My mother having a low opinion of men!

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There are far more attractive women in the world than men, imo.

Women can be so diverse: long hair, short hair, bald, extensions, weaves, makeup, glamour, simplicity, colourful clothes, form-fitting clothes (more revealing), many styles of dress and personality, being anything from masculine to neutral to hyper-feminine. They can dye their hair almost any colour, wear interesting jewellery, hats, scarves, boots, jeans, bikinis, biker garb ... The list goes on.

Most men look basically the same. You get the same basic four hair styles, a body type, and that's about it. There's rarely interesting makeup, hats, scarves, hair colours, lip stick, or flowy dresses to catch your eye. They tend to have the same basic physique (at least, from far away).

Women are always more "attractive" because they have more options for "attracting" attention.

I'm not saying I prefer women, but I'm not stupid. There are beautiful women everywhere. It's rare to see a man who really stands out as different from the rest because they don't have the same toolkit of choices to look unique.

Also, perhaps your mother doesn't think it's appropriate to point out good looking men in front of your father.

Yeah....the part about not pointing out attractive men when she's with your father.....

I don't stand out as being a particularly "attractive" man. I have to seek to impress women through things other than physical looks. Like most men. That's just life.

I'm not going to go out and start liking "feminine" things just because it's a "stupid double standard."

I like some "feminine" things. I believe most men do. But I don't believe I would look very good if I tried to act "feminine." Moreover, it's just not natural for me to do so.

Many women like both masculine and feminine things....and are not the least bit gay. You see this on TV----the carpenter lady who is in love with the carpenter man. Makes me a little jealous----but that's my problem!

Forget about me in a dress.....just forget about it!

Even in the 1600s, when men and women dressed and look similarly----I still wouldn't want to wear women's clothes.

I don't think many mothers would feel comfortable discussing how attractive a random stranger might be...especially with her son.

It's pretty stupid for a man to "rate" women in front of other women.

In the 1700s and 1800s, women were made to wear really confining clothes that weren't comfortable. It made them faint sometimes. I really wish women didn't have to wear corsets and all that in those days; it wasn't fair at all.

It's really, really sad when a long-term married couple loses affection for each other.

My mother divorced my father about 45 years ago.

Why would not pointing out attractive men mean that a person has a “low opinion” of them?

A person’s physical appearance isn’t all that important. If someone is attractive, they aren’t necessarily worthy of a “high opinion.”

On a personal note, I don’t get physically attracted to people but I admire them as individuals. Sometimes I appreciate beauty in a detached sort of way, but I’m not sexually attracted to it.

Theoretically speaking, if I did get physically attracted to someone, I probably wouldn’t discuss it with my son.