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The relevance of looks in Finnish online dating ads: dealing with obesityTRANSCRIPT
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The relevance of looks in Finnish online dating ads; dealing with
obesity
Anne Holappa, Phd student, Digital culture / University of Turku
EUPOP 2013
2nd August 2013
University of Turku, Finland
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If you google ROMANTIC
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If you google ONLINE DATING
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Online dating ads
I am an athletic, attractive, emotionally stable and well experienced business man looking for a pretty, slim, kind and understanding woman for a serious and real relationship. I love to travel, read, go to movies and watch car racing. My idea of a good time includes skiing, badminton, tennis, just spending time with someone and a quiet dinner at home.
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“Most people on dating websites lie about themselves”http://www.zmescience.com/research/studies/internet-dating-liars-how-to-spot-them-31233
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Both obese boys and girls reported being more dissatisfied with their dating status compared with average-weight peers. Obese girls were less likely to date than their peersMichelle J. Pearce, Julie Boergers, Dr. Mitchell J. Prinstein: Adolescent Obesity, Overt and Relational Peer Victimization, and Romantic Relationships. Obesity Research Volume 10, Issue 5, 2002, 386-393
Obese individuals were less likely to have physically attractive partners, with this disadvantage greater for women than men, and greater for white women than black women. Additional education, a more attractive personality, and better grooming increased the probability of having a physically attractive partner.
Julie Camalt, John Cawley, Kara Joyner, Jeffery Sobal: Body Weight and Matching With a Physically Attractive Romantic Partner. Journal of Marriage & Family. Dec2008, Vol. 70 Issue 5, 1287-1296
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…but what if you do not fit the norms?
And you don´t want to lie?
How do people raise and handle the question of obesity in Finnish online dating ads?
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Research data and methods
918 Finnish hetero semi-structured dating ads (Deitti.net)
corpus collected 2012 41 % women 59 % men
Statistics Close reading & categorizing
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FREE TEXT
STORY
FORM Age
Geographical area
Eye color
Hair color
Height
Body type (slim-normal-athletic-large/XL)
Education
Hobbies
etc.
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Telling in the profile
WOMEN
MEN
the body type and height
80 % 91%
only height and not body type
8% 3%
only body type and not height
5% 2%
no body type nor height 7% 4%
more information about the looks in the free text area
35% 30%
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Problems about understanding the body type category the same way
Man, athletic body type: I´m no body builder type. And I don´t wanna be. Maybe I´m a bit fat. But I don´t mind.
Woman, normal body type: I put normal here. Does this mean I´m fat now?
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Characteristics to normal, slim or athletic body type
Setting demands and restrictions , lists› have to be good-looking › have to be healthy in every way › The exact numbers: the most you can be is
1,81 m and 114 kg› if you have low voice and are size of a whale,
move on from this profile Similarity:› I take care of me/my looks and you take care of
you/your looks› I love sports so I expect you love it too
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Characteristics to normal, slim or athletic body type
Bragging BTW, I have a great self-esteem I´m looking gorgeous Almost perfect man available
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7,2 % of men and 21% of women say their body type is large or XL
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XL: Admitting
Actually I do have some extra weight Actually I should lose some weight At the moment I´m losing weight I´m at the weight losing project right
now. And looking for a date here because I´m too shy for approaching anyone.
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XL: Ignoring the whole thing
Body type: XL – nothing in the free text field about it
Not filling the body type at all
Either › comfortable with XL ??› trying to avoid the fact??
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XL: Highlighting the other features
My friends have told me that my personality is truly something else, something incredibly marvellous
Happy, social, honest, loyal person: I like to laugh a lot!
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XL: Making fun out of it
The chubbier, the happier / Lolly are jolly(stereotypes)
Saying it with funny way: I´m hefty, voluminous, curvy, large&lovely, big boned, having a big heart, search for the genuine large love, fat ass princess
Nick tells it : BIG-GIRL, TEDDYBEAR, CHUBBY41
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XL: Attack is the best defense
If you really think you´ll gonna find some bodybuilder athletic with huge incomes (in this profile), think again.
If you really think outer appearance is everything, move to the next profile, please
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Being comfortable with XL Having a photo included
Setting demands: Have to be a man with beard, non-smoking, cat lover.
Having healthy self-esteem: My body type does not fit into modern beauty norm: I have extra weight and I am tall in every way – so do not expect a tiny princess
I´m enjoying life – I´m not perfect nor wanna be
Large in the profile does not mean formless blob
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XL wanted
Also, large girls: give me a mail!
Curvy is sexy!
I would appreciate feminine body
I think women are most beautiful when they are a bit overweight
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6 categories on how obese people would describe themselves
Admitting Ignoring the whole thing Highlighting the other features Humoristic approach Defensive attitude Being comfortable with XL