I would not classify androgynous types as handsome or beautiful, but I do enjoy looking at them.
OMG I do. I have always been wildly attracted to androgyny.Give me pretty boys and strong women. There is something hinting at a radical completeness, (I have no idea what that means, *g*), and access to magic, in blurring the gender lines.

I am reassured to hear that Japanese women use boys love fantasies for their own erotic pleasure. Helps ease my last few shreds of "wtf is wrong with me?"! :p

Lately I have been musing that I need to work with male characters to really express my own sexuality in an unfettered way. As if there is something still binding even my fantasy or fictional females to a standard of decency that I long to escape!

Thanks for the thoughtful topic.