1540. Exotic vs. ‘Girl Next Door’


If you recall, this blog focuses on the basic nature of men and women before morality, religion, race, ethnicity, and personal values and emotions become involved. Readers question the appeal to men of exotic and ‘the girl next door’.

Men first judge with their eyes. Exotic appears strikingly different. The girl next door looks very familiar. What predominately appeals to men— the familiar or the different? Actually, they’re apples and oranges not to be compared but just described.

THE ‘GIRL NEXT DOOR’

  1. The girl next door is not 5’5”, white, blonde, blue eyed, and freckled. She’s normal, feminine or tomboy, and mainstream. But, she’s just visible to the boy next door until her female prettiness starts to shine in his face late in adolescence. Perception is reality and whatever appears to be, is. She grew pretty enough over the time that he knew her.
  2. She’s friendly and easy to know, feminine, unlike other girls, and so unique that after the neighbor boy’s hormone hurricane moderates somewhat late in his teens, she takes on a mature air of invincibility he hadn’t seen before. Her previous independence has mellowed such that he becomes far more interested in her as woman than as friend. Her heart and mind now outshine her external attractiveness.
  3. Factually, it’s not a girl but a process. It’s the lengthy but accidental development of a relationship. Men and women do it too. Accidentally brought together, both grow over time until they accept the other’s faults as far less important than their appealing virtues.
  4. Women use the erotic archetype to excuse their lack of feminine diligence for looking pretty, acting feminine, mastering an intriguing smile, fostering good relationships with men of little or no interest to them, and otherwise improving their chances for capturing and marrying a man. They compare their situation with a process, and it leads them to fool themselves.
  5. Don’t blame guys for falling for the girl next door. That could be you. To be like the gal next door, learn to develop and harmonize a deeper relationship with a friend, guy next door, or someone else to whom you are accidentally exposed. It’s the process more than the girl.

EXOTIC OR EROTIC

A strikingly different woman appeals to men either as newfound beauty, sex object, or both. Consequently, exotic women are the same as others; they just have something different. What they do with the difference shapes their lives. Since they can’t be separated, newfound beauty and sex appeal morph in men’s eyes from exotic to erotic. So let’s shift to that.

  1. Erotic features are merely that. Features! Hips or lips, breasts or buns. They all have appeal. Whether to embellish them or not, that’s the question. Erotic works to objectify a woman for sex. Exploit it and attract players. However, whatever suggests sex is much less attractive to the Marrying Man; he looks for something else, and a different version of female beauty can satisfy him.
  2. Generally, the more obvious a woman tries to exploit her erotic features, the less interesting she looks for much beyond sex. Furthermore, observers may or may not see the eroticism intended and may or may not even be interested. Let’s face it; a truly erotic appearing woman is definitely not mainstream. Men do, however, mostly stay married to mainstream gals. So, it’s another disadvantage. Erotic-appearing women don’t appear as particularly good candidates for marriage, at least on the surface.
  3. So, ladies, think of erotic features as neutral and non-combinable. To use such features to your advantage, don’t emphasize them; downplay them with feminine subtlety and female modesty. Use them to generate curiosity. Men transmute their curiosity into imagination and use it to take the full measure of you. If you have some exotic feature(s), it holds little value beyond what it symbolizes in either your or some man’s imagination. (It was on another subject but it applies here: Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”)
  4. After all, what role does an erotic appearance play for a man once he closes his eyes, such as in bed, such as in marriage, such as when he dumps you?

Exotic women improve their chances of attracting the Marrying Man if they downplay eroticism and encourage men to get to know them personally. That is, minimize the erotic, emphasize the exotic, and appear more feminine than just different female. Align those features more closely and you compete better with mainstream women.

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11 Responses to 1540. Exotic vs. ‘Girl Next Door’

  1. Laura

    Thank you Mr Guy – this is fascinating.

    Laura

  2. Brittany

    Wow, Guy! This is so interesting! Thank you so much for posting!! :)

  3. Fascinating post! I’ve been turning all this over in my head since I read it yesterday and I’m afraid I don’t quite understand the connection between looking different, looking exotic, and looking erotic. I’ve definitely never thought of myself as the latter, but I know I look different & have been told I look exotic often enough. Wondering if you could clarify?

    Also, wondering about the girl next door being a process. Does this mean she doesn’t typically have guys she’s just met telling her that they think they’re “in love” or hinting about marriage/a future together, but rather attraction builds over a period of time?

    Really wanting to hear your further thoughts on this!!!!!

    Your Highness Buckaroogirl,

    Don’t worry, as you can’t do anything anyway. Women think of females as exotic if they appear different from mainstream women. Men think of exotic women as erotic.

