It's not reluctance, it's more like ignorance. I don't really find men attractive, so it's harder to judge which are the most attractive.
I can certainly recognize extremes, and can say that I think this man or that man is handsome, but it feels more abstract. I have to actually think about it. With women, I can go by instinct; I look at them, and know how attractive I find them. When I judge men's looks, I feel more like I'm judging a sculpture than a person.
I don't know about our standards of something as vague as "beauty" applying only to one sex, but the thread's about which men are "hot," and I don't think many men qualify, anyway. I think, as a gender, we're kind of ugly.
I can certainly recognize extremes, and can say that I think this man or that man is handsome, but it feels more abstract. I have to actually think about it. With women, I can go by instinct; I look at them, and know how attractive I find them. When I judge men's looks, I feel more like I'm judging a sculpture than a person.
I don't know about our standards of something as vague as "beauty" applying only to one sex, but the thread's about which men are "hot," and I don't think many men qualify, anyway. I think, as a gender, we're kind of ugly.