To start with, I should say this is more of a personal post, but I don’t want to turn it into a vent because I read that that’s against the rules. Apologies if this content is not appropriate for this subreddit.

So, I’m a 24 year old guy and have had almost zero success with women. There’s a few reasons for that, but I feel one is due to the way I look. I have always had a baby face and looked younger than I am (I’ve had girls tell me I look as young as fifteen and sixteen recently, they were older though). I have some asymmetry in my lower jaw, and overall I just don’t look very masculine at all - Small and narrow jaw, small frame, etc. I do think I have nice features, but some of them are unbalanced, etc.

Anyway. I constantly get girls online telling me I look cute, adorable, feminine, etc… All things that you don’t really want to hear as a guy. One even told me that their friend looked at my photo and immediately said “faggot”, which did hurt me a bit. I even had a girl who was eighteen tell me that I kind of look like James Charles (I had no idea who that was until I looked it up). Frankly, I was kind of insulted, because as you can imagine that’s not the look I am going for.

It’s heartbreaking, really, because when I receive these comments it tells me (at least, this is how I view it) that I am a guy that women do not view as a potential partner.

It also doesn’t help that I got doubly screwed over by genetics and have a feminine body shape, in that most of my weight is on my legs and bum, I have wider hips, a smaller chest and narrower upper body, etc.

My two main questions:

  1. Do women who prefer “cute” or “feminine” looking guys exist? Where are they likely to be found, both online and offline?
  2. Are there any ways a guy can attempt to counteract a feminine look? Aside from working out I guess

Thank you.