Survey Proves More Americans Find the Dad Bod Sexy Than Ever Before
Source – A new survey found more Americans than ever think the “dad bod” is attractive, even sexy, and that it just might be the new six-pack.
The survey, conducted by Planet Fitness, found there’s an ever-increasing appreciation for and acceptance of this kind of shape in 2019, sometimes described as a cross between muscular and overweight.
The survey said the consensus was that the dad bod “exudes more sexiness and confidence now than ever before.”
Nearly four in five among both women and men believe a dad bod is a sign of a man who is confident in his own skin. …
Of the 2,217 American adults who participated in the survey, 65 percent said the dad bod is attractive, 61 percent said men with a dad bod are sexy and 51 percent think the dad bod is the new six-pack.
More than 23 million men now identify as having one, and and more men believe there’s universal acceptance of the dad bod than last year (71 percent vs. 63 percent), according to the survey.
Excuse me, wasn’t the whole Dad Bod thing just an internet trend that, like all internet trends, was funny for a while until someone inevitably found it offensive and maybe sexist before it was inevitably supposed to have run its course last year some time?
Well look what’s here to stay. We’ve got Minor League teams wearing Dad Bod jerseys for Father’s Day and now more people than ever are calling it sexy. And bear in mind, this from Planet Fitness, who would probably have loved to proven the opposite. I mean, this isn’t like the tobacco industry in the 50s telling the mothers giving birth to the Baby Boom how much younger and sexier a pregnant woman looks with a Virginia Slims on her lips. I imagine they were hoping to prove 65 percent of Americans throw up in their mouths every time they can’t see a guy wearing 34-inch waisted cargo shorts around his hips with his 54-inch gut hanging around over it like he’s wearing an inner tube. But here it is. Coming from a scientific survey conducted by none other than Big Gym.
But if these results are a surprise, it just means you don’t understand human nature. Once you get past the age of about 25, you’re no longer motivated by the things you were before. Just on an instinctual level. The subconscious starts driving you not toward what would be pleasing to the eye, but by the mating instinct. Even if your plan is not to procreate, every fiber of your being is looking for the best mate.
Show a woman a guy who’s ripped like an action figure with an 8-pack and pecs out of a Rocky movie and yes, she’ll be attracted, no doubt. But subconsciously that look sends the message “I’m a gym rat who watches what I eat and drink. All our activities will involve exercise. Our sex will be frequent and very much a work out. You will never be the more attractive of the two of us and will never, ever feel secure.”
Whereas a body like mine says “I’ve built up a stable nest egg with safe, dependable mutual funds. I’ll be home on the couch most nights out of the week, and you’ll be left alone to do whatever you want because I’m either watching games or movies you’d hate. I’ll spend Saturdays doing yard work and banging out a Honey Do list, followed by carbs in the form of IPAs and pizza. I’ll rarely request sex and when I do, it’ll be over in minutes and require a minimum of effort. And you will always be more desirable than me without having to put any effort in at all.”
That is a powerful aphrodisiac, I assure you. I hate to break it to you, Khal Drogo. But your smoldering good looks, massive arms and 1% body fat are no match for my Roth IRAs, life insurance plan and cholesterol meds. Your old 6-pack can’t compete with the new 6-pack that are my muffin tops and belly button that looks like a frown. Don’t take my word for. Ask 2 out of 3 Americans.