The male version of the "Cheerleader Effect."

[FrothySolutions]

I saw this Old Spice ad with Kevin Hart and Isaiah Mustafa. Did you know Kevin Hart lifts? He and Isaiah Mustafa have about the same physique.



So when I saw this video, it kinda broke my heart. Now I'm like "So you clearly can't outlift being short." To me, Kevin Hart looks like he's being mogged. But then I scroll down to the comments and see this.

Men? Plural? It's the first time I've ever heard someone describe Kevin Hart in physically attractive terms. But I look deeper, and I think I understand why. Now, I'm not attracted to men, so far be it from me to tell someone who is attracted to men how they feel. They know themselves better than I do. But what I theorize is happening here is The "Cheerleader Effect," but for men. The Cheerleader Effect for women being, when multiple women are together in a group, even if only one of them is attractive, as a group they all look attractive. Like a group of cheerleaders. Simply in being a part of this group, they become desirable.

And so it is for Kevin Hart. Mustafa's attractiveness is rubbing off on him, making them both look good.

That's why Blake Geometrio says "Especially Isaiah." It's really Isaiah Mustafa they're subconsciously attracted to. That's why CommonSense8102 is like "But wait a minute, Kevin Hart can't be fine, he's short! That's not possible!" They mention things like how he likes to cheat, and how he was in a car accident. But the fact that they open with "I didn't realize fine men were small" is evidence of the common standard that short men aren't supposed to be attractive. But by being friends and standing around Isaiah Mustafa, Kevin Hart pulls it off.

I think we should make use of this tactic. But we don't seem ready. At least here on Looksmax. Instead of working together like cheerleaders, We think of each other as "competition." Not friends, but "obstacles." Men can't "work together." Men can only mog or be mogged. "I feel threatened by this big guy, I need to work to overcome him." Or "I want to cuck this small guy because I'm big and cucking people sates me." It doesn't have to be this way. We could all make it.

 

[Deleted member 5185]

I think you misunderstand the cheerleader effect somewhat.

As far as I understand it, the cheerleader effect goes something like this:

- Take a reality show like "Ex on the beach" or "Love Island" - now the contestants there will have different ratings individually out in the real world, however their individual ranking in the group will greatly affect the other contestants and our (the viewers) view of their attractiveness rating.

As an example, in this years UK Love Island, one contestant called "Nas" was a decent looking guy, however he was short and Indian-pheno. He likely has moderate success IRL, however being the clearly least attractive man inside the Love Island house made him a lost cause in term of romantic interest basically throughout the entire show. Thats the cheerleader effect working against him, as the least attractive member of the group. It can also work the opposite way, as the most attractive guy of that group would be deemed extremely attractive for any female contestants, because he was the best man available. So competition for him, and our perception of him, would be much higher than it would be outside in the real world.

Obviously these shows attempt to cast hot young people, but you get the idea - their rating can be inflated or deflated depending on their individual placing in the group. Obviously being a cast member of a hit TV show will greatly benefit everyone involved once they get outside.

To address the case in question, I think women just love virtue signaling and talk out of their ass. Kevin Hart is someone they respect for being famous, in fact I guarantee you he gets a lot of women even though he is essentially a midget. But physically, he is entirely undesirable. If you go to the subreddit "ladyboners", you will see just laughably ugly or average men if you sort by "all time high" posts. I think the dwarf from GoT is like top 10 in most upvoted post. So what women online say is attractive doesn't mean shit.

 

[middayshowers]

In your analysis you have made the fundamental mistake of believing what women write instead of what their actions are

 

[eduardkoopman]

As far as I understand it, the cheerleader effect goes something like this: