Quote: (08-31-2018 04:36 PM)DannyAlberta Wrote:
Quote: (08-31-2018 03:12 PM)Long Haired Samson Wrote:
Can you imagine if GQ Magazine put a 500 lb obese man on the cover? That would NEVER happen. I Goggled "GQ cover" and every guy on the cover is at least decent looking, dresses to the nines, and NOT fat by any means of the imagination. The few women on the GQ cover have been thin and attractive.
Yes. But as society continues to deteriorate apace, I predict you will see some beef barrelled, toilet seat crushers in GQ soon enough.
You're on the right path here, but I think a better analogy would be with those Hallmark Channel romance movie that are so popular with women.
Each movie features a different type woman (blonde, brunette, older, short-haired, athletic, a little chunky) but the male lead is always trim and at least 6' tall.
Would this channel make a fat man the male lead? Or would they make a 5'5" guy like Danial Radcliffe the romantic lead? My guess is "no," because the network would worry that women would not watch and/or would not want to be preached to.
Which brings us to a bigger point. "The culture."
I don't like it when people point fingers at "the culture," because people are the culture. But the U.S. is different in some respects.
For some reason, this culture sees fit to lecture to men as to what they should like, but thinks of women's preferences as "the norm." So you have a point. Who is to say that Tess Holliday should be the norm, but Seth Rogan or Daniel Radcliffe should not be?