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Tall, dark and handsome

October 19, 2023

"Tall, dark, and handsome" is a phrase that refers to an appealing man, often found in romantic fiction aimed at women.[6]

David Gandy has been often called tall, dark and handsome by media such as Vogue and GQ.[1][2][3][4]
Ranveer Singh, a Bollywood actor, has been called tall, dark and handsome in the media.[5]

History Edit

The term came to prominent use in the early 1900s and was commonly used in Hollywood during the 1920s to describe Rudolph Valentino.[7] As an idiom it is both lexically and sequentially fixed.[8]

In the 2010s, Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh, Randeep Hooda, and Arjun Kapoor were described by the phrase in the Indian media.[5]

Model David Gandy has often been called tall, dark and handsome in the media.[1][2][3] The New Zealand Herald described further that "At 191cm, he's taller than most models and up close - with his dark, almost black hair and bronzed olive complexion - he's like a live version of Michelangelo's Statue of David."[4]

Studies Edit

David Puts is an associate professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University who has studied the evolutionary bases of human sexuality. In 2017 he was asked if "tall, dark and handsome" is universally attractive in the human experience and he stated that not enough cross-cultural work had been conducted to be very confident in the concept's scientific validity.[9]

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b Rippon, Remy (19 October 2015). "David Gandy on what it's really like to be one of the world's biggest male supermodels". Vogue. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Russell, Chrissie (10 November 2010). "Why women think that David Gandy is the sexiest man alive". The Independent.
  3. ^ a b Fetters, K. Aleisha (29 April 2015). "The 20 Hottest Male Models on Instagram Right Now". GQ. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b Glenn, Andrew (15 October 2013). "Face To Face With David Gandy". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Ranveer Singh, Randeep Hooda, Arjun Kapoor: Actors who define tall, dark and handsome". The Indian Express. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ Nigel Rees; Mark My Words: Great Quotations and the Stories Behind Them - page: 564
  7. ^ L. F. Shitova ; 350 Idioms with Their Origin, or The Idiomatic Cake You Can Eat and Have It Too - page: 130
  8. ^ Chitra Fernando; Idioms and Idiomaticity - page: 30
  9. ^ Sarah Sloat (November 20, 2017). "The Science of 'Tall, Dark, and Handsome' Is Extremely Complicated". Inverse. Retrieved June 30, 2019.

Further reading Edit

  • C. Brian Smith (2018). "The Not-So-Attractive Origins Of 'Tall, Dark And Handsome'". Mel Magazine. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  • Staff (December 15, 2018). "Reasons Why Kenyan Women Prefer Tall, Dark and Slim Men". KenyaSASA. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  • Rodgers Omondi (May 14, 2018). "Five secret reasons why ladies are ditching tall, dark and handsome men for short ones". The Standard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  • Ayoola Adetayo (December 19, 2018). "Do you really like tall dark and handsome guys or you just think that you do?". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  • Kingwa Kamencu (April 16, 2017). "Are the tall dark and handsome ones more likely to have it easy and succeed?". The Standard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  • Gideon Lasco (November 25, 2016). "No More Tall, Dark and Handsome: Why Asian Men Desire Fairness". The Quint. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  • Millicent Mwololo (August 24, 2017). "I'd rather have a tall, dark, hardworking man than a handsome one". Daily Nation. Retrieved June 30, 2019.

October 19, 2023
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