Pat Archbold, the author of the article "The Death of Pretty" talks about how girls wanting to be pretty and innocent has dissipated, and in the place of that they want to be perceived as hot. I believe the author’s thesis statement is the sentence where she says “Young women today do not seem to aspire to pretty, they prefer to be regarded as hot.” I am split pretty 50-50 on the subject. Young girls are pressured to grow up quickly in this society. They constantly see photos in the media of older women shown very sexually, and then they get this desire to want to get rid of their pig tails and dirty sneakers in exchange for push up bras and expensive make up. So yes I think that when girls are younger they just want to be pretty and themselves but as we grow up we are under pressure of these “stars” that are hotter than us “pretty girls”, so we want to swap are pretty and innocence to be hot and desired by the opposite sex. I don’t think the blame is on girls wanting to be hot or boys desiring the girls that are hot that is what is supposed to happen, but when the image young girls look up to is this extremely “hot” star like Megan Fox and look down on themselves because they look nothing like her that’s where the problem lies.
In the article “Dadbod: A New Word for a Timeless Physique” by Spencer Kornhaber he talks about the new body image that is sweeping the nation and also has many frat boys very happy. The dadbod is the perfect mixture of abs with a little flab. His thesis statement is when he says “A catchy name for your physique doesn't mean you're special; it means that finally, you’re like everyone else.” I don’t really agree with the whole idea of putting people with a certain body type in one area, we might as well do it for everyone if were doing it for these guys. I think its somewhat humorous but why do we have to keep labeling people in this society. This persons rich, this one’s fat, this ones fit. When will we all be perceived as equal, no matter what we look like? Who really cares what someone looks like? Also this brings to the point where men get to have this “dadbod” as still get to be perceived as hot in the media, but as soon as a women gains a little weight she’s not hot anymore. Women have to be skinny with voluptuous features where with men the “dadbod” is adequate. Maybe it all comes down to what each individual persons wants to see in their partner.
I agree with you completely! especially on being split 50/50, while its sad that females are thrown into a sexualized life from a very very young age, we also have to put our own labels on our selves and not let this society that loves to tell us how we feel do it for us. As for the dad bod article i also completely agree. Some guys CANT have a dad bod, some guys love being extremely fit, some girls love skinny, some love fit, and some love dad bods, it comes down to what you want to see in your self and what your partner wants. shaming guys for not having a dad bod is just as bad as shaming a girl for not being skinny enough in my opinion.
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