First, I read the essay about the “dadbod” trend that claims
that women have always been attracted to men with beer bellies who are also fit
in any way. I don’t think it makes sense to label this physique as whether it’s
attractive or not because I believe everyone has their own preference of the
physical features of the opposite sex. There are some women who like muscular
tight men and there are some women who like chubby guys. It’s not really a
trend because people like what they like.
Next I read about “The Death of Pretty” which explains why
women now prefer to be hot instead of being pretty. The article talked about
how being pretty was a combination of beauty and innocence that men want to
cherish and protect vs. hot meaning to be desirable. However I think that
beauty is something that you should see in yourself and it’s not always about
attracting the opposite sex. Sometimes people want to look good for themselves
not to attract people around them.
I think the ideas for both articles are related talking
about what men and women find attractive in the opposite sex and how they think
they should look.
I agree a lot with your post, when you said it’s about the way we look at ourselves is something that stood out to me. I think that in these articles they were pretty much telling us how we should respond to the way people want us to look and or act like. But it’s more of what makes you happy and comfortable and these articles have nothing but that. And I like that you disagree with the way they wrote these articles out.
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