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Women love men with ‘dad bods’ like Travis Kelce — and there’s a surprising scientific reason why
The girlies are into the thick of it — literally. Sure, musclebound men are hot. And gym rat guys oft get the girl. But it’s dudes with a little “dad bod” bulk, à la Taylor Swift’s …
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But further research revealed that women don’t find portly men physically attractive. Instead, singletons rated flabbier fellas higher on evolutionary fitness traits, calling them “affectionate, nurturant, friendly” and good parent potential. Ultra-macho men with big guns also tend to have high levels of testosterone, causing the opposite sex to perceive them as aggressive and unappealing, per a 2020 analysis.
For Psychology Today, Bucknell University professor and psychologist Joel Wade wrote that “women might find a male they assume to have lower testosterone levels more appealing because he would be assumed to be less aggressive and have characteristics that would make for a better partner — and a better father.”