you don't rely on any kind of dictionary definition of what sexy and attractive are, then mutually inclusive.

Ah!

either or, someone could have both but many people can have one or the other..........

On a not infrequent basis, I meet women who are not cover girls by any stretch, but possess an air of sexuality that makes them more attractive to me than many of the Barbie-types I've encountered. I would not say that the two are mutually exclusive, but certainly vast amounts of sexiness can make up for middling amounts of "attractiveness".

some people are attractive, some are sexy. there are plenty of people out there who I consider attractive but I wouldn't want to sleep with. There are plenty of people I consider attractive and sexy. I don't think that the two qualities are related the way the question seems to ask if they are.

Oddly enough, the survey you linked to (which you created in the first place) kind of answers the question for you. The vast majority of responses said "yes to both". So someone could be attractive, but not sexy or unattractive, but still sexy. Therefore the two things are not necessarily related. The answer was right under your nose, and you missed it. I wasn't among the qualifiers with this survey, but to be honest, if I had come in after you already had a few "reasonables", I probably would have figured: "Well, there is an OTHER option..."

BTW I rated this "good" anyway. It is an interesting topic.

Neither

Both and neither....I think.

Both?

both

They are not mutually exclusive. I guess I don't think they're either. They're independent.

I'm not sure exactly what your asking but i can be attracted to someone that in my opinion has no sex appeal and can define someone as sexy and not be attracted to her