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American Nerd Contributor Survey #17
Describe the most obscure thing that the opposite (or same) sex can do that really turns you on.
Rebecca Collins: Saying something like, "I'm not going to the dentist anymore. I'm tired of giving money to Big Dental."

Geoff Herbach: An emotional nose sigh, which is not angry. Sigh from happy, sad, turned on, completely overcome... Beautifully emotional nose sigh.

Ben Lang: Enjoying a hearty rye bread with cheese. Needs to be open faced with no mayo, no butter, possibly spicy mustard. Cheese is pretty open only nothing overly
processed like Kraft singles.

Stephen McClurg: I’m going to approach this question from two angles:
1) obscure in the sense of not easily being understood.
2) obscure meaning inconspicuous.

The first thing that a woman could do to turn me on is to have been a part of the print or film industry before I was born. I’m thinking along the lines of Bettie Page, Rita Calderoni, or Frida Kahlo here. For me, these women don’t exist as they were anymore because I am turned on by images of them and not these women themselves. It’s a lustful nostalgia; I am turned on by what I never even had the chance of experiencing.

The second thing that a woman could do to turn me on is squint. I don’t mean the coy, eyelashy squinting either. I’m talking about the news anchor squint, the engaged in reading Proust or Beckett squint.

Keith Pille: There's this look in and around the eyes that indicates that there's a lot going on up there. That's the important thing. Like, if it looks like she's up to something.

Don Pizarro: All the little non-verbal things one normally does to let me know that she's really turned on, especially the sounds. I don't mean dirty talk, fake hardcore porn moans, or some slinky dance. I mean all of the little cues to let you know there's one and only one thing on her mind at that moment. That, or slowly eating an ice cream cone.

Simon Riordan: As the deadline approaches to leave, a woman's preparations become rushed. As she is frantically getting ready to leave, she will be walking around, looking for whatever it is that she cannot find, simultaneously putting in earrings at the same time -- with head cocked to one side. Turning her head to one side is not necessary to accomplish this task, but it makes it very sexy. In addition, even though she is using both hands to put in the earrings, she is still capable of completing other tasks that require the use of her hands (how she does it, I have no clue).

Jonathan Shipley: Bathe.

Neha Upadhyaya Lang: If love is blind than lust must be all eyes. What does it take to make me swoon with the desire to caress a certain body part or place gentle kisses
upon a man? Well, there is one thing a man can do that simultaneously makes
me sweat and drool. When they do this it is so unbelievably attractive I have to take a moment to recognize I just witnessed a super hunky move then s-l-o-w-l-y release a deep breath of appreciation for the opposite sex. What is this move? It is when a man flexes his jaw muscles. What is it about that subtle tightening of the side of a man’s face that turns me on? The subconscious nature of that action seems to reflect a hidden inner
strength of a man and that turns me on. Plus it is just plain old sexy.

Amethyst Vineyard: This is a really hard question. I've been thinking about this all night.
Things like "I like it when they like me" keep popping into my head, but even that isn't really true. So, I'm not sure if these fit the definition of 'obscure', but they are the best I could come up with. I love ties. I think all men should wear them all the time. They draw they eye in the right direction, you know? When I see a man in a tie, I want to take it off of him. Also, I like it when a man can do something, anything, with a look of concentration and competence on his face, be it trying to figure out why copious black smoke is issuing from under the hood of my car, restringing a bass, folding a map the correct way, whatever. I also enjoy having my hair sniffed because yes, it does smell delicious and I worked hard to get it that way.

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