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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 02:19 PM Jun 2013

Wearing a simple white Tshirt with 'T' printed on front makes men more attractive to women, study:

Wearing a simple white Tshirt with 'T' printed on front makes men more attractive to women, study finds

Take heart, men. Wearing a simple white T-shirt with a black 'T' printed on front can make you seem more attractive to women, a new study found.

Nottingham Trent University researchers say the simple illusion significantly improves the wearer's waist to chest ratio, which women see as a sign of masculinity and attractiveness.

Researchers showed thirty women pictures of men with different body shapes, wearing just a plain white T-shirt, and asked them to rate the men’s attractiveness, health and intelligence.

Next, the women were asked to do the same thing when shown the same men wearing Tshirts with upright and then upside down ‘Ts’ on front.

Wearing an upright T made the men appear 10 per cent more attractive to the women. But wearing upside down Ts, reduced their perceived attractiveness by accentuating their belly and making their hips appear wider. And men who had a less-than-ideal body shape got the most benefit from the optimal illusion. The thicker the ‘T’ shape, the more attractive the men seemed. However, it didn’t change the men’s perceived intelligence, researchers found.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/wearing-a-simple-white-tshirt-with-t-printed-on-front-makes-men-more-attractive-to-women-study-finds/story-fni0derj-1226669884614

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Wearing a simple white Tshirt with 'T' printed on front makes men more attractive to women, study: (Original Post) The Straight Story Jun 2013 OP
see, it's all an illusion flamingdem Jun 2013 #1
Not to this woman. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #2
Are you more of an S woman? penultimate Jun 2013 #7
Please define "S woman". In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #10
No idea... Just the first letter that popped into my head penultimate Jun 2013 #11
Nor i.... AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #19
They should ... In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #20
There is no such thing as masculinity snooper2 Jun 2013 #3
True, and we should never say someone is good looking or attractive The Straight Story Jun 2013 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Jun 2013 #23
Of some things, yes. sibelian Jun 2013 #40
Are those the three pictures women had to choose from? LOL! reformist2 Jun 2013 #4
Clearly its the same guy. bunnies Jun 2013 #5
He'd probably be even more attractive if he weren't wearing that fencer's mask Orrex Jun 2013 #8
Ad on this post... penultimate Jun 2013 #9
Gah! rrneck Jun 2013 #33
Uh...My Eyes are Up Here... MineralMan Jun 2013 #12
'T' and biscuits? Not sure what I mean by that. randome Jun 2013 #13
Does anyone else get the impression that some Nottingham Trent University guys are.......... LongTomH Jun 2013 #14
I think a big ole dollar sign would work as well SoCalDem Jun 2013 #15
That would attract all the Randian girls, though. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #17
Now they need to compare this study with the one with the guy carrying a guitar.... cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #16
Hmmm. I wonder if women should wear Tshirts with a "W" on them? Duer 157099 Jun 2013 #18
I hate it when these "studies" take something as complex as attractiveness and simplifies and Apophis Jun 2013 #21
More attractive than what? - the nasty, dirty Tshirts with holes that csziggy Jun 2013 #22
You need a better class of friends. HappyMe Jun 2013 #24
lol! Sissyk Jun 2013 #26
LOL! csziggy Jun 2013 #27
A guy isn't going to slap on HappyMe Jun 2013 #28
True - but my main complaint about the article in the OP csziggy Jun 2013 #29
I think this whole "T" thing is a load of crap. HappyMe Jun 2013 #31
where is that hardware store, manhattan? HiPointDem Jun 2013 #32
Tallahassee Florida csziggy Jun 2013 #35
It says it in the 3rd and 4th paragraphs muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #39
The reason I'm at the hardware store is because I'm fixing a busted thing. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #30
I've been at the hardware store in dirty, torn Tshirts and jeans csziggy Jun 2013 #38
The T also covers up the manboobs. That might be what's really going on. n/t pnwmom Jun 2013 #25
The T-Baggers are going to be all over this. Dr Fate Jun 2013 #34
I think it's because there's a line pointing down to his privates. Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #36
So how do they feel about t shirts with gravy stains? bluedigger Jun 2013 #37
 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
3. There is no such thing as masculinity
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 02:27 PM
Jun 2013

That is a societal construct pushed by rape culture and the patriarchy


(Just thought I would get this out there early )

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
6. True, and we should never say someone is good looking or attractive
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 02:34 PM
Jun 2013

And never, and I mean never, say something like "Wow, Hillary's dress looks nice today" - because no one has ever commented on what men wear and we should only ever comment on what people say (unless we are sexist haters). Did anyone ever comment on a dress bill wore? Nope.

I can't even watch TV anymore because some people dress in ways that make me see them in a different light than I see mother theresa and I can't help my evil self from thinking 'she looks pretty'. God, could you imagine if I said that in a thread about someone of the opposite sex??? There would be calls for banning me! I am learning though.

I have not opened a door for anyone in a long time now.

Response to The Straight Story (Reply #6)

reformist2

(9,841 posts)
4. Are those the three pictures women had to choose from? LOL!
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 02:29 PM
Jun 2013

Not the best use of research grant money, I have to say!
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
13. 'T' and biscuits? Not sure what I mean by that.
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:03 PM
Jun 2013

OTOH, it's a relief to see topics unrelated to the Snowy One start popping up.

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LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
14. Does anyone else get the impression that some Nottingham Trent University guys are..........
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:04 PM
Jun 2013

.......really, really desperate to get a date?

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
17. That would attract all the Randian girls, though.
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:13 PM
Jun 2013

And every man knows that you have to steer clear of those...

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
16. Now they need to compare this study with the one with the guy carrying a guitar....
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:11 PM
Jun 2013

where they proved carrying a guitar makes you 30% sexier to women.

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
18. Hmmm. I wonder if women should wear Tshirts with a "W" on them?
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:14 PM
Jun 2013

Ew, no, that's not what I meant. W is forever tainted.

 

Apophis

(1,407 posts)
21. I hate it when these "studies" take something as complex as attractiveness and simplifies and
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:23 PM
Jun 2013

universalizes it. A "T?" Really?

What a waste of money.

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
22. More attractive than what? - the nasty, dirty Tshirts with holes that
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 03:24 PM
Jun 2013

Seems to be the uniform for a lot of men?

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
27. LOL!
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:02 PM
Jun 2013

Most of the type I describe are the men I see in the hardware store. I hang out there more than just about anywhere else.

I guess I need to find better places to hang out!

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
28. A guy isn't going to slap on
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:06 PM
Jun 2013

a Brooks Brothers suit to head to the hardware store.

I looked pretty ratty when I was landscaping during working hours.

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
29. True - but my main complaint about the article in the OP
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:17 PM
Jun 2013

Was they say their "T" Tshirt made men more attractive without providing of what was less attractive.

Actually, though I see men in natty suits at the hardware store - stock brokers and politicians heading home and picking up stuff on the way. Not sure what a Brooks Brothers suit looks like compared to any other brand (I don't do brands that much) but nice suits.

I'm more attracted to a man in a well worn pair of jeans and a Tshirt than a man in a suit. I'm that kind of woman - it goes back a long way.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
31. I think this whole "T" thing is a load of crap.
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:23 PM
Jun 2013

I don't care what a guy has on. Jeans and a t-shirt or a suit, handsome is handsome.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
30. The reason I'm at the hardware store is because I'm fixing a busted thing.
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:21 PM
Jun 2013

If you see my wife at the hardware store, she'll be nicely dressed because she's only running an errand for the person at home fixing a busted thing.

This explains the difference in attire.

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
38. I've been at the hardware store in dirty, torn Tshirts and jeans
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:00 PM
Jun 2013

Because I was out working and needed parts - and I'm the wife. I managed a horse farm for thirty years. I've been dirty in ways I don't want to remember.

The dirtiest I had to go to the store was when a pipe blew in the rain. We had to dig up the cut off, then dig up the broken section. Once we checked the size and fittings we needed, I drove to the plumbing supply, muddy and nasty cause we had no water until the break was fixed. My husband stayed at the farm, digging out the hole so we'd have room to make the repair and making a ditch to drain off the water.

Fun times. We're retired from that now pretty much though just a few weeks ago we were out helping to dig out a cut off to shut water off to a broken pipe. The people now running the farm were helping and going off to buy the parts, but we knew roughly where the shut off was and they didn't.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
36. I think it's because there's a line pointing down to his privates.
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 10:54 PM
Jun 2013

Funny how that didn't occur to the people doing the survey. That was my first thought of seeing a man with a big line down his chest pointing toward the nether regions. Whereas, a horizontal line above the waist says, "Stop here! There ain't nothing good below!"

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