    Yes, attraction for the girl next door builds over time. Yes, her relationships don’t start with a guy proclaiming his love.

    Guy

  4. Sir Guy:

    Excellent post as usual. I must ask a question. Do women of different ethnicities/races automatically appear as exotic to men. For example, I’ve been told I’m a “Jennifer Anniston” and not a “Angelina Jolie” among men of my same ethnic/racial group. However, would a man, generally speaking, from a different group see me as an “Angelina Jolie.” As you mentioned, there are advantages to being perceived as girl next door and exotic, depending on how the woman carries herself.

    Lady Arabella Victoria

    Your Highness Lady Arabella Victoria,

    Do you think that men want a woman that ‘appears’ like someone else? A copycat? If they’re attracted to you, it’s solely because you look great as Ladyarabellvictoria. Stay that way. Don’t even think Anniston, Jolie, or anyone else. To do so detracts your mind from making Lady Arabella Victoria shine her brightest.

    Celebrity worship ruins a woman for a relationship with a man. She can’t resist comparing herself with females and her man with pop idols and hunks. In both cases celebrities shine brighter and take the luster away from anyone compared. Think about it. You know more about yourself and men than do celebrities. How successful are they at perpetuating relationships?

    Incidentally, I don’t know Anniston, don’t care, and almost don’t know Jolie except I like her dad. Having to sustain their image converts celebrities into phonies. Some come out of that phony shell as did John Voight.

    Guy

  5. Reblogged this on The Black Hole Of The Internet and commented:
    Are you the “exotic” or the “girl next door?”

  6. Jessica

    Hey guy…

    I have a personal question for you. I am a tall woman (I am 5’9) and I never have trouble getting noticed. The moment I enter a room I feel like all eyes avert to me…but I feel that all the attention has made me more insecure than your average woman. Men approach me and are often quite bold, for the most part I dress conservatively, and work out days although I am a little curvy. I just sometimes wonder of the proper way to carry myself and how men see me…? I feel like even if I do a little primping it can easily be seen as too much…

    Your Highness Jessica,

    Every woman wishes she had your problems.
    + You should love your height (but keep your weight down).
    + The moment I enter a room I feel like all eyes avert to me. (You’ve grown so used to it that you don’t capitalize on such great wealth for a woman.)
    + “Men approach me.” Women complain regularly on the lack of it. Have you viewed recent article 1541?

    If you feel insecure about all the attention, shift into bold mode. Action changes emotions. Become a better attraction, present viewers with a prettier picture to behold. The extra primping will also help uplift you from your insecurities.

    Primping becomes too much only when you look unnatural, radical, or out of the mainstream of classy feminine appearance.

    You’re already sitting on top of the world, so I suggest you take greater advantage of the blessings God, Nature, and hormones provide you.

    Guy

    • Kaikou

      Guy can you tell how a woman can capitalize on the all eyes on me when I walk into a room? I too have that “powerful presence” and as much as I try to hide I am sought out as someone’s companion eventually? Outside of looking pretty and smiling how does a woman take hold of a room when people all already expecting it? What if you don’t want to be the “Queen Bee”?

      Lady Kaikou

      Your Highness Kaikou,

      You ask, “What if you don’t want to be the “Queen Bee”?” Sorry, you can’t abdicate without losing yourself in a miasma of grief and possible misery. You would essentially be acting against your own nature, self-image, and self-interest.

      Quit focusing on it. Weaken your self-consciousness and self-centeredness by associating more vigorously in your throne room. If you can’t, then act as if you do and eventually you will come to enjoy it. Action changes emotions.

      As to your other questions, the same answer applies.

      Guy

    • Jessica

      Awesome Guy, I never looked at it like that. Thank you much :0)

  7. Anne

    “Primping becomes too much only when you look unnatural, radical, or out of the mainstream of classy feminine appearance.”

    I am curious to know, then, why men routinely seem to have a *negative* attitude toward women they categorize as “high maintenance women”? The term seems, to me, to apply to a woman simply trying to look her best but perhaps including some “expensive” extras like professional manicures, professional waves, and a “look” that’s a step above everyone else (which is not hard to achieve when you stop wearing yoga pants and T-shirts everywhere!) In short, the women I’ve seen called “high maintenance” don’t seem to dress outlandishly, radically, or unnaturally; just “a cut above.” Am I missing something guys are seeing in these women (a certain attitude, perhaps)? Why the upturned nose at the “high maintenance woman”?

    Your Highness Anne,
    High maintenance women are those that impose high expectations on men. If they cost him a fortune to prettify themselves, then they may qualify. Otherwise, their appearance alone isn’t high maintenance.
    Guy

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