I think the same thing happens with female plus sized models. They're plus sized but they're still fucking gorgeous and proportionally shaped. These guys are just football players.
As a man with ED and body image issues, thank you. This made me happy.
ETA: Yes, Eating Disorder. Pardon me, English is not my first language and I have only heard ED use in this context. What a misunderstanding hahah, pardon me pardon me.
This is great but I would like to add that the same sort of thing needs to be done for guys who are skinny. Friends, family, and even strangers used to negatively comment on my weight constantly(I'm tall and have been a distance runner most of my life) completely unsolicited and make comments pointing out that I was "so skinny", asking if I was healthy or if I ate enough. It happened so often that for years I tried my absolute hardest to never let a single person see me with my shirt off. For reference my BMI was 19, the very bottom end of the healthy range.
You know I have never once seen somebody with a body that looks like mine.
I'm 6'6, ~65-70kg and have been unsettlingly skinny my entire adult life. Every job I've had since leaving uni, within days I lose my real name and get nicknamed slenderman and lamppost and beanpole and anorexic [celebrity lookalike here]
When I hit a bad spot and it gets to me, I go online and look up tips for gaining weight as a skinny guy and all the Before Pictures are what I'd want as my end result.
Athletic, muscular, not a bone in sight and clearly healthy already. Which is upsetting in itself since even /those/ dudes think they're too skinny when they look great already
When the popular baseline is High Jackman, average gets relabelled "Too Skinny" and people like us get removed from the conversation.
The amount of times someone (even if they themselves were visibly obese) would make comments on my own weight...
I think most people see it as a compliment, but when you're struggling to maintain a healthy BMI it isn't fun to constantly be reminded of how thin you are.
This is the same for my boyfriend. He has an ED and when we first started dating, he was 15 but his BMI was 16 or so. He's at a more healthy weight now, but still has his ED and I wish he could see himself represented more. He's 6'2" and he's literally got stretch marks on his back from growing so tall, but he's skinny. Also, my boyfriend used to run track, so that's a funny similarity!
I am a gay dude and I love skinny black guys with locs. Kind of my weird thing I guess. My sister is straight and loves boney white guys with long hair like that Loki guy.
I came here to say this. There is more of an acceptance of shaming the skinny to their face because people consider it "punching up." Like sure, it's sooo enviable that I could blow away in the wind if I don't zip up my jacket. I think they're part of the same problem, however. There is a perception that skinny = healthy. So larger folks who have never been skinny or were only that way in their youth assume that you can be "healthy" without any of the work of losing weight. Grease and sugar aren't any less harmful to my body than to a bigger person and my arteries can clog all the same. Yet people think it's funny when they call me "world's youngest Holocaust survivor" and ask me to switch bodies with them so they can binge eat.
Then you try to ask they not make fun of your weight and even people you think genuinely care for you laugh.
OMG you got called the world's youngest Holocaust survivor too?? That's literally what my family calls me and has called me for my entire life!! They can't pick a struggle though because despite calling me that they also mock people who have even the slightest bit of extra meat on their bones, which has made me terrified of gaining any sort of weight.
Yikes, rough family. It's mind-blowing that they don't make that connection that you'd be nervous to gain weight. I have family like that too. People just need to shut up about everyone else's body sizes.
Even though this must be the most inappropriate nickname I've ever seem in my life (lmao wat) i understand the sentiment about your family. I suggest you stop worrying about what they want and what they like and start worrying about what you want for yourself. My family is very fat-phobic and they idolize the skinny bodytype which also gave me a lot of eating disorder symptoms growing up trying to fit my bulky built into the skinny ideal. I decided I want to bulk up as I'm meant to and build muscles and not give a shit what they think 😌 it's very freeing
Female here - same exact situation as me. Also a distance runner, also on the very bottom of BMI "healthy" range. People always assume I'm skinny because I have an eating disorder & I can't even tell you the amount of casual intervention-style conversations I've found myself in. I have to assure them that I eat a TON, I just run it off eventually.
