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Scientists analysed photos we take on the tube and found a disturbing trend

Researchers collected data from photos uploaded to TubeCrush

• Olivia Petter
• @oliviapetter1
• Wednesday 15 November 2017 09:21 GMT

Forget sensitive, cultured and kind - “muscles and money” are still what many people deem most attractive, a study has found.

Academics at Coventry and Aberystwyth University analysed data from the TubeCrush website, on which commuters upload covertly-taken photographs of attractive men on the London Underground.
Visitors to the site can then rate the images, either with an indicative thumbs up or a “cute but not my type” thumbs down.

This is the hairstyle women find most attractive on men

After studying the kinds of images featured on the site and the corresponding comments, researchers quickly concluded that both straight female and homosexual male users were attracted to very particular types of men.

There was a distinct lack of diversity in the entries, with scientists noting that the majority of men on TubeCrush were white, despite London’s multi-cultural population.

They also found that the photos placed an emphasis on muscular body parts, suggesting that many deem physical strength a particularly attractive quality.

Finally, they noticed that the images tended to focus on and celebrate symbols of wealth, such as high-end phones, expensive-looking suits and smart watches.

The study, which was published in Feminist Media Studies, concluded that very few users were drawn to more meaningful representations of masculinity - such as fatherhood.

"From smart-suited City workers to toned gym-goers flashing their flesh, the men featured in the photographs on TubeCrush show that as a culture we still celebrate masculinity in the form of money and muscle,” said lead author Adrienne Evans, senior lecturer at Coventry University.
"They are marking the middle-class, wealthy, mobile and sexually powerful male body, not as a political one as feminists intend it to be, but one that should be actively desired."
Evans added that these kinds of ideologies are “a problem” because they demonstrate a social regression in terms of how we perceive masculinity, as her findings show that male desire, in terms of TubeCrush, is mostly rooted in “money and strength."

"HMMMMMMM......!"

Gender isn't a "social construct" - in general terms, it's biologically mandated by evolution in ALL animals.

There's a real and evolutionary reason women are better than men at speech, and worse at spatial orientation:

Women have to be able to talk their way out of things, and yet cannot become adept at fighting (off men).

Most women admit they engage in static gossip simply talk out their feelings about things while not actually doing anything to solve problems. Men, on the other hand, don't talk about problems, but simply solve them.

This is why women excel in the arts but not the sciences, while more men are prone to be engineering scientists.

Many if not most women admit they engage in "rape fantasies" because Submissive masochism is how their brains are wired - there are such things as separate-function specific "male brains" and "female brains," and this whole new slanderous "gender-is-only-a-social-construct-of-the-evil-(white) male-patriarchy" nonsense denies basic reality.

;-)

'Muscles and money': What photos of men taken on the Tube say about modern day attraction

November 14, 2017, Coventry University

People still desire the traditional masculine values of muscles and money in the men they find attractive and have not moved on from long-established gender roles, according to new research.

The study by academics at Coventry and Aberystwyth universities challenges current thinking about feminism and how masculinity is portrayed, and instead suggests that white, male privilege is still an attractive quality in men for many straight women and gay men.
The researchers used the TubeCrush website as the focus of their study, collecting data about the types of images of men posted on it over a three year period from 2014.
TubeCrush is a site in which commuters upload photographs, taken covertly, of attractive men travelling on the London Underground. Other website visitors then rate the men, who don't know their picture has been taken or uploaded to the site.
The researchers say their study of the entries on the site quickly revealed that both straight women's and gay men's desired particular types of men.
Despite London being a multicultural city, there was little diversity in the men featured, with most of them being white.
In the photographs there was often an emphasis on men's muscular biceps, pecs and chest; the body parts which suggest physical strength.
There were also many references to this - and the men's estimated sexual prowess - in the comments posted alongside the images.
As well as indicators of physical and sexual power, many symbols of disposable income and wealth were often focused on, such as smart suits, watches and phones.
There were fewer images showing other representations of masculinity, such as fatherhood, and more emotional and awkward characters typical of so-called lad-lit.
The academics said that public transport - in this case the Tube - has now become the space where gender politics is decided.
Private desires are now being made public as social media is being used to reflect who people fancy, they add.
The researchers say the site represents a form of reversal of gender roles by suggesting that taking pictures of unsuspecting men on the London Underground could be understood as a powerful act in a society where men have historically held ownership over women's bodies.
The study was published in the journal Feminist Media Studies.
Lead researcher Adrienne Evans, from Coventry University's Centre for Postdigital Cultures, said:
"From smart-suited City workers to toned gym-goers flashing their flesh, the men featured in the photographs on TubeCrush show that as a culture we still celebrate masculinity in the form of money and muscle.
"They are marking the middle-class, wealthy, mobile and sexually powerful male body, not as a political one as feminists intend it to be, but one that should be actively desired.
"This celebration of masculine capital is achieved through humour and the knowing wink, but the outcome is a reaffirmation of men's position in society.
"It's a problem as because although it appears as though we have moved forward, our desires are still mostly about money and strength."

Explore further: Does birth control impact women's choice of sexual partners?

