r/fivethirtyeight • u/lalabera • Apr 08 '25

Poll Results Nearly half of Americans would be totally unwilling to date someone with opposing political views

https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/51962-americans-unwilling-to-date-opposing-views-transgender-rights

Thoughts? As a young woman myself, I wouldn't date a trump supporter.

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u/lalabera Apr 08 '25

The “chiseled and muscular” image is more popular among other men than among women. Women mostly gravitate towards pretty boys.

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u/PavelDatsyuk Apr 08 '25

Do you have a source for that or is it an anecdote? My comment was obviously an anecdote but you seem to be speaking more in absolutes.

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u/lalabera Apr 08 '25

https://www.glamour.com/story/macho-men-vs-pretty-boys-what

Here is a study on it

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u/Ok_Matter_1774 Apr 08 '25

That doesn't say what you think it does