Who Needs Obama or Romney? We Have Channing Tatum!

Just when I was wondering what I was going to do with myself with all the campaign ads, calls and witty Facebook posts behind me, People magazine announced its Sexiest Man Alive for 2012.  In case you missed it, it's Channing Tatum.  In case you don't know who he is, he's that guy in Magic Mike. If you don't know that movie title, then, well, I just don't know...

This scene pretty much sums up all of Magic Mike. If you missed it, here is the movie in one, majestic image.

Yes, the actor that first caught everyone's eye in the gripping dance epic, Step Up, has climbed to the top, in spite of 21 Jump Street, to be named the man we should most want to "be" with.  I will fully admit that he's cute.  And young enough to be emotionally pliable.  I like that in a man.

But this annual naming of the "sexiest man" did get me wondering what real women, not a panel of editors at People, consider sexy.  Is it a cute guy with no shirt, and pants that he can rip off in one motion, all the while looking shiny and slick from copious amounts of oil he's slathered on himself?   I guess in a pinch that works, but I think the average woman wants a little more in her sexy.

What woman doesn't love a man who contributes to basic domestic duties?  I like a guy who takes out the trash, kills bugs, changes light bulbs, fixes things I can't (everything), rakes leaves, blows snow and can make his own cup of coffee. Can Channing do these things?  All that dance training might have gotten in the way.

He is no Channing Tatum but he did just change a light bulb. Hot, right?

I also think women like men who aren't afraid of their softer side.  There is nothing better than a man who will flip through the pages of Us Magazine with you and decide that weekly plaguing question, "who wore it best?"

And what woman doesn't like a man who is good with kids?  Watching your husband have an imaginary tea party with your daughters or being extra nice to the neighborhood kids by buying all the wrapping paper, note cards, cookie dough and coupon books they're selling is the surest way for him to earn some extra "cuddling." A good baby daddy is a sexy daddy.

There are baby daddies and then there are baby daddies, you know?

Most importantly, a sexy man is one who thinks his woman is sexy.  A man who loves to look at you, even in your grandma robe and slippers, even when you're sick and snotty, even when you may or may not have showered that day, and even when you haven't lost the baby weight (and your kids are teenagers) is sexy.  Does Channing think I'm sexy?  I doubt it. Loser.

Does all this mean that Channing Tatum doesn't deserve to be the Sexiest Man Alive? After all my wondering, he is a strong contender if we think of past winners.  He did hold his own against Matthew McConaughey, which would be hard to do.  He was sexiest man alive too, and he doesn't even wear deodorant, according to himself. I think BO should disqualify any man from this award. Johnny Depp also won. And while I love all his wacky weirdness, he does smoke about five packs of cigarettes a day. I think he would smell too.

Okay, Channing can keep is title. But just for one year. Then, the women of America will be submitting our nominations for the 2013 winner.