They’re not PERFORMATIVELY sexy for a male gaze.
They are, however, PANTS-SCORCHINGLY sexy for someone who appreciates character competency.
(I was sitting next to a friend who pointed out that she would MUCH rather see more Holtzmann than Kevin from an attractiveness point of view.)
The combination of those two is REALLY threatening to Dudes - where, by “Dudes”, I mean “whiny manbabies”. (Meanwhile, the buddy above and my spouse are both thinking about cosplaying Holtzmann and Yates respectively at Halloween, and I am thrilled.)