Starting out with the article "Dadbod: A New Word for a Timeless Physique", a few, should I say knee jerk reactions, was the fact that #dadbod was a thing and even why? I was not even expecting this to be an actual thing, let alone trend. I honestly was not even aware that there was even this standard of beauty for men nor the actual desire for it either. Frankly speaking, I was quite disturbed by the use of daddy in describing a form of body, let alone calling anyone daddy in a relationship other than one with the actual father figure.
Looking past the naming conventions of this trend, it calls into question the double standards of the issues of western standards of beauty. Focusing on Spencer Kornhaber's words, "A catchy name for your physique doesn't mean you're special; it means that you're finally, you're just like everyone else." brings up that society was looking for men who were sporting unfit, unhealthy body (the common man) than the usual unreasonable standard of the washboard abs.
This change in standard shows also in women as we drift from the desire of aesthetically pleasing and innocence of a woman, to just the aesthetically pleasing part. As Pat Archbold said, in the piece "The Death of Pretty", "Women wanted to project an innocence." which does indicate a change in standards. I do feel that modern women are pursuing the title of Beautiful than Pretty in the sense of abandoning the moral standards that previous generations held. However, be it a good or bad thing may be something in a case to case basis as it could come off as calling someone who is unmannerly or someone independent and breaking the meta of western ideology of beauty.
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