{"id":1925,"date":"2010-05-24T13:10:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T03:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2010-05-24T13:10:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T03:10:24","slug":"average-size-guys-are-fine-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/24\/average-size-guys-are-fine-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Average-Size Guys Are Fine, Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSMH<\/a> says: A report in the Australian journal Body Image<\/em> has found that consumers respond positively to depictions of average-sized men in advertising. The survey asked over 600 students in their late teens to look at mock-up advertisements for products, some using muscle-bound men and others using thinner or chubbier male models. The results showed that the \u201cbuffed\u201d models didn\u2019t rate any higher than average guys.<\/p>\n

Neither sex responded more positively to the musclebound bodies, and the males even found ads that showed just the item – with no accompanying model – more effective than those posed by classic hunks.<\/p>\n

Some participants in the University of Queensland study ”may have attributed the models’ muscularity to vanity or homosexuality, characteristics which they may have found unpleasant or discomforting”, [study leader] Ms Diedrichs wrote. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not surprising that male respondents preferred not to see a male model at all. This is not news; it’s why the guy’s heads are always cut off in porn films and why we never see naked men in mainstream film. To even look<\/em> at another man carries hints of homosexuality for some people and therefore must not be tolerated.<\/p>\n

It think it’s an interesting and useful study that also reveals a lot about gay stereotypes and how we allow men a lot more leeway in their appearance than women. <\/p>\n

On a personal level, I don’t mind a nice six pack or well-defined muscles, although if the guy looks like a boofhead, I’m not so interested. I think a man’s smile and his eyes are very important factors in whether he is attractive or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SMH says: A report in the Australian journal Body Image has found that consumers respond positively to depictions of average-sized men in advertising. The survey asked over 600 students in their late teens to look at mock-up advertisements for products, some using muscle-bound men and others using thinner or chubbier male models. The results showed that the \u201cbuffed\u201d models didn\u2019t rate any higher than average guys. Neither sex responded more Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,13],"tags":[49,133,501,546,677],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot-pics","category-naked-men","category-popular-culture","tag-advertising","tag-body-image","tag-male-models","tag-muscles","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t