Dadbod was focused on the rising view on men: that it is okay not to be a perfect male specimen with height and muscle. The term dadbod was explained as a man that looks more average and not like a model. This work had a more positive view, saying that men had less of a standard to live up to and that it takes quite a bit of weight of of a man's shoulders as far as self image is concerned. The main idea here is that this new term makes more realistic standards for men to follow. 121
The Death Of Pretty concerned just about every opposite concept introduced in Dadbod. It explained that the ideal public image for women is continuing to get more and more unrealistic. Specifically, it says that being hot is more important these days than being innocent. In today's society, it is as if being hot is more rewarding than innocence. This skews not only how women think of themselves, but how men think of women too. The main idea here is that as time progresses, women keep losing more of their sense of innocence and are striding more for fulfilling society's unrealistic standards.
In Dadbod, an adequate thesis would probably be the sentence, "A catchy name for your physique doesn't mean you're special; it means that finally, you’re like everyone else." This is because it develops on the idea that men have more even and average expectations.
For women it is the opposite, so a good thesis sentence from The Death Of Pretty would have to be, "Most girls don’t want to be pretty anymore even if they understand what it is." This is because it accurately describes the problem that the work is trying to call attention to.
I like how you referred the dadbod story as a more positive perspective on how “culture views the ideal human being.” I agree that the dadbod essay was a lot more positive, and death of pretty seemed to look down on women. I also agree that both texts are very similar but in opposite ways. I like how you said death of pretty was about how women are trying to become more and more unrealistic while mean are trying to become more average. I also agreed that the two sentences you chose really reflected the main point across both essays.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you all the way that the article Dadbod is making men around the world feel that they are all equal, and accepted throughout. Therefore are having even expectations towards the women that they date or marry. Also these days men don't have to try as hard to get the girl, they don't have to push themselves to go to the gym or try to look as nice.
ReplyDeleteIn The Death of Pretty, you state “this skews not only how women think of themselves, but how men think of women too.” I definitely agree with you and where you are going with this, that men like pretty women over hot. It is a change in scenery, than in the last 40 years when “pretty” was the thing.
I agree that the main idea of both articles is the way that culture views the ideal human being. But when summarizing “What is a Dadbod?” it missed the point where it talks about how it is okay for men to uphold this image but women have to look their best at all times. But I agree with you on the thesis. On “The Death of Pretty” I agree with you when you said “women keep losing more of their sense of innocence and are striding more for fulfilling society’s unrealistic standards,” because society is a huge influence on our actions, sadly. And I thought the summary was pretty good as well.
ReplyDeleteI can agree with you Jacob, the story regarding Dadbods gives the average guy a small boost of confidence knowing that having a six pack and looking like a model is sometimes not realistic. This image of what men should look like has not changed much over the years unlike the way it has for women. It is usually the women who receive most of the scrutiny from society. I an also agree that a good thesis statement is "Most girls don't want to be pretty anymore even if they understand what it is". This sentence ties back well into the title that finding women that are "pretty" are hard to come by. However, this thought of women having to be "pretty" is creating another difficult standard for women to obtain. Just like several other animals in the animal kingdom, humans are hard wired to want to procreate. By advising women to remain "innocent" Archbold is telling women to go against human instinct.
ReplyDeleteI agree entirely with everyone you wrote. Both articles comment on the views of modern men and women. In some ways men and women are being criticized and in others being praised. Dadbod, in a good way, lets men be open and gives them a boost of confidence because it lets them joke about their insecurities. You really seemed to understand the thesis of both articles and point out thesis statement pretty well. That you were able to compare the articles the way you did shows that. Just as important, the death of pretty points out the change in mindset for young women all around. Yes men like pretty but they also like hot, although not as much.
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