• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    The idea that women only like strong, muscular men is a big trope that has been around for a long time. Hence these covers.

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      1 year ago

      Also remember who media targets. Mostly men will watch movies of “fat dude wins the girl because he’s funny” but the vast majority of people watching the Hallmark channel films are women and it’s always “generically attractive man and generically attractive woman find love”