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Description: Six feet tall. Broad shoulders. A six pack. Hair in all the right places. Media is bombarding men with images of this ‘perfect man’, for whom women line up. In this episode, we take the traditionally female topic of body image and ask men to talk about their struggles with self-image.
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Credits:
Created and Directed by: Anabella Casanova
Produced by: SoulPancake in association with Vacation Theory
Edited by: Cassidy Damore
Cinematography by: Kelly Moore
Production Designed by: Sage Price
Moderated by: Joshua Bitton
Participants: Saro Badalian, Joshua Bitton, Orlando Bishop, Steve Hernandez, Bayan Joonam, Maceo Paisley, Kevin Pazmino, Sage Price, Ryan Rogers, Desean Terry
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I think the image issues started before modern portrayals in media.
If you look back at past James Bond actors, Kirk Douglas, Robert Redford, and even the likes of Clark Gable before them there was a physical element of portraying a specific type of man as being attractive.
Male body image issues need to be address but I don’t think we should go down the path of acting like they are a strictly modern phenomenon that started just a few years ago.