Tuesday 24 May 2022 04:28 PM Men who pose on Tinder are seen as less competent and more promiscuous, ... trends now

Tuesday 24 May 2022 04:28 PM Men who pose on Tinder are seen as less competent and more promiscuous, ... trends now
Tuesday 24 May 2022 04:28 PM Men who pose topless on Tinder are seen as less competent and more promiscuous, ... trends now

Tuesday 24 May 2022 04:28 PM Men who pose topless on Tinder are seen as less competent and more promiscuous, ... trends now

Want to impress on your Tinder profile? Keep your top ON! Men who pose topless are seen as less competent and more promiscuous, study reveals 567 participants were shown Tinder profiles for a white, adult man called Noah Profile varied in relationship motivation, muscularity and sexualised appearance When Noah was topless, participants rated him as less competent and more promiscuous than when he had his top on 

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While dating apps were once seen as taboo, they're now one of the main ways that singletons find love around the world.

But if you have a profile on a dating app, a new study may encourage you to reassess which pictures you include.

Researchers from the University of Colorado have revealed that men who pose topless on Tinder are seen as less competent and more promiscuous.

Researchers from the University of Colorado have revealed that men who pose topless on Tinder are seen as less competent and more promiscuous

Researchers from the University of Colorado have revealed that men who pose topless on Tinder are seen as less competent and more promiscuous

The rise of online dating 

The first dating app can be traced back to 1995 when Match.com was first launched. The website allowed single people to upload a profile, a picture and chat to people online. 

eHarmony was then developed in 2000 and two years later Ashley Madison, a site dedicated to infidelity and cheating, was first launched.

A plethora of other dating sites with a unique target demographic were set up in the next 10-15 years including OKCupid (2004), Plenty of Fish (2006), Grindr (2009) and Happn (2013).

In 2012, Tinder was launched and was the first 'swipe' based dating platform. After its initial launch its usage snowballed and by March 2014 there were one billion matches a day.

Bumble, a dating app designed to empower women, was launched in 2014 by Whitney Wolfe Herd, Tinder co-founder.

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Tinder is an online dating app that matches singletons based on their physical attraction to one another.

The app encourages users to upload photos without friends, but doesn't give much advice on what to wear.

'Upload photos to Tinder that feature who everyone came to see: you! Ditch your friends, because this isn't about them, and remove the sunglasses, because they hide your face,' the app advises on its website.

'The best pics are in-focus, and some say a smile goes a long way here.'

In the study, the researchers set out to test how sexualised images of males on the app affect viewers' perceptions of them.

A sample of 567 participants were shown mock Tinder profiles for a young, white, adult man called Noah.

The pictures varied along three dimensions – relationship motivation, muscularity, and sexualised appearance.

For example, Noah was described as interested in either casual sex or a committed relationship, either had a muscular body or a non-muscular physique, and either wore a white t-shirt or was topless.

The participants were asked to rate Noah's profile across a range of factors, including his sexual behaviours, physical attraction, and personality.

The results revealed that all three dimensions (relationship motivation, muscularity and sexualised appearance) affected the participants' ratings of

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