GENDER

[Looking4Love]

[img]graemlins/boggled.gif[/img] OK...um...wow... [img]graemlins/woah.gif[/img]

My "Sex" topic didn't turn out at all what I intended it to be. I thought that the title may stir the pot a little, but not quite like that.

What I was trying to get at, and apparently failed at doing (besides JenniferNoble's post), was to see how your gender affected your reasons for liking Love. There is much more to Love's appeal than how it plays to your gender, but I was just curious how it would be different for us here.

I guess sex does play into the gender issue, as your sexual orientation may alter "traditional" gender roles a bit. Obviously, heterosexual guys and homosexual girls would have the added element of physical and (dare I mention?) sexual attraction. Since Love is female, there's a different type of bond that she would have with her female fans since they'd have a lot of similar, gender-specific issues to deal with. Gay guys would have a different connection since they wouldn't want to be with her, and wouldn't have gone through the changes a girl does while becoming a woman (not just physical).

I happen to be a heterosexual man who is attracted to her, and that attraction led to finding out more about her that broadened my interest in her. I don't know if I would have looked for other things about her if I hadn't noticed her physical beauty first. I'd expect similar responses from other heterosexual guys (not quite as detailed as the other post, though). I was more interested in how the ladies here felt since that's not a point of view that I would automatically know about. I was also looking for any other radically different reasons, with respect to one's gender, for liking her that I didn't state.

She has a very broad appeal, and rightfully so given her talent, beauty, and personality. Guys and girls are different (duh ;) ), so I was trying to see how those differences affected one's liking to Love.

Without being too specific, how do you think that your gender affects the reasons why you like Jennifer Love Hewitt?

I hope this one takes better than the last one. :rolleyes:

Thanks,
-B :cool:

Sex conjures up the act when it is mentioned... probably why you're topic wasn't faced the way you wanted it to be... as for Gender... until The Audrey Hepburn story, I didn't even know who she was... I had seen her, this sweet and beautiful girl in a soft blue outfit in CD stores and on Boy meets World, but I didn't think about it... in a relationship, engaged at the time... older and listened to music far from the mainstream. But one day a couple of years ago, I came home after losing a job and caught about 20 minutes into the flick... I grew up on the old b&w films from the 30s and 40s... I loved them and I had a huge crush on Audrey Hepburn. Now here was this cute little creature giggling and claiming that she would make Capote smile before the end of the day... simply put I was enraptured. She had captured one of my onscreen idles perfectly in my opinion.
So I did what came naturally to a man with three degrees in puters... I searched her out on the internet and found a gorgeous, beautiful and talented young woman that has probably the most fantastic attitude of all the people in hollywood. She's genuine and giggly and happy and full of life and speaking strictly as a Male (4th dan in Taijutsu, hunted Bear in the Yukon with my father, a Navy Diver from WWII) Jennifer Love Hewitt is DAMN SEXY! This girl was hot on top of all the talent, and the great singing voice was an added bonus.
I'm a man. 100% man... I piss napalm for the hell of it. I do guy stuff that most guys would be afraid of. I was shot at by hill folk in West Virginia when I was 13 and it didn't stop until I left my hometown in Ohio for college. When I look at Jennifer, I see 100% woman. Everything about her screams woman to me. Audrey Hepburn turned me on to her, but her voice and her acting and herself in general made me a fan. I, like everyone else, hope to get the chance to say "Hi, Damn glad to meet you!" in person once... but if not, It's good knowing that she's out there. It gives me hope that good people with good souls still exist in Hollywood and that maybe one day, I can sell my scripts to a producer and have a film made without having to sell my soul to some evil empire... besides, I'd make a helluva bodyguard! heh heh heh... hope that answers your gender question L4L [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ August 19, 2004, 01:40 AM: Message edited by: Wyldegod ]

Well for me yeah being a guy had a lot to do with it. Not as much as you would think though.

I'm the kind of person who has to be "crushing" on someone. I can name the girls I've like all the way back to the 2nd grade (sad huh? [img]tongue.gif[/img] ). If for some reason one crush left I'd actively seek another girl. Maybe my mom didn't hug me enough or something LOL.

Anyways, I've always hated celebrityism and the fanaticism that came with it. It's the biggest hypocracy in my life. But sometime in my junior year of highschool I went through another switch, but this time it landed on a girl in a picture in US magazine. I cut it out and put up on the wall next to the head of my bed. MY FIRST CLIPPING

That's what started it all. Though my fanaticism has evolved to more than just a simple crush, that is still a part of it. I don't sprawl my walls with hundreds of clippings anymore, though I do keep up a few special things like my autographs and a pencil drawing of her. Whenever I've gotten into a relationship my fanaticism has died down, but it's something that will probably always be with me and a part of me.

[ August 19, 2004, 10:03 AM: Message edited by: Dr. Doogie MD ]

sorry my post was deleted by a thread nazi. i guess im not allowed to post here anymore.


Skillionaire

[ August 19, 2004, 06:57 PM: Message edited by: Skillosopher ]

That other thread made me cringe! [img]graemlins/woah.gif[/img]

I think Love is beautiful, but I think women like her, too, because she has a such a charming, likable, self-effacing personality. She doesn't come across as a diva, like Jennifer Lopez -- who, I bet, doesn't have a lot of female friends. Even if a female is jealous of Love's looks, talents, stardom, I think they'd find it hard to "hate" her if they met her. I think it's her girl-next-door quality that appeals to both sexes, the fact that you could imagine yourself sitting down and having lunch with her and laughing over some silly joke. She seems approachable -- Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Charlize Theron ... great classic beauties like that seem unreachable. Love's the girl next door that grew up to be a knockout, while retaining the personality that made her so appealing. This might sound strange, but I also think the fact that she is petite makes her feel more approachable, too. Amazonian stars like Charlize and Uma Thurman, and others -- their height makes them more intimidating.
Finally, I'll say that Love has that X factor, like Jennifer Garner -- that just makes people like them. Garner got her big break in Daredevil and an even bigger break in 13 Going on 30. Love deserves the same kind of break. People would fall in love with JLH and her character in If Only -- so I still have my fingers crossed that it will be the break she gets.

[herbertlens]

Most of my female aquaintances don't like Jennifer Love Hewitt. Without knowing too much about her they tend to be put off by her gossip column reputation as an over-perky, cleavage-bearing, "teen" actress.

Of course I think most guys find that initial reaction positive

Get past that initial reaction however and I think her positive personality wins out, no matter what your gender.