Men Have Body Image Issues Too

Sininenn · 2020-09-03T14:51:52+00:00

Ideals of physical beauty are not "imaginary". They are real.

My biggest issue with my body is that it has been forever altered against my consent. The ideal intact body I wish to have is not imaginary, it was very real for me, and is very real for a lot of men.

But it has been taken from me, and many others. No one talks about that, because that cannot be blamed on actually imaginary reasons.

TonDonberry · 2020-09-03T13:52:37+00:00

I was called "skinny" and "chicken legs" my whole childhood. Nobody ever cared how it affected me but if I called a girl fat I was in deep shit. Today I'm 6' and a solidly built 180 lbs with a great family and partner who takes care of herself. No "dad-bod" here. Those girls I got I'm trouble for calling fat, at least the ones I've kept in touch with on Facebook, are suffering from health issues and always complaining about men not wanting them

I'm certain there are young men on here who hate how skinny they are but don't. You'll fill out in your 20s and look great through your 30s, 40s, and beyond

hendrixski · 2020-09-03T14:05:07+00:00

Why the "too"?

"Too" could imply that a statement is true to a lesser extent.

Men have body image issues. Period.

Detective-Efficient · 2020-09-03T15:00:15+00:00

TwoX has made it astonishingly clear that they do not care the slightest and will leave the work of doing something to us - disregarding that 50% of male bodyshaming comes from males, because why would some young guy without erectile dysfunction care about someone getting shit for it, right? These males are selfish and stupid unfortunately. I do, but that is the reason why this aint gonna work. As long as people are made to feel its okay - and by not speaking up you do that - they wont change. So yeah, basically, if there arent enough victims or they fear for what happens when they speak out because while everybody sees small tits on women and knows its normal and they are part of the top porn stars showing how much men care, almost nobody sees small dicks outside of forced and bullying situations either in real life or TV etc. They leave it to the victims to convince other victims and feel no empathy if they fail. Well, who'd expect empathy towards males anyway...

DanteLivra · 2020-09-03T18:51:51+00:00

There is also the whole problem of bigorexia, young men who work out way too much until their body can't support it anymore. They do this because they want to fit the ideals proposed and praised by most women.

Title	Men Have Body Image Issues Too
Author	haramcore
Upvotes	210
Comments	10
Date	September 3, 2020 12:13 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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