People talk about a 1-10 scale. In reality, it's a binary.
Nah. There's normal hot and then there's can't-stop-thinking-about-them-for-weeks hot.
The only salient question is whether or not you’d have sex with them. Anything beyond that is superfluous
Dumb. There's plenty of women I'd sex with who I don't even find "hot."
Then you’re only fooling yourself. If you’d have sex with someone, what else is there to consider? If you’re fawning over “hot” girls while settling for much less, then all you’re doing is really falling for the script of who society tells you is sexy/desirable.
It's not "society" telling me that. It's my dick. Which would rather "settle" than get nothing, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't prefer something even better!
This is an unfathomably sad way to live. Cut yourself loose from social expectations about what you should be chasing (i.e., conventionally attractive girls) and learn to be happy with the one you're with. Beauty is only skin deep.
And I've had sex with women who have been upfront in telling me they don't find me "hot," but "attractive." So I know this is true for them too. Probably moreso actually, as they seem to find a wider range of men attractive than men do women. How else do you explain them fawning over the likes of Robert Pattinson and Chris Hemsworth alike?
Straight women find a wider array of men attractive because there are more socially acceptable ways for men to be desired (i.e., intelligence, money, looks, etc.) than for women to be desired (only looks!)
For me, it's looks (although confidence can help a bit). Looks aren't a sufficient condition alone, but they're necessary. Call me shallow, I don't care.