Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Goodbye Pretty and Hello Dadbod

We all know what our dads look like on the normally everyday occurrence. The author claims a dad bod is "I go to the gym occasionally, but I also drink heavily on the weekends, and enjoy eating eight slices of pizza at a time." When I think of my dad I don't see this in him what so ever. In fact I see a guy who works out, and drinks lightly with one or two slices of pizza. The dad bod to me is an excuse stating "that finally, you’re just like everyone else." I would be offended by the name dad bod since the term dad implies an elder age. I would hope that I can stay looking young forever, and not just one day look fifty. The dad bod won't stay with us forever, and is just a temporary thing for now.

Girls are falling into the same predicament. Except instead of dad bods they are losing their pretty. Pat Archbold describes pretty as a "balanced combination of beauty and projected innocence." However, "People will define pretty differently." I disagree with the author since pretty isn't going anywhere. It's simply put being viewed with unique new terms. Pretty is a vague opinion, for example I think that bright and calm colors are pretty. Especially when compared to brown or black. With the word pretty does come an "innocence", while calling a girl hot is turning her into an object. Pretty isn't gone just expanding into a vague space.

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