What are people REALLY attracted to

The first essay I read was “Dadbod: A New Word for a Timeless Physique.” It talked about the new term, Dadbod, which people have been using. It is used to describe that Homer Simpson like figure, but the person who wrote it specifies that this is not a new trend that women have just started liking, they’ve always liked it. He writes, “The rise of dadbod probably marks not shifting tastes but rather shifting ways of talking about taste…” I think he’s trying to explain that women have always liked the “dadbod” it’s just the way people talk about what they like that is bringing it into the light. If that makes sense. The last sentence in this essay, “A catchy name for your physique doesn't mean you're special; it means that finally, you’re just like everyone else” was most similar to a thesis statement.

The second essay is called “The Death of Pretty.” This one is about how women no longer want to be considered pretty, they want to be hot. The writer talks about how being pretty is a combination of physical attractiveness and a sense of innocence. It talks about how they believe when men sense a women is innocent, he feels the need to protect and guard it. When a women is hot it makes men see the women as more of an object. I felt like this article was very true especially for me, being a boy and all. This sentence stuck out to me as the thesis, “Nobody wants to be thought of as innocent, the good girl.  They want to be hot, not pretty.”

I think the main ideas are related in terms of discussing what women are most attracted to, in the dadbod, and what men are most attracted to, in the “pretty”.