On Monday February 9th we had a guest speaker come talk to us about male body image. The speaker described body image as how we perceive our exterior to look. He said in many cases this can be dramatically different from how they actually appear to others. He says this can happen with both women and with men. Many people automatically put body image with women, but it also goes with men. Just as women are concerned with their bodies and how others look at them, men do care about their exterior, as well.
Unlike women, men do not have to worry about being super skinny, but men have to worry about being muscular and fit. But like women men have to worry about being obese, for as obese people are not as desirable as fit people, or so they think. I do think that men like Brad Pitt and David Beckham give men a false reality as to what the ideal man should look like. The speaker also talked about certain body types associated with different sports. He put huskier boys with sports like football and rugby, and skinner boys with sports like soccer and baseball. He says that if boys are in certain sports that their body types are more widely accepted.
In my opinion I do not think that muscular is necessarily desirable. I always judge a man on what is in the inside, not about what he looks like. I really hope that is how men view us women, even though unfortunately I know that is not the case.
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