I think calves are just a trend that gym bros like to talk about because they are hard to build and many people don’t train them because they’re not the most important muscles for aesthetics.

I notice I get a lot more girls looking my way when I wear something like a tanktop with jeans/cargos compared to when i wear shorts

You are currently just finding reasons to be hard on yourself.. you could have the sexiest calves in the world but bitches are probably not going to even notice unless they are heavily into fitness, to the point of knowing how difficult building calves is, in which case they’d respect the gains but they’d probably still prefer delts/biceps/triceps/traps.

Men are more rated on their upper bodies but it is noticable and yes it does hurt you.

Women do use the phrase "chicken legs". Even if they love your arms and fuck you they will keep the negative in mind. Most won't be honest at all but they are thinking it. It won't matter per se in terms of results but it matters enough to that they notice and yes hypergamy would be a factor if they saw a similar guy with better legs

So yeah, don't skip leg day and train your calves

First of all don’t wear cargo shorts

this is all hopeless main character syndrome.

You are fixating on some tiny aspect of yourself that others will never notice or care about.

It's actually quite a feminine behaviour. I'm surprised that nobody else called you out on this in the comments.

I remember reading an Arnold Schwarzenegger article a long time ago, where he said both calves and abs can be trained daily,no rest needed.Think about it

It's in your head.

You're doing your best to grow the calves. If they stay stubborn, what else can you really do?

Accept what you cant change and own it.

The main problem is you're training calves to appease women. If you want to work on your calves, do it for you.

You're mistaking women for men. They don't think the same and aren't visually as driven as men. Most guys that say shit like looksmaxxing are usually incels.

Now, if you think that calves are a make or break for women, you don't understand women at all. This will make less that a half of a percent difference if that on why a woman would choose you.

This tells me that your grasping at straws and are struggling with success and understanding of game.

After my divorce I was big. 370 pounds. I didn't think of any shortcomings. I pulled some scorching hot girls. It was all game and it would blow my mind how much pussy I could get as a fat fuck.

Never once did a hot girl me ruin my weight. They would rave about how fun I was or how I was always smiling.

Never once has nice calves entered into a girls checklist of traits they must have in a partner.

Focus on your social skills and lift for you.