“Aesthetic attraction is being drawn to, or appreciating, the bodily fantastic thing about one other particular person with out essentially needing any bodily, romantic, or sexual reference to that particular person,” explains licensed scientific psychologist Carrie Goldberg, Ph.D.
Should you’ve ever seen somebody and thought “Wow, they’re so engaging!” whereas additionally not wanting to the touch, date, or have intercourse with them, then you’ve gotten possible skilled aesthetic attraction.
Along with the apparent–liking somebody’s physique or face–being aesthetically interested in somebody’s look can embrace an attraction to their trend model, tattoos, piercings, hair model, and total demeanor, says licensed therapist Neathery Falchuk LCSW-S, CGP.
