>>3671331not him, but as a gay guy, nerds have all these negative stereotypes of being physically weak, socially awkward, and sometimes ugly.
I'm vain enough to not have a lot of patience for the latter, and I think this thread being about anime boys as opposed to this being a thread on /hm/ about real, non-porn quality nerds with all their real flaws is worth noticing
I'd only be able to point to this pic
>>3670249 as depicting particularly "ugly" boys, and even then, the fact of their being anime characters precludes things like flawed skin, beady eyes, visibly poor hygiene, body hair, nipples and all kinds of potentially unattractive details
and with all that said, the negative stereotypes of weakness, awkwardness, and even ugliness are also associated with things like a gentler demeanor, femininity in a male, a person being quieter and more thoughtful, maybe inclined towards mythology, philosophy, or a religious moral code. Surface level "nerdiness" may hide artistic talent. "Nerds" in STEM fields or in tech industries can make a lot of money. There's a lot to consider that can make irl nerds attractive. In the 80's in American culture, gays were also kind of lumped in with nerds in media under this big "oppressed minority" umbrella, contrasting them with heterosexual Caucasian athletes, like in this movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIZH5TKnEeg so there is a vague association between nerds and homosexuality in general. (this movie's ridiculous btw; one of the "nerd" characters swaps halloween costumes with one of the "jocks" and basically rapes his girlfriend, she's fine with it, and it's played off like a victory ... a nerdy revenge that could only happen in a movie plot divorced from reality).
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