Why 'I prefer small boobs' isn't helping.

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18. who casts men in those roles?

I'd rather have seen a movie with Gene Wilder in it than 10 movies with yer average beefcake. Not just because I always thought he was gorgeous.

I also think you'll find it's the persona as much as the appearance that women go for. Cary Grant, the suave sophisticate, Pierce Brosnan, the suave and also sensitive one, Tom Hanks, the sensitive and funny one, and like that. I've done a bad job of cultural diversity here; I will plead that I am too old to be as intimately familiar with African-American stars, for instance, since they were fewer and farther between when I was paying more attention. Aha, Sidney Poitier, the suave and politically admirable one.

And you absolutely don't find the same stereotypical cookie-cutter appearance among male stars. A limited range of appearance, maybe, but a lot less limited.

Besides, most movies are still made for male audiences, and it isn't the female audience's preferences that are the driving force behind cast selection.