Jake Gyllenhaal in Prince of Persia

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think there are two different categories to consider (with some overlap) when judging attractiveness of one's non-preferred gender.

1) Would I define them as attractive/handsome/whatever?

2) Would people of the opposite persuasion find them attractive/handsome/whatever?

Myself, I know that I'm horrible at identifying men who fall into category 2. I'm continually surprised by the men that woman/gays consider "hot".

As for the first category, I don't know that I think about it much. I tend to think about it more in terms of guessing whether they're in category 2. Would the ones that I wrongly (or even rightly) guess go in there qualify as "my type"? I guess that's one way to look at it. But the evaluation really crosses my mind in the form, "I think people would find him hot," rather than, "Ooh, he's hot."