Comparing yourself to other doesn’t always result in a good way because everyone is born to be different. Even if you have an identical twin there will be differences and be different isn’t bad. More and more people are in the constant fight on whether they should change who they are or not. In the last couple of years, the gyms in America have made in 2 billion dollars off memberships and another 2 billion on exercise equipment. In the year 1996, about 700,000 men underwent cosmetic surgeries to change to look better not for health reason. This doesn’t stop here, but high school students have begun to use steroids to have a better appearance so they’ll feel like they are more attractive. That is not the only body modification they are willing
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Once someone famous does it every other male wants to do it just like when Hulk Hogan confessed to using steroids every kid wanted to become just like him. “A recent survey showed that only 18 percent of men are happy enough with their physiques that they wouldn't change them. "Men used to see their bodies as functional objects—to lift things, to play sports, to do something," says Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at Harvard Medical School and coauthor of The Adonis Complex. "Over the past 20 years, the tide has changed. The idea of men's bodies as sexual objects has intensified,” (The Oprah Magazine, 2000). The male body is sexualized, males have to look a certain way to be adored by women. Only 18 percent of the male are comfortable with their bodies, meaning that the other 82 percent is showing how much media beyond doubt influences the minds of the people. The male body has been so sexualized that everyone will do anything to look better. An example of this is how more than 800,000 men have undergone cosmetic surgery. “A lot of men in their 40s and 50s have trouble trying to emulate that." So men, like women, are swimming against the aging current. That might explain why from 1997 to 2001, the number of men who had cosmetic surgery increased 256 percent. (Last year more than 800,000 men—and north of six million women—went under the knife),” (The Oprah Magazine, 2000). More and more males and women undergo surgery to be viewed like they did in their “prime” which according to How Men Really Feel About Their Bodies is at the age of 25 this also explains why people are so scared of getting older because they want to feel young and look young. According to media to look good you must be between that age group which is the mid-twenties. Tattoos come into play with the looking younger, tattoos have always been for the younger
Once someone famous does it every other male wants to do it just like when Hulk Hogan confessed to using steroids every kid wanted to become just like him. “A recent survey showed that only 18 percent of men are happy enough with their physiques that they wouldn't change them. "Men used to see their bodies as functional objects—to lift things, to play sports, to do something," says Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at Harvard Medical School and coauthor of The Adonis Complex. "Over the past 20 years, the tide has changed. The idea of men's bodies as sexual objects has intensified,” (The Oprah Magazine, 2000). The male body is sexualized, males have to look a certain way to be adored by women. Only 18 percent of the male are comfortable with their bodies, meaning that the other 82 percent is showing how much media beyond doubt influences the minds of the people. The male body has been so sexualized that everyone will do anything to look better. An example of this is how more than 800,000 men have undergone cosmetic surgery. “A lot of men in their 40s and 50s have trouble trying to emulate that." So men, like women, are swimming against the aging current. That might explain why from 1997 to 2001, the number of men who had cosmetic surgery increased 256 percent. (Last year more than 800,000 men—and north of six million women—went under the knife),” (The Oprah Magazine, 2000). More and more males and women undergo surgery to be viewed like they did in their “prime” which according to How Men Really Feel About Their Bodies is at the age of 25 this also explains why people are so scared of getting older because they want to feel young and look young. According to media to look good you must be between that age group which is the mid-twenties. Tattoos come into play with the looking younger, tattoos have always been for the younger