Dadbods vs Death of Pretty

     After reading the Article over the “Dadbod”, I was a little confused as to what they were arguing for, but the more I read the more it seemed clear that the author, Spencer Kornhaber, was rooting for the new term. His main point was the sentence right under the title: “Are men really getting schlumpier, or are people just finding better ways to talk about it”? Obviously, the dadbod is nothing new, it’s not too often you find a dad with a banging body. So to answer that question, I say that people are just finding better ways to talk about it. By giving more examples then he probably needed, I think the author did a good job of showing the dadbod as a positive movement, while also doing a nice job pointing out some of the delusions of the term. For instance, in the paragraph where he says “Women face pressure toward Barbie-doll sculpting; [while] men get to remain proudly pudgy”, he demonstrated the double standard woman face. 

    Now lets tie it to the article The Death of Pretty, which is essentially about the death of innocence. Her main idea is that the problem with society today is that we don’t “value innocence anymore, real or imagined”. Meaning no one wants to be that innocent little girl anymore. Woman have become more confident, giving the vibe that they can take care of themselves. She makes a point that when men see innocence, it makes them want to protect it, but if there is no innocence then what? I see merits to both being “pretty” and “hot”, I mean, I do agree that in the end, the pretty girl usually ends up with the guy that sweeps her off her feet, while the hot girl has a new guy every few weeks, but my question is what makes a girl look innocent? Is the author referring to specifically clothes or what? In my opinion, a girl should be able to be confident in herself without being called “sleezy” or any other words of that manner. Both the essays were about body appreciation, and that the reality is that dudes tend to be pudgy and woman aren’t so innocent anymore, but I don’t think these are necessarily bad things, right?