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[–] 98 points 3 years ago (14 children)

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.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 years ago

    They take steroids before filming these movies. It is no secret. You can't achieve that in a few months, that's 100% steroids backed by a team of experts who are giving them the best products in the exact doses they need.

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    [–] 63 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 61 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

    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.

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    [–] 48 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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

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    [–] 47 points 3 years ago (93 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (32 children)

    The standard of “very good body” is higher for women, sure, but the standard of “good enough body” for women is much, much lower than the one for men.

    The first one is useful if you want to be an actor or model, the second if you want to find a partner for life. Guess which of the two is more relevant for the average person.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Unfortunately there are too many "open-minded" and "open-minded"-adjacent people who have huge blindspots to their own hypocrisy and philosophical paradoxes. I've met so many IRL and net-folk who are lefty "activists" who are huge fucking racists and douchebag misogynists. Extinction Rebellion for example is full of them. I get a bad taste in my mouth whenever I remember certain interactions with them.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think that might be related to whether someone sees people as good and bad, or as being capable of doing good and bad things.

    From how I see it, classifying people as just good and bad is very reductive in that you assume that bad people do bad things with bad intentions and the opposite for good people. That means that if you're certain that you're a good person, you don't need to question your own actions or motives because you can't do bad.

    If you however see people as capable of making good or bad actions with good or bad intentions, you should realize that people you see as good can do bad things and vice versa. That means you should always examine your own motivations and your own decisions to make sure you're doing the right things for the right reasons.

    I personally believe this is why it is so common among certain activist groups to harbor some absolutely atrocious beliefs that seem contrary to what they're working for.

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    [–] 31 points 3 years ago (2 children)

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

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    [–] 25 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Wonder what steroids they're using

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

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

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago

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

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