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: then please, provide a study of the subject that refutes it
: ah, the old "you secretly want big guys", I know you have studies
: on that, so please link those too
Here's how the argument has gone so far
A: "Men are objectified in media too. E.g. the insane physiques of superheroes, among others"
B: "Batman having a sculpted body is to appeal to male power fantasies, not to appeal to women"
A: "Romance novels aimed almost exclusively at women have male hardbodies on the covers without fail because they appeal to women"
B: "I heard a woman say they don't like it though. Checkmate"
You shouldn't need a "study" when the data is so self evident. The men -- those men -- are on the cover because that's what sells. To believe that it's not what women want, you'd have to somehow believe the entire industry -- all of it -- is forgoing the larger profits they could get from putting balding insurance actuaries on their covers and have been for decades.