Why is it socially acceptable to body shame men?

ThePigmanAgain · 2021-12-29T08:37:07+00:00

Society encourages this because men are the Spartacus sex and therefore need to be broken. Doesn't seem to be working, though, and there are signs that, in America at least, things may be reaching a boiling point.

uninstalllesbo · 2021-12-29T03:07:53+00:00

Beause most humans are soulless predators who believe 100% of what they see on tv.

RealityLivesNow · 2021-12-29T05:34:34+00:00

Their sick message is:

"Care about women and girls, Don't care about men and boys"

"Female supremacy, Male disposability"

"Respect women and girls bodies, Hate and men and boys bodies"

"Misogyny = bad, Misandry = good"

The clear man-hate messages behind all of such wide spread anti-male sexist double standards are very clear.

Mainstream Normalized Misandrist Hypocrisy is a sadistic disease. Call it out for the BS that it is any time you can.

AdComprehensive1312 · 2021-12-29T12:13:32+00:00

And yet if you make any comment about a womens weight they freak the fuck out like a 2 year old.

macrotransactions · 2021-12-29T03:52:30+00:00

reason: men are not valued

solution: power

CookieMittenKitten · 2021-12-29T09:25:52+00:00

Something I have noticed is that 1. When it’s women’s bodies having a bad body just doesn’t mean anything but having a good body means you get treated well and they will brag 2. When a man have bad body you will be shamed by both your own gender and women and when man have good body you can still get shamed easily

Jonger1150 · 2021-12-29T13:42:18+00:00

It has to do with liberalism and their obsession over "punch up, never punch down".

In a nutshell, they basically acknowledge women are a "lesser sex" and that shaming them is punching down.

ShiZniT3 · 2021-12-29T06:53:02+00:00

because every complaint is designed to be mens fault in some way, mens fault her holes are loose and cant feel a fire hydrant, its mens fault they eat too much and are depressed because their last dude didnt just agree that he was wrong about her cheating, its mens fault the world is simply better and magical... etc...

its our fault for letting them get away with all of it. without correcting the bad behavior.

FatherStygian · 2021-12-29T11:25:23+00:00

For real. And if you speak up, women silence you telling you it's only jokes. We know it's not permitted to joke about female bodily flaws, but mass bullying males through making mainstream misandristic body shaming memes about penis size, height, etc, is mighty fine apparently. Fuck this shit.

CrownlessRegent · 2021-12-29T08:05:56+00:00

Because they haven't tried body shaming men in Arab countries where they'll be stoned to death in public. And because somehow equality in democratic countries mean trampling over the rights of men.

Swedishplumber21 · 2021-12-29T07:38:22+00:00

Yeah exactly I have red hair and woman always body shame me for it

Algiz56 · 2021-12-29T08:48:34+00:00

Because social media are hype-generating vampires, sucking up your emotions to sell you some garbage.

Like shaving foam. Sport food. Etc.

Got the idea?

Huffers1010 · 2021-12-29T12:56:14+00:00

Let's get real: this happens to everyone. I wouldn't be surprised to find there's more pictures of obese women with cruel captions than there are of hairy-backed men, but it's not like this is some sort of oppression competition regardless. It's certainly my experience that women are crueler to each other about this sort of stuff than men are; make of that what you will.

I agree that the mainstream media makes more of the women's case, but honestly none of it is very pleasant and not exactly the most sophisticated humour anyone could ever think of. I try to ignore it.

Fadi13 · 2021-12-29T23:23:55+00:00

Because half of society is made of women

Confident-Ad-4569 · 2021-12-29T02:36:39+00:00

It's because women think negative body traits is good on them, even if it's unhealthy

daniellederek · 2021-12-29T11:57:00+00:00

Because men are cheap and disposable. Women figure having 25 orbiter will last forever.

Have you met a post menopausal former hawt chick? You know the type, no car, lives in gov funded housing. Jm

There's nothing nastier on this earth, they hate younger men, women, resent children. It's sad cause all they had to do was keep the weight in check and be pleasant to 1 man and they could have had so much given to them.

OldSamVimes · 2021-12-29T13:24:16+00:00

A true man cares not what others think.

Shame my body if you want.

I'm a man, I can take it.

myisglim · 2021-12-29T03:20:23+00:00

Shaming men for height, hairy bodies, and penis size is wrong. Those are things you cannot control. Body type, idk - you can change being overweight. Just because you don’t see shaming posts on social media, doesn’t mean they aren’t there. Women are shamed for all sorts of things, long labias, stretch marks (even after giving birth), aging, weight of course, size (she can be a size 14 and not be big), cellulite, etc. Women seem to try to uplift themselves and embrace it.

ManofGod1000 · 2021-12-29T15:11:56+00:00

I do not care about body shaming, I am simply not attracted, physically, to fat, severely overweight women. I am not 6ft tall and that will never change so instead, I make up for it in other areas. However, a women who is fat can do something about that, it is not a genetic fact.

Apprehensive-Hat-494 · 2021-12-29T19:16:42+00:00

Because society will say that men haven’t been subject to sexism historically, and so therefore should not be prioritized with body positivity movements. This is broadly why male rape victims are ignored and heckled. Promoting male body positivity undermines the message that historical wrongs should be the sole basis of what is deemed acceptable in the present.

To change it, you need to just treat everyone fairly. Nobody should be harassed due to their appearance or anything else that they cannot easily control.

ReasonableSignature7 · 2021-12-29T23:50:15+00:00

Call it out for what it is. Always reverse genders and see if it's just as funny (my personal favourite)

Huotou · 2021-12-30T02:14:02+00:00

one more thing is that some fellow men are also leaning more on women's rights than men's.

snickers1284 · 2021-12-30T18:13:29+00:00

Because women aren't strong. They want us to make them feel sexy, they want us to lie to them and tell them they're still fuckable after they gained 30 pounds. It's acceptable to body shame men because we don't get emotionally crippled from it, we just work out more.

sleepyJoeBidet · 2022-01-01T07:41:42+00:00

Because no one blinks an eye when a man shoots himself. After prime teasing him.

But a teenage girl does it the news stations all run features on bullying for the next month.

flibbidy_floob · 2021-12-29T07:30:47+00:00

I think it derives from this basic difference. A large part of a woman's self-worth, regardless of what feminist ideals they may preach, is derived form their physical attractiveness. (Look at the huge cosmetics industry for example.)

Thus insults regarding their looks, their weight, their hair, their clothes, etc. are seen as particularly offensive. Men however tend to derive their self-worth more by their sense of inner confidence, their accomplishments, their integrity. Thus it is seen as more acceptable to take cheap shots at their looks.

It shouldn't be, I mean men have feelings too, and physically less-desirable traits do affect men's lives too, but there you go, women get more sympathy in this area in general.

BeanBodhi · 2021-12-29T04:39:31+00:00

I see body shaming posts directed at women constantly. The fact is nine times out of 10 body shaming is going to be discussed by women in women’s spaces. If you want to discuss body shaming make a space for men to talk about it. Don’t get salty because there’s a female space that speaks on female body issues.

liebestod0130 · 2021-12-29T14:53:04+00:00

I would counter and ask why it is socially unacceptable to body shame women

Title	Why is it socially acceptable to body shame men?
Author	pride4eva93
Upvotes	305
Comments	79
Date	December 29, 2021 2:20 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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