It’s not real, it’s enhanced image media
This comment by Steve on the post What Happens When You Replace the Women In Ads With Men
If you want to make a good comparison by swapping genders, then you have to isolate gender as a variable and keep everything else the same. So, if you replace a photogenic woman with a man, he needs to be photogenic as well. He should be in good shape, airbrushed, photoshopped, made-up, and a genetic anomaly just like most women portrayed in ads. In these examples, you’re switching gender as well as attractiveness. What’s the point of replacing female models with everyday dudes?
If you really want to shock men, replace the magazine photo of the beautiful woman with the original photo of the woman. For Example:
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Question of the Day:
Are the media enhanced images of people/models that have little or nothing to do with reality and how we all look in real life destructive and harmful to all of us?
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