Controversial dating trend sees men broken up into four different animals based on how they look: Dogs, bears, eagles and reptiles
- Dating expert shared her thoughts on latest dating trend
- The looks of men and women are said to be linked to different animals
All men are either ‘eagle handsome, bear handsome, dog handsome, or reptilian handsome’, according to a new dating trend.
The terms, which ‘describe the looks and characteristics of different types of men’ is the talking point of thousands after a debate sparked on Twitter.
Leading Australian relationship expert Dr Lurve shared her thoughts on the topic, telling FEMAIL the traits can act as a ‘guide’ to help better understand the type of people you’re attracted to.
‘The character traits are really interesting because they are fairly close to their animals!’ she said.
For instance, Dr Lurve said a man who is ‘reptilian handsome’ has a straight nose, sharp eyes that ‘look like they can see into your soul’, while ‘dog handsome’ has the traits of a big, round eyes and a cheeky grin.
‘Eagle handsome’ is someone with a strong jawline and long nose with smaller eyes, and a man who’s ‘bear handsome’ has a rounder face and soft features with broad shoulders.
Leading Australian relationship expert Dr Lurve (pictured) shared her thoughts on the topic, telling FEMAIL the traits can act as a ‘guide’ to help better understand the type of people you’re attracted to
Men are either ‘eagle handsome, bear handsome, dog handsome, or reptilian handsome’, according to new trend
Dr Lurve continued by saying if you’re attracted to bear handsome men, you might be attracted to his ‘soft appearance which may have you focusing on his attributes like open-mindedness or livability’.
‘I don’t think the types of personalities are necessarily linked to behaviour, but it could mean that your ‘type’ of handsome is linked to what you find attractive in someone’s personality too,’ she explained.
‘The same would go for needing to ‘watch your man’ – it might be you’re chasing the same guy, who has the same look and same personality traits!’
Hosts of the popular podcast Two Broke Chicks, Sally McMullen and Alex Hourigan, discussed the topic on a recent episode with guest Alyssa Harper.
Alex shared examples of celebrities that each possess the animalistic traits, claiming Ryan Gosling is eagle handsome, Henry Cavill is bear handsome, the late Heath Ledger was dog handsome and Timothee Chalamet is reptilian handsome.
All three woman agreed on the theory and laughed together.
‘I knew reptilian was going to be my type as soon as your said it,’ Alyssa said in the episode.
‘I feel like I could sway any which way,’ Sally added before linking her boyfriend to either ‘dog handsome’.
Alex added she’s currently dating someone who’s between ‘bear handsome’ and ‘dog handsome’.
However, regardless of what people look like, Dr Lurve everyone ‘shouldn’t disregard someone’ who is genuinely nice and has a good personality based on how they look.
‘Looks fade but personality is forever; if you’re serious about getting into a relationship, you need to find someone who will make you laugh and be your shoulder to cry on, not just a hot piece of arm candy that you constantly feel insecure about!’ she said.
