Would George Clooney still be a sex symbol

[akai]

He is average looking even with hair, and I find brad pitt ugly. I don't understand why they are considered sex symbols.

You can think both of them are unattractive but pretty much every woman thinks they're hot, and that's what matters. Most people don't look this good at 51 (no homo):




Then again Salmon Rushdie managed to marry this chick for a few years even though he was fat, unattractive, and horseshoe bald: