Muscles. Hot or not?
UCLA professor David Frederick and colleagues have asked: Why is Muscularity Sexy? Conclusion:
[...] these studies suggest that men’s physical features are related not only to women’s expressed preferences for mates but also to men’s and women’s past mate choices and sex behaviors.
NOTE: Despite the many media reports - we need to understand that the subjects of the study were male and female undergraduates (aged 18-25) living in California, USA. Extrapolating that to all men and women everywhere is foolish.
One of the studies interviewed 99 male undergraduates about their sexual histories, and, to be honest - can you really believe they didn't "talk up" their exploits?
This fascinating paper actually includes 6 studies and is difficult to summarize. Here I will focus on just one of the studies:
1. 141 college women aged around 20 looked at 6 computer generated images of men (created with MyVirtualModel.com).
2. Note that only the images were shown to the women - not the labels (e.g. brawny, slender, etc).
3. The women rated the images against four factors: sexual desirability, commitment, physical dominance (over other males), and volatility (e.g. bad temper).
Okay, deep-breath guys...
* Attractiveness, sexual desirability? The built and toned guys came tops. The chubby guy was bottom of the heap. Brawny guy still desirable but not as much as built and toned guy.
* Physical Dominance? Brawny and built were tops, the slender guy bottom.
* Commitment? Chubby guy voted the best, brawny and built the worst.
* Volatility? Slender guy the least volatile, with brawny and built the most volatile.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Pressure To Be More Muscular May Lead Men To Unhealthy Behaviors
ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2006) — Women are not the only ones in American society who feel pressure to achieve the perfect body.
New research suggests that men feel pressure to have muscular bodies, and that influence can lead some to symptoms of eating disorders, pressure to use steroids, and an unhealthy preoccupation with weightlifting.
“Men see these idealized, muscular men in the media and feel their own bodies don't measure up,” said Tracy Tylka, author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at Ohio State University 's Marion campus.
“For some men, this can lead to unhealthy and potentially dangerous behaviors to try to reach that ideal.”
Tylka presented her research at a symposium August 10 in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Of course, women have been pressured for decades to achieve a thin ideal, but this is a more recent phenomenon for men, Tylka said.
“Instead of seeing a decrease in objectification of women in society, there has just been an increase in the objectification of men. And you can see that in the media today,” she said.
To test how this emphasis on muscularity has affected men, Tylka studied 285 college men. She asked them a variety of questions to determine how much pressure to be muscular that they felt from family, friends, romantic partners and the media.
The findings showed that the more pressure the men felt, the more they felt they had to live up to the ideals.
“They start to believe that the only attractive male body is a muscular one. And when they internalize that belief, they judge themselves on that ideal and probably come up short, because it is not a realistic portrayal of men,” she said.
While other studies have suggested men can become preoccupied with their muscles, Tylka said this research shows men are also very worried about their body fat.
“Not only are men being targeted to be muscular, but they also feel they have to be very lean to show off their muscularity.”
And the more dissatisfied that men in the study felt with their muscularity and body fat, the more they engaged in unhealthy behaviors, findings showed.
For example, men who were not happy with their muscles were more likely to say that their weight-training schedule interfered with other parts of their life, that others think they work out too much, that they used protein supplements, and even that they thought about using steroids.
Men who were dissatisfied with their body fat were more likely to report symptoms of eating disorders, such as avoiding certain foods, being terrified about being overweight, and being preoccupied with a desire to be thinner.
Tylka said there is a difference between men who exercise and watch their diet for their health, and those who do so because they feel pressure to change their bodies.
“It is good to exercise, to lift weights, and to eat the foods that make your body function well,” she said.
“But it is not good to be preoccupied with gaining muscle mass. Those that are preoccupied are not working out to get healthier, they are working out to bulk up. They are not eating healthy, they are cutting out major food groups like carbohydrates and eating massive amounts of protein.”
While men in American society are feeling increasing pressures to achieve the perfect body, Tylka said women still get a disproportionate share of the pressure.
“Women still get objectified more than men, but men are feeling the pressure too.”
Adapted from materials provided by Ohio State University.
(source - http://www.sciencedaily.com/ )
New research suggests that men feel pressure to have muscular bodies, and that influence can lead some to symptoms of eating disorders, pressure to use steroids, and an unhealthy preoccupation with weightlifting.
“Men see these idealized, muscular men in the media and feel their own bodies don't measure up,” said Tracy Tylka, author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at Ohio State University 's Marion campus.
“For some men, this can lead to unhealthy and potentially dangerous behaviors to try to reach that ideal.”
Tylka presented her research at a symposium August 10 in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Of course, women have been pressured for decades to achieve a thin ideal, but this is a more recent phenomenon for men, Tylka said.
“Instead of seeing a decrease in objectification of women in society, there has just been an increase in the objectification of men. And you can see that in the media today,” she said.
To test how this emphasis on muscularity has affected men, Tylka studied 285 college men. She asked them a variety of questions to determine how much pressure to be muscular that they felt from family, friends, romantic partners and the media.
The findings showed that the more pressure the men felt, the more they felt they had to live up to the ideals.
“They start to believe that the only attractive male body is a muscular one. And when they internalize that belief, they judge themselves on that ideal and probably come up short, because it is not a realistic portrayal of men,” she said.
While other studies have suggested men can become preoccupied with their muscles, Tylka said this research shows men are also very worried about their body fat.
“Not only are men being targeted to be muscular, but they also feel they have to be very lean to show off their muscularity.”
And the more dissatisfied that men in the study felt with their muscularity and body fat, the more they engaged in unhealthy behaviors, findings showed.
For example, men who were not happy with their muscles were more likely to say that their weight-training schedule interfered with other parts of their life, that others think they work out too much, that they used protein supplements, and even that they thought about using steroids.
Men who were dissatisfied with their body fat were more likely to report symptoms of eating disorders, such as avoiding certain foods, being terrified about being overweight, and being preoccupied with a desire to be thinner.
Tylka said there is a difference between men who exercise and watch their diet for their health, and those who do so because they feel pressure to change their bodies.
“It is good to exercise, to lift weights, and to eat the foods that make your body function well,” she said.
“But it is not good to be preoccupied with gaining muscle mass. Those that are preoccupied are not working out to get healthier, they are working out to bulk up. They are not eating healthy, they are cutting out major food groups like carbohydrates and eating massive amounts of protein.”
While men in American society are feeling increasing pressures to achieve the perfect body, Tylka said women still get a disproportionate share of the pressure.
“Women still get objectified more than men, but men are feeling the pressure too.”
Adapted from materials provided by Ohio State University.
(source - http://www.sciencedaily.com/ )
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
DRAGONBALL MOVIE TRAILER
Man Oh Man, This 'Dragonball' Trailer
In terms of production value, I'd place this somewhere between Xena: Warrior Princess and a Power Rangers movie. In terms of everything else, I'd place it somewhere it could never touch human eyes or ears--particularly the voice of Piccolo. That generic, digitally-distorted, kidnapper-on-the-phone voice should not come out of someone's actual mouth.
Oh, that turns into a motorcycle? Cool. I'm this super-awesome character.
In terms of production value, I'd place this somewhere between Xena: Warrior Princess and a Power Rangers movie. In terms of everything else, I'd place it somewhere it could never touch human eyes or ears--particularly the voice of Piccolo. That generic, digitally-distorted, kidnapper-on-the-phone voice should not come out of someone's actual mouth.
Oh, that turns into a motorcycle? Cool. I'm this super-awesome character.
THE COOLEST UPCOMING TRAILERS !!
'Wolverine' Trailer: See Wolvering & Friends Do Everything Imaginable
Here's the trailer for the movie about that Wolverine character. Watching it has done nothing to lessen my reservations about this being something I'd watch more than once, but there's something I like about its unabashed fan pandering I find almost endearing.
Every comic fan of the '90s has wanted to see classically cool characters Gambit and Deadpool in live-action form, so it makes sense to shoehorn those guys into the plot, but the makers of Wolverine have gone so above and beyond that in terms of fulfilling every strange fan wish they could think of. Wolverine in a boxing match against The Blob, the padded gloves covering his primary weapons? Of course that happens. That was always the nucleus of the script. Wolverine launching off a motorcycle onto the back of a moving helicopter? That has been a fan request for so long, they just had to include it. And so much more:
That guy-fighting-a-helicopter-by-leaping-from-another-vehicle sequence is nearly as convincing as the one from Austin Powers 3! And did you catch the shot of Deadpool/Van Wilder Ninja in a Red Shirt?
