sexy?

a friend recently posted a question to all of her friends... "what's sexy to you? what makes a person sexy?"

I thought this was a pretty interesting question, & I have thought of this before, so I just couldn't pass up this one - so here's my response:

good question...

sexy is so funny, because it's not the same as beautiful or pretty or what-have-you... like, that's what I always noticed about Madonna - she's sexy, but I wouldn't call her beautiful (pretty, I suppose)... I mean, I wouldn't even say I'm actually attracted to her (okay, every once in awhile when I was younger maybe)...
& I suppose the reverse can be true, as well... some beautiful people just are not that sexy...

sexy isn't even visual at it's base, I don't believe... sometimes your senses are being drawn to someone who's just teeming with sexuality, while your eyes are telling you to shut the hell up & turn-tail... you don't know why, but damn if you aren't drawn like a moth to that sexy-ass flame...

sexy is just one of the aspects of attraction... it's nice (real nice) when it's combined with 1 or more other aspects, & to me, alotta times it's essentially artful... some of the art being deliberate from an individual at times, & at other times, maybe none is deliberate (for their part, anyways)...

I think there are different levels too - like, some things or people are just undeniably sexy - & some seem to be relating more to personal preference (like in the same vein as a fetish or something else that's more personally psychological [as opposed to more generally psychological])...