That's exactly what I was saying... and attractive doesn't necessarily mean sexually appealing...
I generally go by dictionary definitions, as it makes communication clearer. Which is why I'm saying when I used the word attractive and being attracted to someone, I mean that person causes me to be sexually aroused. Alternatively, someone who is pretty, I recognize as having aesthetically pleasing features in a much more delicate, innocent way, like I would feel about an inanimate object or an animal. So again, the answer to your question, for me, is still no.
Okay, since you want to go with dictionary definitions:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/attractive
attractive[uh-trak-tiv]
adjective
1. providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring:
an attractive personality.
2. arousing interest or engaging one's thought, consideration, etc.:
an attractive idea; an attractive price.
3. having the quality of attracting.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attractive
at·trac·tive adjective \ə-ˈtrak-tiv\
: having a pleasing appearance; especially : having a pleasing appearance that causes romantic or sexual feelings in someone
: having a feature or quality that people like
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/attractive
attractive
Syllabification: at·trac·tive
Pronunciation: /əˈtraktiv /
1 - (Of a thing) pleasing or appealing to the senses:
- 1.1 - (Of a person) appealing to look at; sexually alluring
- 1.2 - (Of a thing) having beneficial qualities or features that induce someone to accept what is being offered
- 1.3 - Of or relating to attraction between physical objects.
So basically what you call the "definition" of the word attractive is, in reality, nothing more than a narrow version encompassing only part of the true definition.
While your own definition is technically correct, it is not the only definition. In point of fact, it is possible, based on the full definition, to find a person attractive without finding them sexually appealing.
I'm not really sure why you are arguing with me. I'm telling you exactly what I was communicating to you, and for some reason you're telling me I'm wrong. I think I know what I mean when I use the words I select.
I'm telling you I wouldn't say someone was attractive or that I was attracted to them if I wasn't aroused by them, but I would however, say they were handsome or pretty, if I thought they were visually aesthetically pleasing.
I respect the evolution of languages, but that is the definition I learned, and for the sake of clear communication, explained to you that is what I meant, so I still respectfully disagreed with you.
A man can say another man is handsome (or attractive in a non-sexual way, as you've described) without any sort of stigma. To call him a crush or ogle him in the way I am using the word attractive (and for the most part was is happening in this thread), then yes, I would say it is sexual and while women do this all the time without really any backlash (most men find it attractive, in fact), men seem to get a lot of flack for doing the same thing.
I hope now, with my 700 paragraphs to explain what I was saying, despite carefully selected wording, you get what I'm saying.