More information: Adrienne Evans et al, "He's a total TubeCrush": post-feminist sensibility as intimate publics, Feminist Media Studies (2017). DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1367701

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-11-muscles-money-photos-men-tube.html#jCp

'Muscles and money': What photos of men taken on the Tube say about modern day attraction

November 14, 2017, Coventry University

People still desire the traditional masculine values of muscles and money in the men they find attractive and have not moved on from long-established gender roles, according to new research.

The study by academics at Coventry and Aberystwyth universities challenges current thinking about feminism and how masculinity is portrayed, and instead suggests that white, male privilege is still an attractive quality in men for many straight women and gay men.
The researchers used the TubeCrush website as the focus of their study, collecting data about the types of images of men posted on it over a three year period from 2014.
TubeCrush is a site in which commuters upload photographs, taken covertly, of attractive men travelling on the London Underground. Other website visitors then rate the men, who don't know their picture has been taken or uploaded to the site.
The researchers say their study of the entries on the site quickly revealed that both straight women's and gay men's desired particular types of men.
Despite London being a multicultural city, there was little diversity in the men featured, with most of them being white.
In the photographs there was often an emphasis on men's muscular biceps, pecs and chest; the body parts which suggest physical strength.
There were also many references to this - and the men's estimated sexual prowess - in the comments posted alongside the images.
As well as indicators of physical and sexual power, many symbols of disposable income and wealth were often focused on, such as smart suits, watches and phones.
There were fewer images showing other representations of masculinity, such as fatherhood, and more emotional and awkward characters typical of so-called lad-lit.
The academics said that public transport - in this case the Tube - has now become the space where gender politics is decided.
Private desires are now being made public as social media is being used to reflect who people fancy, they add.
The researchers say the site represents a form of reversal of gender roles by suggesting that taking pictures of unsuspecting men on the London Underground could be understood as a powerful act in a society where men have historically held ownership over women's bodies.
The study was published in the journal Feminist Media Studies.
Lead researcher Adrienne Evans, from Coventry University's Centre for Postdigital Cultures, said:
"From smart-suited City workers to toned gym-goers flashing their flesh, the men featured in the photographs on TubeCrush show that as a culture we still celebrate masculinity in the form of money and muscle.
"They are marking the middle-class, wealthy, mobile and sexually powerful male body, not as a political one as feminists intend it to be, but one that should be actively desired.
"This celebration of masculine capital is achieved through humour and the knowing wink, but the outcome is a reaffirmation of men's position in society.
"It's a problem as because although it appears as though we have moved forward, our desires are still mostly about money and strength."

Explore further: Does birth control impact women's choice of sexual partners?

More information: Adrienne Evans et al, "He's a total TubeCrush": post-feminist sensibility as intimate publics, Feminist Media Studies (2017). DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1367701

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-11-muscles-money-photos-men-tube.html#jCp

'Muscles and money': What photos of men taken on the Tube say about modern day attraction

November 14, 2017, Coventry University

People still desire the traditional masculine values of muscles and money in the men they find attractive and have not moved on from long-established gender roles, according to new research.

The study by academics at Coventry and Aberystwyth universities challenges current thinking about feminism and how masculinity is portrayed, and instead suggests that white, male privilege is still an attractive quality in men for many straight women and gay men.
The researchers used the TubeCrush website as the focus of their study, collecting data about the types of images of men posted on it over a three year period from 2014.
TubeCrush is a site in which commuters upload photographs, taken covertly, of attractive men travelling on the London Underground. Other website visitors then rate the men, who don't know their picture has been taken or uploaded to the site.
The researchers say their study of the entries on the site quickly revealed that both straight women's and gay men's desired particular types of men.
Despite London being a multicultural city, there was little diversity in the men featured, with most of them being white.
In the photographs there was often an emphasis on men's muscular biceps, pecs and chest; the body parts which suggest physical strength.
There were also many references to this - and the men's estimated sexual prowess - in the comments posted alongside the images.
As well as indicators of physical and sexual power, many symbols of disposable income and wealth were often focused on, such as smart suits, watches and phones.
There were fewer images showing other representations of masculinity, such as fatherhood, and more emotional and awkward characters typical of so-called lad-lit.
The academics said that public transport - in this case the Tube - has now become the space where gender politics is decided.
Private desires are now being made public as social media is being used to reflect who people fancy, they add.
The researchers say the site represents a form of reversal of gender roles by suggesting that taking pictures of unsuspecting men on the London Underground could be understood as a powerful act in a society where men have historically held ownership over women's bodies.
The study was published in the journal Feminist Media Studies.
Lead researcher Adrienne Evans, from Coventry University's Centre for Postdigital Cultures, said:
"From smart-suited City workers to toned gym-goers flashing their flesh, the men featured in the photographs on TubeCrush show that as a culture we still celebrate masculinity in the form of money and muscle.
"They are marking the middle-class, wealthy, mobile and sexually powerful male body, not as a political one as feminists intend it to be, but one that should be actively desired.
"This celebration of masculine capital is achieved through humour and the knowing wink, but the outcome is a reaffirmation of men's position in society.
"It's a problem as because although it appears as though we have moved forward, our desires are still mostly about money and strength."

Explore further: Does birth control impact women's choice of sexual partners?

More information: Adrienne Evans et al, "He's a total TubeCrush": post-feminist sensibility as intimate publics, Feminist Media Studies (2017). DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1367701

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-11-muscles-money-photos-men-tube.html#jCp