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Originally Posted by Cherie
I would ask the same question..why just women?
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Did I say anything about excluding men? I didn't even specify women in that post. I didn't think I'd need to specify both genders since it was obvious I was talking about both genders in the first place.
In fairness though, Bodyshaming in advertising is more of an issue that affects women anyway because adverts are designed depending on the gender they are aimed at. Female-centric advertising quite often relies on exploiting insecurities while a lot of male aimed advertisements tend to be more about inflating egos 'You're amazing already, buy this and be even more of a legend!'.
It's why discussions of bodyshaming is often centred more on women, it's more prevalent in media and advertising aimed at them, it doesn't mean that people are okay with men being bodyshamed, it's just that it's not as prevalent as it is with women.