As long as they were fulfilling every possibly scenario a fanboy might ever desire, why could we not also get Wolverine battle a lightsaber-wielding Terminator Mario army? Yeah, probably copyright issues.
'Terminator Salvation' Trailer:
John Connor has been talking this shit about leading a future resistance against the Terminators for so long; it's about time these robot fellows made him walk the walk. Here's the new trailer for Terminator Salvation
I like how much of this is of Christian Bale getting up in Sam Worthington-Terminator's face and giving him a real eff you. How quickly John Connor has forgotten the tears when Schwarzenegger gave he a thumbs up as he descended into molten metal.
That said, looks pretty good, but I really wish normal Terminators were riding the motorcycle terminators. Once I see that chasing John Connor, that's when I know our future is in some serious shit.
Here's the trailer for the movie about that Wolverine character. Watching it has done nothing to lessen my reservations about this being something I'd watch more than once, but there's something I like about its unabashed fan pandering I find almost endearing.
Every comic fan of the '90s has wanted to see classically cool characters Gambit and Deadpool in live-action form, so it makes sense to shoehorn those guys into the plot, but the makers of Wolverine have gone so above and beyond that in terms of fulfilling every strange fan wish they could think of. Wolverine in a boxing match against The Blob, the padded gloves covering his primary weapons? Of course that happens. That was always the nucleus of the script. Wolverine launching off a motorcycle onto the back of a moving helicopter? That has been a fan request for so long, they just had to include it. And so much more:
That guy-fighting-a-helicopter-by-leaping-from-another-vehicle sequence is nearly as convincing as the one from Austin Powers 3! And did you catch the shot of Deadpool/Van Wilder Ninja in a Red Shirt?
As long as they were fulfilling every possibly scenario a fanboy might ever desire, why could we not also get Wolverine battle a lightsaber-wielding Terminator Mario army? Yeah, probably copyright issues.
'Terminator Salvation' Trailer:
John Connor has been talking this shit about leading a future resistance against the Terminators for so long; it's about time these robot fellows made him walk the walk. Here's the new trailer for Terminator Salvation
I like how much of this is of Christian Bale getting up in Sam Worthington-Terminator's face and giving him a real eff you. How quickly John Connor has forgotten the tears when Schwarzenegger gave he a thumbs up as he descended into molten metal.
That said, looks pretty good, but I really wish normal Terminators were riding the motorcycle terminators. Once I see that chasing John Connor, that's when I know our future is in some serious shit.
The Rated R superstar
well now here he is -
this guys called EDGE , he's a Canadian wrestler , and gotta a moove whereby he turns himself to this human spear and dives himself shoulder first into his opponent !!! , i feel like doing that everytime i see some oversmart bozo !!!
this is his t-shirt -
AND then we have this guy called dolph ziggler -
doesnt he cheaply remind u of someone ??-
yea thats right Dolph Lundgren the guy who killed Appolo Creed for us in ROCKY 5
this guys called EDGE , he's a Canadian wrestler , and gotta a moove whereby he turns himself to this human spear and dives himself shoulder first into his opponent !!! , i feel like doing that everytime i see some oversmart bozo !!!
this is his t-shirt -
AND then we have this guy called dolph ziggler -
doesnt he cheaply remind u of someone ??-
yea thats right Dolph Lundgren the guy who killed Appolo Creed for us in ROCKY 5
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The ST CRISPINS DAY SPEECH BY KING HENRY 5
This ones the older version by Laurence Olivier
Video tribute of Iraq War. Henry V St. Crispin Speech takes on a whole new meaning
PLEASE NOTE : HAS DISTURBING SCNES FROM THE WAR , VIDEOS THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY VARIOUS NEWS CHANNELS AND SITES . THIS IS NOT FOR A FAINT HEARTED .
finally created one
yes this is done , the 2nd time ive created a blog on this site , well its amid those terror times here in india , but im still cosy unafffected by the finalcial crisis , my sincere support to these who are , and well times are times , im watching wretling seeing randy orton beatt the living crap out of batista , my brother waitches it too , but hes gotta study for his boards !!
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