Buffed af

These kind representations do cause body image problems in men. Some more conscious toy manufacturers did redesign their action figures to look more like actual body builders, even if that is still not how soldiers and other combatants look like in real life (for the most part at least). Some actors dehydrate themselves for shirtless scenes.

And it absolutely slays me when they refer to Chris Pratt as having a "dad bod" lol

It's noticable watching old movies and TV that when the sex symbol takes off their shirt they have a well built but normal body. The modern crustacean look is rather bizarre.

this comment section reads like a twitter exchange and it's fucking mind numbing

Yikes the anti-feminist takes in this thread lol

Men do not experience body policing in even remotely similar ways to women. If that fact offends you you probably don't actually understand how misogyny functions.

Prehensile penis is the unachievable body standard for the dense folk out there

points at science project that works out 20 hours a day while taking a cocktail of steroids and hormones from a panel of doctors

This is what a normal man should look like.

Wonder what steroids they're using

When asked what character i wanted to be, i have always said tentacle monster. The tentacle monster gets all the hot chics.

Ugly people don't sell. I'm shit outta luck

Did anyone ever do a Love sausage cosplay? Would be sick

Beauty standards for women focus on what men find attractive. Beauty standards for men also focus on what men find attractive.

OP, the link in your post is dead, I think a lot more people are going to miss it lol

They don't put men like this in movies for women.

Can I get a non amp link or can you make your post a bit more specific so I don't have to visit some adhole?

Guys guys guys c/lemmyshitpost c/lemmyshitpost

Is nobody going to comment on the bottom _right left picture 😂

Why can't you talk about this issue without a side jab at the issues women face?

So stupid

Unfortunately, due to the toxic discussions that have taken place on this post I've decided to lock the comments. Sorry

I don't care either way lol

All of these are in superhero movies, not exactly a representative sample of male movie bods.

@HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org testing

It's almost like humans in general prefer looking at people who appear healthy and conventionally attractive.

The fact that so many people have let themselves become fat and slovenly, doesn't really impact our evolutionary desire to mate with healthy specimens... And being fit generally demostrates reproductive readiness.

These bodies are exemplary of course,but looking closer to that compared to the fupas and gunts waddling around bitching and moaning isn't that difficult. Put the fork down and take a walk.

The difference is that those men are not objectified. Yes, those bodies are unrealistic indeed, but those beefcake guys are not presented as sex objects who have no other purpose in this world than to please women.