Men's Unrealistic Beauty Standards Are even worse

aigars2 · 2024-04-09T09:49:08+00:00

Don't think men actors will admit use of steroids. The same way women actors don't admit Brazilian and face lifts. Education and awareness of fake people is all there is.

alkair20 · 2024-04-09T10:46:31+00:00

I mean the dude one the thumbnail admits steroid use..

bungfolio · 2024-04-09T15:09:19+00:00

I’m gonna put this here, because I agree the image that society sees as a perfect man, is one that will rarely ever exist.

I lost just over 200lbs and are now sitting at 178lbs. Took me forever, but I achieved my goal weight. Was very proud of myself. This was something that I had finally achieved all on my own. Posted images of the new me on Facebook. Some people said “congrats” but most mentioned how I have excess skin by writing that in the comments. And how I looked better having weight on me. These are my so called friends and family. I felt really embarrassed. With time I let that pass and found the courage to ask a woman out for drinks that I worked with. We had known each other for a long time and she was one of the main encouragements to my weight loss. She said no, but in the meanest of ways. Said that my appearance was “refreshing”. However, the excess skin and the lack of “body builder” muscle was something she didn’t want to be seen with outside of work.

I asked what her view of me would be if I had never been fat in the first place. She said “oh for sure I would go out with you. You’re very cute, but since you were big before, all I see in you is being fat. Even though you’re not fat anymore.” Her words exactly! As you can imagine, this fucked with my mental state. I thought so differently of myself. Ended up quitting my job because I couldn’t see her at work anymore. Let alone all the people she gossiped to there about me asking her out. Apparently the word is, my skin folds hold an odor. I’m biased of myself, but I take two showers a day, eat healthy, and wear proper deodorant. The amount of skin that is on my body is slight. Nothing like those people who lose 500lbs (By the way, they are hero’s for losing that much weight!).

This is what society tells people. You have to look a certain way from the start or else you’re not worthy of anyone. It really needs to stop being like that.

WannabeLeagueBowler · 2024-04-10T01:26:20+00:00

Beauty standards for women: Don't get fat

Beauty standards for men: Spend 2 hours in the gym every day of your life, and buy more than twice the normal amount of food.

The women's standards are passive. The men's standards are active. Men have to work for it. Women are fine the way they are, and all they have to do is not mess themselves up. Gee the science told me I was supposed to eat 12 servings of grain every day. Why do I look like a cow?

Unable-Flight-9311 · 2024-04-09T16:14:42+00:00

If you are taking steroids you can take it. But for godsake do not take it without the supervision of a healthcare provider. Also take blood tests before and after taking it to monitor if everything is alright.

One more important pointer is that all the actors and influencers get their stuff from high quality providers and reputed labs. Do not! I repeat do not get it from your trainer or any random person in the gym or a sketchy website online.

jesusisracist · 2024-04-09T15:09:09+00:00

That guy in the picture uses a lot of steroids. No one that looks like that is natural. I work out a lot, bike a lot, and there is a limit that your body can produce muscles by itself with the amount of muscle training you do. People who weight lift know this for a fact. Everyone has a limit. This dude's muscles are unnatural, and it isn't beautiful. This is the male version of plastic surgery. Using steroids to augment their muscles. Women do not find that attractive, but men do, because we want to appear strong. But is this really strength? Dude struggles to breathe doing aerobics. His energy levels and endurance is shot. Yeah, he can lift a lot, but let's see who would win in an endurance test, a fat person who rides bycycles or him? My bet is the fat man who likes riding bikes.

3DFutureman7 · 2024-04-09T20:03:03+00:00

I feel sad for this generation of young men growing up. They took the short straw.

Glass-Construction22 · 2024-04-10T17:07:15+00:00

Bro the rock is 50 and in better shape than he was in his 20s. He still won’t admit he’s using and probably abusing roids.

Sharp_Platform8958 · 2024-04-09T17:24:03+00:00

Is there another sub that is encouraging men to be their best instead of tearing each other down when they are in to different things? I never expected MRA to be so catty.

Loud_Prompt_8880 · 2024-04-10T07:32:37+00:00

Character is crucial,my opinion.

Eterna_Caelestia · 2024-04-10T11:42:50+00:00

no one's forcing these idiots to break their legs for few extra inches of height.

like how dmb women spend half of their savings on overpriced makeup & dresses because advertising really works on their emotions? These "manly" men are the most feminine moro*s ever.

alter_furz · 2024-04-09T18:28:31+00:00

wow such a pillow guy on the thumbnail!

Title	Men's Unrealistic Beauty Standards Are even worse
Author	Loud_Prompt_8880
Upvotes	73
Comments	30
Date	April 9, 2024 9:13 AM UTC (2 years ago)
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