The idealized male image causing Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder, and Eating Disorders. Nice to see it get coverage.

McFeely_Smackup · 2019-07-17T21:19:03+00:00

this is what a 50 year old man is expected to look like to play a superhero.

A female though? well, i don't think 50 year old women are allowed to play superheros. I'm not sure if that's worse or better.

GonnaNutInYourButt · 2019-07-18T00:25:25+00:00

The idealized male image is far harder to attain than the idealized female image. When you look at someone like Dwayne Johnson, yes he works hard, but he also uses steroids.

Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger also used steroids.

Hugh Jackman is likely to have used them at least at some point in his career because attaining that level of muscle mass with body fat levels at the 6-8% range is nearly impossible natural.

There's a famous way to check if someone is natty in bodybuilding: you can be big or you can be lean when drug free. Being big and lean is almost certain evidence that steroids have been used.

So not only are the men who play our superheroes working out for hours a day and eating an unbelievably strict diet, but they're also likely using drugs that can fuck up their test levels for life.

On the other hand, women can just be in OK shape. Brie Larson is a pretty averagely built woman and she's the most powerful superhero in the Marvel universe. Scarlett Johansson is of course beautiful, but my wife who barely even works out has about the same body as her.

Jadart · 2019-07-17T19:07:53+00:00

People need to stop worrying so much about exercising their bodies and have bigger muscles and start worrying about exercising their souls to have bigger hearts

1LegendaryWombat · 2019-07-19T01:07:20+00:00

Man, the guardian is such hit and miss with their stuff, sometimes its actually useful and good stuff like this, the other half its garbage.

Title	The idealized male image causing Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder, and Eating Disorders. Nice to see it get coverage.
Author	Stoicdadman
Upvotes	100
Comments	15
Date	July 17, 2019 5:41 PM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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