As a guy with an ED, itās really nice to hear people talking about menās body image issues, but I kinda feel like saying men are just as objectified as women misses the point somewhat. Objectification has to do with much more than just unrealistic standards of beauty, and while both men and women in the acting business endure horrifying things to maintain the desired ālook,ā women are forced to do so while also experiencing a number of other injustices. Like, for example, Iām sure both Chris Evans and Scarlet Johansen were submitted to really concerning shit for Avengers, but only Scarlet received highly invasive questions about her body, and only Scarletās character was used as an interchangeable romance prop, and only Scarlet did so just to have her character written off by male fans as nothing more than eye candy.
Iām really not trying to say that men donāt experience huge body issues, hell iāve lived them for the past 3 years, but we need to address that there is already a thoroughly ingrained system of prejudice in place working against women, and that means that they experience objectification often invisible at first glance. Support men and help us, but remember pain is not a competition, as others are in need of urgent care.
(Also, p.s., to those using this to bitch about feminism, feminists are the people pushing the hardest for men with body issues, so donāt fucking use me as a prop because you donāt like women organizing. Fuck you.)
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