Why do guys stare at girls?

Usually because we’re “wired” to do that and to enjoy it. Attractive women attract our gaze automatically and we appreciate seeing them, and they can be hypnotizing and/or delicious to watch. And it can turn us on.

Many guys are also nearly-always open (at least in theory or fantasy) to engaging with any attractive female they see.

Oh also, guys are also often fairly insensitive or oblivious to how noticeable they are or how it may be making people feel when they stare.

Beyond appreciation, there are also more fundamental psychological draws.

I’m straight and female, so I don’t stare at women. However, I think men are programmed to check out women. I don’t think it matters how old the man is either. If they spot an attractive woman, they’ll look. As they get older, and after they have hopefully developed a bit more finesse, they learn not to stare but to perve at women more discreetly.

I like both these answers^^^
Look I am a happily married man and I still enjoy looking at an attractive women, some men can come across creepy when doing it sorry for that but we do like our eye candy.

Yeah. It’s hardwired. I’m not sorry, because it doesn’t hurt anyone.

Are females such royalty that we should divert our eyes?~

It puzzles me if it’s hardwired in men why opposite is not true? Don’t you like to look at attractive men?

@imrainmaker, I think it’s about procreation. Men are designed to impregnate females. Of course, women look at attractive men, but I think we’re designed to find a mate who will be most likely to produce healthy babies. I don’t think women are ‘driven’ to look at men. I know I might notice attractive men, but because I’m in love with my husband, I can’t say I lust after them. Perhaps if I wasn’t happy in my relationship, I might be more likely to feel sexually attracted to other men more strongly.

My answer is nsfw. Use your imagination.

For the same reason that when asked why one would want to mount Everest the ineluctable, inestimable and inimitable George Mallory ineffably uttered, “Because it’s there”.

I’m sorry, @Sneki2 , could you move to the left a little…..you’re blocking my view…..

Because they are predators triggered by potential prey.

The answer is simple. Women are ‘a work of art’. Soft, slinky, curvaceous. Men are more utilitarian, like a jeep. When you encounter a real work of art, you tend to study it, take in every detail. Sorry ladies but it is very difficult to just glance and look away. Some men are better at it than others but it’s difficult for all.

@imrainmaker No, I usually don’t. I don’t find people attractive.

Thanks for the answers.

We are sexually driven creatures, and we like our romantic/fantasy lovers to be beautiful and bountiful.

I don’t stare, I don’t think, but I certainly am drawn to look at both female and male attractive people.

Well @Sneki2 Do you dislike guys looking at women, or just looking at you?

Because they have eyes? LOL
I think many men, inadvertently stare, not on purpose, but just sort of an automatic response to a female they find attractive.

For me, it is a subconscious reaction. If a person I find attractive catches my eye, I just automatically look. Within seconds though, my conscious, more civilized, mind kicks in and says, “Hey, cut that out. That’s not cool.”

Of course, occasionally, the subconscious mind will respond, “Shut the fuck up! I’m staring here.”

@cookieman You do know we’re talking about women here, not cookies. We know you stare at cookies!

I think there’s also a lot of confirmation bias that goes in to this.

If I look at someone, and you think they’re what I find attractive, I’m “staring”.

I have a habit of looking at folks when they walk into a room, it’s strangely only suggestive when they’re dressed to attract attention. Is that really on me?

My brother is gay and let’s say “not shy”. He can stare all he wants because unless the object of his attention is also gay, it’s rarely noticed. He used to joke that as long as you keep your eyes north of the belt, no one cares. Hanging out with him is educational.

People who honestly stare are usually trying to be obvious and hoping to attract attention in return, but it happens a lot less frequently than “guys” are reputed to stare, methinks.

FWIW, I have never noticed a guy staring at me. Guess I’m not as attractive as Heather!

@janbb – it has probably happened, but you were just thinking about fish, or books, or whatever penguins think about in their free time. And then, when you noticed him noticing you, you probably didn’t think, “That guy is checking out my flippers, eyes up here bucko!”

But guys love flippers, and books, and probably fish. So it has definitely happened.

@funkdaddy I think I just fell in lurve with you! (smacks flippers together.)

When my grandad was still with us he checked out about every girl that walked by well into his 80’s. It’s hard wired on several levels. I catch myself doing it without even realizing it at times. We have both the instinct to procreate and also one to protect. Women seldom are made to understand the second one and most are completely oblivious to it.

The second one is merely auxiliary to the first.

My 89 year old neighbor still has quite the eye for the pretty women. When my 50 something friends and I are out and about he comes drifting over with a sly smile and he especially likes my one friends legs. Obviously obvious. haha

@janbb: Oh, cookies get more than a stare. ::CHOMP::

They just do. The problems really come in when they think a woman is programmed the same way and move in. “You want it too! You know you do!”

Tits, gives a semi some justification.