Frankly though, since most people that know me are used to me being over-thoughtful, reserved and 'mysterious' or something, I'm sure if I were suddenly to be honest and verbal about my sexual interests I would immediately be accused of being shallow, which I may not neccesarily want to be

Social thing again? Yea, like I said some posts earlier, there is as much misleading social taboos/tendencies involved here as actual sexual attraction.