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According to a study by UCLA, muscle-bound men report almost 3 times as many sexual partners as men without a muscular physique.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160430064307/http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Lift-More-Weights-Get-More-Mates-8069?RelNum=8069</ref> | According to a study by UCLA, muscle-bound men report almost 3 times as many sexual partners as men without a muscular physique.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160430064307/http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Lift-More-Weights-Get-More-Mates-8069?RelNum=8069</ref> | ||
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There is also allegedly greater online, self-reported appreciation for "Dad bods" in America. There really is no universally accepted definition of, "Dad bod", but all definitions include a lack of abdominal muscle. This made the news to due an online study, not by any academic source, but rather by Kelton Global, a company which owns the gym Planet Fitness. This "unbiased study" showed a small majority of women self-reporting that "Dad bods" are sexy.<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/planet-fitness-study-finds-love-130000740.html?guccounter=1</ref> And a larger majority preferring to marry men with Dad Bods, than men with a six pack.<ref>https://blog.bcbsnc.com/2018/06/dad-bod/</ref> | There is also allegedly greater online, self-reported appreciation for "Dad bods" in America. There really is no universally accepted definition of, "Dad bod", but all definitions include a lack of abdominal muscle. This made the news to due an online study, not by any academic source, but rather by Kelton Global, a company which owns the gym Planet Fitness. This "unbiased study" showed a small majority of women self-reporting that "Dad bods" are sexy.<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/planet-fitness-study-finds-love-130000740.html?guccounter=1</ref> And a larger majority preferring to marry men with Dad Bods, than men with a six pack.<ref>https://blog.bcbsnc.com/2018/06/dad-bod/</ref> | ||
===Women show no actual variation in appreciation of | ===Women show no actual variation in appreciation of muscle=== | ||
According to academics Aaron Sell, Aaron W. Lukazsweski and Michael Townsley in another peer-reviewed study, '''cues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness'''.<ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819</ref> In the study women were asked to rate photos of men, and while height and leanness played a role, strength played the largest role in which pictures women picked. In fact, the women never chose weaker men, and there was no nuance to the results. Zero of the 160 women surveyed showed a statistical preference for weaker men.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/</ref> | According to academics Aaron Sell, Aaron W. Lukazsweski and Michael Townsley in another peer-reviewed study, '''cues of upper body strength account for most of the variance in men's bodily attractiveness'''.<ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.1819</ref> In the study women were asked to rate photos of men, and while height and leanness played a role, strength played the largest role in which pictures women picked. In fact, the women never chose weaker men, and there was no nuance to the results. Zero of the 160 women surveyed showed a statistical preference for weaker men.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/women-rate-the-strongest-men-as-the-most-attractive-study-finds/</ref> | ||