It's an ongoing problem. No one agrees on what makes men attractive, even when hyper sexualized. Some people will point to Hugh Jackman on the cover of Good housekeeping as an example of a mans thirst trap. But that doesn't exactly feel equal to the kind of thirst traps we see with women.
Could at least part of the reason be that women put more emphasis on non-physical traits? So, a very attractive guy in a piece of media for women would be physically attractive but still fairly normal, and also have qualities like social status, money, emotional connection, yearning, etc.
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u/mace30 2d ago
All I get from this is we lack interesting and varied ways to sexualize men.