For context (if you’re a sane person and not extremely online), researcher William Costello recently did a simple, anonymous Twitter poll. Men and women were invited to rate pictures of British singer Olly Murs when he was huskier vs. when he really hit his gym goals and became legitimately shredded.
There was a thread on The Site Which Shall Not Be Named a while back pointing out these differences using two magazine covers featuring Hugh Jackman.
The men’s magazine had him shirtless, yelling at the camera, and flexing his muscles. The women’s magazine had him smiling sweetly in a cozy sweater.
I don’t know why but imagining Wolverine in a cosy sweater is sending me
This is as close as we got.