It seems as though men with slicked back hair, leather jackets, and big arms have always been considered the sexy ones, or even powerful superheroes with ridiculous strength and abilities. Those guys are great and all, but what about the other men who are insanely intelligent while having a not-so-built build? What about the men who choose not to fight and instead outwit their enemy? These questions have surfaced in the past few decades, and society seems to think that the smart guys are just as good as the tough guys. In fact, smart appears to be the new sexy.
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| The 11th Doctor |
The 11th Doctor, from BBC's wildly popular TV show called Doctor Who, is the epitome of smart and dorky. As seen in the picture, he sports a tweed jacket and a bow tie, neither of which are typically considered very attractive by themselves. However, the 11th Doctor is considered by most viewers to be attractive despite his dorky getup and skinny build. Most people claim that the reason for this lies in his brain. He is around a thousand years old and has the ability to travel through time and space, giving him a wide variety of knowledge on just about everything. He also refuses to use a gun in order to protect himself, whereas in just about every other action TV show, the main character uses guns without any problem. Despite the fact that the Doctor vows never to use guns, wears a tweed jacket and bow tie, and has a skinny build, he is wildly popular among viewers in the UK as well as in the US.
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| Tony Stark, Iron Man |
Another prime example is Tony Stark from Marvel's Iron Man movies. He is considered to be one of the Avengers, which is a group of super heroes that defend Earth against alien attacks. All of the other heroes within the group have powers such as super strength, the ability to fly, or the ability to lose control and turn into a giant green rage monster. Tony, on the other hand, has his smarts and his suits. Without his suits he wouldn't be able to do anything particularly super. Without his suits he is simply a genius, and yet he is the most popular of all the heroes within the Avengers. He doesn't need Captain America's strength nor Thor's thunder to be considered the fan favorite. The only thing he needs is his smarts.
Then again is "smarts" not an ability? Your two examples of "smart is sexy" Doctor Who and Tony Stark are still generally very good looking and sexy. Both who still sport a GORGEOUS head of hair and posses the ability to have an ability. Doctor Who is able to have the ability to overcome armed foes and Stark is able to posses the ability of flight; hence "the ability to have an ability"
ReplyDeleteI think a more appropriate example for your argument would be Professor X from X-men. His source of power literally comes from his brain.