Back in the 80s, Why where women attracted to "feminine" men?

I think it was a style thing. I also think men in these videos werent just eye candy they were dancers...so they had another purpose than to just look good. I think also the black dude with straight hair thing was in then (see Prince, Babyface, Alexander O'Neal, etc). So it's more about style. Who would have thought that after 1990 all R&B singers would go from the suited gentleman look to thugged out/wanna-be rapper look.