November 10, 2008
sexy women, body image, and men
Seeing attractive women in magazines makes men more self-conscious and less inclined to ask a woman out.
To try and figure out why men get such a body-image knock from viewing images of beautiful women, the researchers ran a similar study with 143 male undergraduates. This time, the guys were divided into two groups, one viewing magazine spreads of sexually idealized females and the other viewing the same layouts with an average-looking boyfriend added to the photos next to the sexy woman, along with captions about how the female models are attracted to the average-looking men.
Men who looked at sexualized women reported being less likely to ask a woman out on a date or to interact with her. These men who were less romantically confident also were more self-conscious about their bodies.
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Obviously these men lack my self-confidence.
This makes complete sense to me.
what about pictures of hot women with average-looking girlfriends? what about hot men with average boyfriends?
Honestly, my preference in human appearances would probably register around “average looking” for many people.
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