Pretty Dies & Dadbods Thrive

 In the article “The Death of Pretty”, Pat Archbold explains how women are yearning to be hot rather than pretty. Being pretty means to encompass a great innocence and purity while being hot is based more on sexuality. Archbold goes on saying that part of this problem is created by how the media, including television and magazines, portray the female body. A false projection of what women should be versus how women are in reality has propelled this movement of pretty being an obsolete term; a thing of the past. I think the thesis from this article was when Archbold said, “Our problem is that society doesn’t value innocence anymore, real or imagined.”

In the article “Dadbod: A New Word for a Timeless Physique”, Spencer Kornhaber explains the art of the dadbod. The dadbod has totally been lifted high upon a pedestal in a way that men are actually striving for this look. I’m going to go ahead and note my thesis I chose for this article so that I can better explain how shocked I feel towards the world we are living in today. The thesis I went with is, “Women face pressure toward Barbie-doll sculpting; men get to remain proudly pudgy—welcome to Gender Studies 101.” This stuck out to me so much because I feel that women are often held to a higher standard than men when it comes to appearance. Once dadbod made its debut into our society it became apparent that men are being praised for lack of exercise and slightly flawed eating/drinking habits all while women are still being expected to obtain and/or keep a perfect figure.

The two articles connected in the aspect that both dealt with the different views society has in regards to men versus those it has towards women.