Men with Muscles and Money are More Attractive to Straight Women and Gay Men—Showing Gender Roles Aren't Progressing

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'Muscles and money are qualities that straight women and gay men typically find attractive in men, according to an analysis of Tube Crush—a website where people post unsolicited pictures of men seen on the London Underground.

The study at Coventry and Aberystwyth universities in the United Kingdom, published in Feminist Media Studies in August, analyzed images over a period of three years since 2014. The “guy candy” posted on the website were mostly white men—despite London being a multicultural city—indicating that white male privilege is still an attractive quality.

The photos and comments focused on the men’s biceps, pecs and chest as well as perceived sexual ability. Items that indicated wealth such as smart suits, watches and phones were emphasized. Pictures showing other representations of masculinity, such as fatherhood, and more emotional and awkward-appearing men were far less frequent.'

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Ppl into men as sex *subjects* are into muscles and $$. Ppl into women as sex *subjects* like other things like looks, shapely lady parts, etc. AND YET, ppl into men are not blathered at by others b/c they like big muscles and fat wallets. Men, OTOH, who like nubile feminine figures, catch Hell for it.

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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tube-crush-website-featuring-photos-of-attractive-men-on-london-underground-sparks-privacy-row-a3694031.html

'A “Tube crush” website where passengers secretly capture and rate photos of men they find “attractive” while riding the London Underground has sparked a privacy row.

The TubeCrush.net site asks commuters to send in photos of “good-looking” men that they have spotted during their journeys across the capital.

But the online platform has sparked concerns over privacy, while other critics have called out the site for sexism towards men.

Steve Motion, the website’s founder, defended the concept and said that if a person asks to have their photo removed, there is a mechanism in place to enable them to do so.

He also said that "it is different in our society for a woman to have her picture taken compared to a man."'

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