discussion Why is body shaming against men accepted and encouraged?

[Starfish]

Like the recent incident with Justin Timberlake. 

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And no, "I don't like him" or "he was mean to my fave 20 years ago and I can't move on" is not a valid excuse to berate someone for a physical feature he has no control over. 

 

[TaggedGalaxy]

Hypocrisy. I constantly see men get shamed for their height or dick size or for going bald all things they have no control over. Yet the same gays doing the shaming will white knight for any criticism against a woman's appearance. Neither should be done and if you're against body shaming then you should be against all body shaming.

[illia]

Because people are mean.

And that's not just about men. Women get bodyshamed all the time too.

[T.O.A.D.S.]

I've always wondered why straight women are so comfortable shaming men who are under 6 feet tall? Why is that acceptable?

[Punky Rooster]

Emasculating men in every way possible is on trend, and men can't fight against it.

[Popboi.]

Justin's is mostly cause some still live in the same grudge for 20 years now

 

 

But in general men are much, MUCH less body shamed than females, even here

[Ohno]

They had it coming 

[glitch]

People just aren't very nice. No one who is happy in themselves makes fun of other people for the way they look.

 

Something that always annoys me is when people insult the appearance of someone they dislike but then say "Oh I don't think X feature/characteristic is bad, I just hate that person". Well that famous person isn't going to see your tweet, but all of your friends who are insecure about that same thing will. People just need to have a bit more empathy.

[Tropez]

Because body positivity wasn't real. It was a part of the toxic positivity trend going on. As soon as Ozempic came around we saw a huge decrease in body positivity. 

[magazine]

Wait. Is this about the "small bulge" thread that literally no one cared?

 

Justin Timberlake literally destroyed another woman's career because of her boob, chile- 

[Gladiator]

I wish people did better to lift each other up instead of projecting hate onto others, especially with mean comments (I am not going to call it criticism) about physical appearances. I agree with a lot of the previously posted takes, but I think when it comes to men in particular - especially in regards to height and dick size, the goal is to be both cruel and emasculating. 

 

 

Edited 19 hours ago by Gladiator

[thesegayz]

57 minutes ago, Punky Rooster said:

Emasculating men in every way possible is on trend, and men can't fight against it.

This is so lame of a justification. "Fight against it" as if you're throwing fists when all you're doing is…. Stroking your keyboard

 

how about turning off the internet and touching grass

[JoeAg]

my first thought was that there's a certain type of homeostasis I feel like people feel the need to achieve. "everyone spent so long body shaming women, it's time to fight back and body shame men so they feel how awful it feels!" and to a point I think that is some people's mindsets. but it's not everyone's

 

but it's not good. we shouldn't body shame anyone tbh. it doesn't do us any good. I don't get why we still do, when instead we can just… go after other things if we're so compelled to expend that energy. bring up how someone's a bad person for doing something, like for example how Justin sucks for almost ruining Janet's legacy, and for being awful to Britney. yeah, f*ck him for those things, he can f*ck off 

 

but at the same time i'm not gonna be like "haha small peepee!!" just like i'd never comment on someone's height or anything like that they can't exactly help  similarly, wouldn't body shame someone's weight. just keep that sh*t to yourself 

[Pheromosa]

Everyone gets body shamed unless you have whatever the perfect body at the time is. The only thing you can do is grow a thicker skin and love your body, or change your body. 

[Maestro]

Yeah I find it weird. Men are made to feel intense shame over the size of their genitalia - it's very toxic seeing as it's something completely out of their control and in reality has 0 impact on anything apart from sexual intercourse.

 

But I suppose the counter argument is that plenty of men objectify and shame women for their bodies 

[rhaenyra]

Bc it's been a trend for years now for majority women, to breakdown the patriarchy of men and berate and belittle them every chance they get

It's their way of "taking back" control so to speak and have just grown since the me too movement

Yes, a lot of men are bigoted and sexist, but women shouldn't treat all men as such and should not fight fire with fire. Does nothing but ignite it more 

[Alaska.]

There's an interesting topic that should be discussed about the mockery of men on social media leading to their isolation and radicalization. No wonder they have no place to turn to and then decide to follow idiots like Andrew Tate and believe the bullcrap he spews.

 

Sure women are also ridiculed, but it's easier for them to find their own support group of friends in real life (mainly due to the patriarchy also having negative effects on men and telling them they should fix their own issues and "man up").

[Strawberry Bubble]

1 hour ago, Punky Rooster said:

Emasculating men in every way possible is on trend, and men can't fight against it.

they are actually fighting against it...

[BrokenMachine]

2 hours ago, Starfish said:

And no, "I don't like him" or "he was mean to my fave 20 years ago and I can't move on" is not a valid excuse

Why not? Why would you want us to defend him if he's a horrible person? How does that make any sense ?

Edited 18 hours ago by BrokenMachine

[laqqinq]

2 hours ago, TaggedGalaxy said:

Hypocrisy. I constantly see men get shamed for their height or dick size or for going bald all things they have no control over. Yet the same gays doing the shaming will white knight for any criticism against a woman's appearance. Neither should be done and if you're against body shaming then you should be against all body shaming.

This.

 

+ I haven't observed this much irl, but on spaces like ATRL and Stan Twitter, thar comes from mostly the ones who are very superficial and only appreciate people or celebrities of a certain body type I guess? Like saying something like "I love that queen's tiny waist and big bxxbs" is fine but there's users who enforce that mindset on everyone that an hourglass figure on women and other certain types of body shapes are the only "attractive" and acceptable appearances. A fit body is very appreciated and attractive, but just because a celebrity or someone has gained some weight or their body shape has changed does not mean that they should be subject to online hate.

[BrokenMachine]

Oh noo, poor Justin Timberlake, he suffers so much, poor him 

[Loca]

Payback

[SupremeGoddess]

some of y'all are literally just projecting your own insecurities onto justin timberlake lol i don't see y'all being this defensive of female artists at all  

 

you think i feel bad for body shaming a man who spent his entire career objectifying and sexualizing women? have you ever seen justin timberlake romancing a full figure woman on his music videos? have you ever seen justin timberlake romancing a non-conforming woman in his music videos? a bald woman? an older woman? 

 

**** out of here with this narrative. you have a short tiny dick? that's a you problem babe. not mine, so i will keep on body shaming a man whose entire career heavily relies on denigrating women and sexualizing them solely for the male gaze without any thought of critic or consequencial action 

Edited 17 hours ago by SupremeGoddess

[Pikachoo]

theres an intense pressure for men to be buff and have six pack abs now. i see so many younger kids in the gym now and I just dont remember guys being so body obsessed at that age

[Trent W]

6 minutes ago, Loca said:

Payback

Lmao you're not gonna get back 100s years of patriarchy by making fun of Justin's dick

 

More than anything body shaming men makes people just look hypocrite and stupid and give bigots more reasons to keep attacking women

 

The attacks on women just get worse and worse lately because of this behavior