Taylor Swift is changing women’s taste in men – with Gen Zs now shunning wafer-thin, baby-faced men in favour of hunks like Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce

As the biggest superstar in the world, every girl wants what Taylor Swift has, including the same type of partner.

Generation Z women have said on social media that they want a strong, rugged “protector” like Swift’s bulky American footballer boyfriend Travis Kelce, rather than a skinny, fashionable type.

TikTok, the video-sharing platform favored by teens, is flooded with girls explaining that they are “joining the trend” of choosing “strong” men like Kelce.

Ms Swift, 34, and the Kansas City Chiefs player, also 34, dubbed ‘America’s golden couple’, have been dating since September, with their romance very much in the public eye.

One TikToker said in a video that has been liked 6,000 times: ‘We are now in an era where Generation Z, who used to like skinny guys, are now turning to men who can protect them. Taylor Swift played a huge role in this trend by dating Travis Kelce.”

Harry Styles and Timothee Chalamet – previously swooned over for their baby faces and razor-thin physiques – were seen as the type of men that Generation Z now shuns.

A video explaining the shift read: “Men throughout history have been the warriors, the defenders, the cavemen. They hunted and fought, but now they don’t really have the chance to do that.

‘This is our primal instinct: males will fight other males and they are more attractive to females if they win.

Harry Styles – previously swooned over for their baby faces and razor-thin physique – was seen as the type of men Gen Z now shuns

“Even in animated films, we love the prince who fought for Sleeping Beauty and defeated the dragon, even though he didn’t know her yet.”

One person commented on the video: “I think guys who know how to fight are the hippest thing in the world.”

The trend of choosing stronger men stems from a phenomenon that has swept TikTok known as the ‘Twink Erasure’ theory.

Originally a term used mainly by the gay community, a “twink” refers to men with a baby face and a slimmer body.

Trends in recent years have led to men who fit into this category being praised by women as the most handsome and desirable.

But people on the platform now believe that ‘twinks’ are becoming increasingly popular to become more attractive to women.

A photo of Chalamet, 28, who users of the platform claim has put on weight and can no longer be considered a ‘twink’, has gone viral.

Taylor Swift pictured with her former boyfriend Taylor Lautner, who fits the ‘Twink’ type

Videos claiming this is part of a wider ‘Twink Erasure’ have been liked up to 500,000 times.

Ms. Swift is credited with starting the trend because her previous partners, such as actor Tom Hiddleston and 1975 frontman Matty Healy, typically had smaller frames and were “artsy.”

Her boyfriend of six years, actor Joe Alwyn, 33, is five inches shorter than NFL player Kelce and slimmer in build at 6ft 4in.

Ms Swift and Londoner Alwyn had a very personal relationship which ended in April last year.

The Shake It Off singer is now enjoying a highly publicized romance with Kelce. After Kelce’s team won the Super Bowl earlier this month, Ms. Swift famously ran onto the field and kissed him in front of a crowd of cheering fans.

He has seen a 20 percent increase in sponsorship after Ms. Swift started attending games.