• ILikeBoobies
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    8 months ago

    Really should be a legal requirement for a normal BMI to appear in media, then they wouldn’t be able load up on steroids

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        8 months ago

        To further illustrate your point, most of the men pictured are likely ‘obese’ by BMI standards

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        8 months ago

        Yes, welcome to the conversation

        We aren’t talking about the health of these moviestars on roids, we are talking about the effects they have on viewers’ self image

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      8 months ago

      But that would also eliminate all obese people from the media. Which is like 30%+ of the population.

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        8 months ago

        And the massively underweight that women are supposed to aspire to

        Whichever way you skew it, unrealistic bodies shouldn’t be there