Misrepresentation Of Males In The Media

I find that statement quite true. Normally, people are always talking about how girls are more affected by the media and girls have it harder. Although, they never focus on how boys are affected too even though they can be just as affected as girls or more and they are just as self-conscious about their body as females. Males in the media are shown to be -muscular, fit, and masculine. You’ll almost never find a male in the media, who is not stereotyped in one way or another. There should be more males in the media who actually represent how most males look, instead of the stereotypical male body type or what the media perceives as “perfect” or “ideal”. The majority of boys are misrepresented in the media which is a problem in today’s society.

What the media needs to do, is to start showing realistic body types that actually represent the majority of males/boys. The media shows these unrealistic body images which cause boys to feel self-conscious about their own bodies and feel not good enough until they achieve such an unrealistic representation of the male gender. This could cause boys to go to the extremes to gain the “ideal” body which is far more than difficult to achieve. We live in a world where boys/men, aren’t expected to be opened about their insecurities. People assume that boys aren’t as affected, but society doesn’t expect boys to talk about it so they keep it to themselves even though they could feel far more insecure than girls and even though they don’t talk about their own insecurities, it does not guarantee that they don’t have their own insecurities caused by the media.