3 ms·
There are definitely polls that show women find men in trucks more attractive in the US than, say, vans. If you want to signal wealth and refinement get a luxur
by havblue 3y ago
There are definitely polls that show women find men in trucks more attractive in the US than, say, vans. If you want to signal wealth and refinement get a luxury vehicle. If you want to signal utility and masculinity get a truck.
- 0xdde 3y agoOf course studies showing anything are out there. Much less likely that they are properly set up and therefore believable.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoSeriously? There are polls that show anything you want. And if you have trouble finding one, you just create your own. Polls are essentially meaningless.
- grecy 3y agoI would be very shocked to learn those polls were funded by the makers of large SUVs and trucks. /s
- francisofascii 3y agohonestly, I believe it. I would blame the truck ads that have brainwashed Americans into thinking that driving a truck makes you more masculine or tough.
- havblue 3y agoI'd go even earlier though. Frederick Jackson Turner "The Significance of the Frontier in American History". Americans have different views on rugged individualism than Europeans do, so I didn't think it's surprising that we want to project cowboy country onto urban environments. Advertising is just tapping into the rugged lumberjack ideal.
- actionfromafar 3y agoGreat. Tax the trucks more and driving one will be an even better signal!