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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Doplegager: [QB] As a guy, I would like to reaffirm that males are subject to social pressures about body image as well. As Daisy said, iI think that t's not so much because guys ecperience it less, but that there is more public concern for women. I have a friend that goes to a gym gawd knows how often. As a result, he is quite muscular. I asked him about it one day, and he said that the reason he went to the gym was that, unlike most guys one sees on tv and such, muscles did not come naturally to him. At this point I looked at my own body and felt rather insignificant. I don't really know that much about the subject, but I would presume that one reason the stresses on guys aren't as publically 'known' is general health. I mean, it always seemed to me like lifting weights was a healthier practice than say, anorexia. Still, the motivation is the same, and any obsession can be dangerous... As for women being more depressed, I don't think I would completely agree. Sounds something like the stereotype of women being more emotional than men. I am pretty sure that it could be argued that guys expereince the same emotions as women. Truth be told, this presumption can fit into the stereotypes. I would imagine that insecurities about body image could foster both the stereotypical aggression in males and the stereotypical depression in females... [/QB][/QUOTE]

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