Perceptions of the social and personal characteristics of hypermuscular women and of the men who love them.

[Dean Destructo]

A predominately European American sample of middle class college students rated hypermuscular female bodybuilders and the men who were romantically involved with them on measures of perceived gender traits, personality traits, social behaviors, and heterosexual behaviors. Participants perceived hypermuscular women, as compared to the average woman, as having more masculine and fewer feminine interests, less likely to be good mothers, and less intelligent, socially popular, and attractive. However, participants also perceived them as being less likely to engage in socially deviant behaviors or to be sexually manipulative and more likely to be extraverted, conscientious, and open to new experiences than the average woman. Participants perceived men who are romantically involved with hypermuscular women as having stronger masculine traits, interests, and identities than the average man. The authors found no relationships between the perceiver's gender type and his or her perceptions of hypermuscular women or the men who were romantically involved with them.

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[Iron Game]

Good article.

 

[Dean Destructo]

Yeah I thought it was very interesting. I guess some people assume that men that like masculine females are in to guys but the opposite is true and they are usually very attracted to women especially those that enjoy similar male endeavors. If you think about it that is how all badass warrior races must have started.