At a young age, men were taught to repress their feelings because expressing them is a feminine characteristic. Therefore, men suppress their struggles and suffer silently making it difficult for family members to perceive their disorder. On the other hand, families and victims are not entirely at fault for not recognizing the signs of MD. We mistake continuous exercising as a healthy behavior. The media such as daytime shows and magazines have taught us how to eat, how to count our calorie intake, and how to exercise. The media’s encouragement and guidance have helped our country’s attempt to reduce obesity and have brought awareness to the importance of being active. In addition, health magazines like Men’s Health have increased in sales
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“Although these magazines may have words like “healthy” and “fitness” in their titles, they are often heavily focused on male body appearance” (31). In men magazines, the male models posing in the advertisements are unrealistically strong but lean with defined muscles resembling the bodies of Greek statues. Their muscles are abnormally large and have broad shoulders with a small waist. As a result, the media’s representation of the ideal male figure leads men to compare themselves to the models resulting in men believing it 's the correct representation of what a male should resemble. Furthermore, men become dissatisfied of their “flawed” body when they are exposed to images of the ideal muscular men. A study by Baird and Grieve was done among college students to test the following hypothesis “men exposed to magazine advertisements with muscular male models will have higher levels of body dissatisfaction than men exposed to magazine advertisements containing only products” (Baird & Grieve 116). The procedure was very simple; each student viewed magazine advertisements and filled out a questionnaire. In the end, the results supported the hypothesis that men exposed to images of male models became dissatisfied with their body than men that were not exposed to them. Therefore, the more men are pressured to resemble an ideal body the more at risk they are to develop disorders like
“Although these magazines may have words like “healthy” and “fitness” in their titles, they are often heavily focused on male body appearance” (31). In men magazines, the male models posing in the advertisements are unrealistically strong but lean with defined muscles resembling the bodies of Greek statues. Their muscles are abnormally large and have broad shoulders with a small waist. As a result, the media’s representation of the ideal male figure leads men to compare themselves to the models resulting in men believing it 's the correct representation of what a male should resemble. Furthermore, men become dissatisfied of their “flawed” body when they are exposed to images of the ideal muscular men. A study by Baird and Grieve was done among college students to test the following hypothesis “men exposed to magazine advertisements with muscular male models will have higher levels of body dissatisfaction than men exposed to magazine advertisements containing only products” (Baird & Grieve 116). The procedure was very simple; each student viewed magazine advertisements and filled out a questionnaire. In the end, the results supported the hypothesis that men exposed to images of male models became dissatisfied with their body than men that were not exposed to them. Therefore, the more men are pressured to resemble an ideal body the more at risk they are to develop disorders like