[CharlieO]

It is often talked about how the media and modern fashion gives girls and unrealistic idea of perfection and what it is 'right' to look like.

However I personally feel in the last few years the way that males are represented is somewhat troubling for males and especially teenagers. In the same way that underweight models may cause girls to feel they need eating disorders to be 'thin enough', is it not just to have an equal concern about the 'buff', 'jacked' or 'perfect' men that are now spewed all over tv, magazines etc when it isn't really a reflection of a natural form. It could also be argued that being that way in body shape isn't unhealthy so the concern is lessened, but it does drive people to take protein powder (of which the long term effects are fully explored) and spend a somewhat troubling amount of time trying to perfect something that will never actually be perfection.

We even see this change in BB. For example since the channel 5 series' started, they have put very good looking males in the house with muscled bodies, where as when channel 4 broadcasted the show it was much more based upon personality. For example in BB8 people thought Liam was the 'fittest', but if he was put in the BB13 house as his 2007 self, I personally don't believe he would get a second glance.

Also does it give girls and women an unrealistic image of what men look like and what to expect from a partner aesthetically?

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