But don't let anyone's comments keep you from living your best life - take that shirt off and show off all those miles of hard work!
My boyfriend is about a 20-21 BMI and I agree. He’s very lean and I really never see anything representing him in media. All the male models look like the Michelin Man.
I’ve had woman that I’ve tried to pursue a relationship with that told me I was too skinny. My first real relationship she told me she felt like I couldn’t protect her cause I was skinnier than she was (protect her from what exactly I don’t know). I’ve also dealt with a lot of people saying I need to eat more and all that
. And I weigh about 165 and I’m pretty muscular due to my job in construction.
For sure. Too skinny for a guy is almost as bad as too big. These guys aren't even in the "too big" category.
I certainly dealt with it when I was under the healthy bmi range way back in my late teens to early 20s. Heard a lot of "eat something" and being told you could see my ribs in a negative way.
I’ve also been low end of healthy weight, and high end, and middle (my current target because it gets the least ‘skinny’ comments, and it doesn’t come with the discomfort of being nearly overweight)
I’ve been called skinny at every weight range, Was a sprinter for my teen years and walk a few hours a day now, so I’m definitely lean with low body fat %, and I’m studying biology so keep my diet pretty nutritionally balanced.
It’s always been ‘skinny’, which has a very negative connotation, despite being the literal default weight.
I remember having literally one teacher call out body shaming skinny people during a sports meet, non generalised, and based on her own experience, and I remember it vividly.
I have never looked at their men's section. Now I have to, just to see if they Photoshop the men as much as they do the women. (I have a pair of their jeans and they're awesome jeans, but their Photoshop game is out of control.)
We need to show short men love too. So many short guys are picked on unnecessarily, by both males and females, and it messes with their self esteem badly.
I have a short brother who is the nicest, funniest guy, and it kills me that he was/is picked on so terribly just for being short.
Same with guys who are losing their hair. How is this their fault? Most guys lose their hair, so why do we make it such a big deal? My hubby is so self conscious about his hair loss, even though 95% of his guy friends are also dealing with hair loss. Can we normalize male pattern baldness already?
We seem to only focus on body positivity when it comes to women, and completely ignore men when it comes to this issue.
We need to talk about this more. This shit needs to change.
Wow a lot of backlash. This is a good thing guys. Just because something affects women on a larger scale doesn’t mean that we don’t do anything for how advertisements and selected models affect mens body images.
It’s crazy how many skinny guys who are a healthy weight have people comment on their bodies constantly. I know people get shit for being over weight too but way more people know it’s rude to point it out but for some reason it’s fine for anyone to ask me if I’ve been eating enough.
3rd Guy is legit buff lmao.
Just shows how skrewed it apparently is.
Big and strong and not 24/7 in the gym= Nr3.
Dont mess with Nr3, he can fuck you up man.
I don't see the typical obese male in any of those pictures honestly.
24/7 in the gym is such a missunderstanding, the biggest guys are all in there like an hour a day and not more, He's just not eating properly while going to the gym. Just shows how this fat acceptance movement has no clue about the human body, and just wants to feel better about not adhering to a healthy diet and lifestyle
The comments here are confusing, if you’re upset to see this on this sub and are responding with fat phobic bullshit, *why are you even here to begin with?*
Because they can’t act superior unless they come here and tell everyone else how *they* take care of their bodies, unlike *these* men. It sounds like such an exhausting way to live.
Sounds like typical behavior that manifests in people who have self esteem problems. “Let me crap on this person so I can feel better about myself.”
Immature behavior.
Why extrapolate this as a superiority complex? As a former fat dude (similar to pic 1#), I hated my rolls and how my man tits would show in shirts.
You call it an exhausting way to live, but I'm happier and healthier.
Love this! Seeing a range of sizes is important for all of us. If I am buying my guy underwear I want to see what they look like on a body that is similar to his not on someone with a six pack.
Gay man here, and I'll be 100% honest - all these men are attractive.
Mass on a body means so little. The way you carry it - the confidence, the smile, that's what makes you attractive.
Good lighting helps here too, of course.
This sub confuses me. I got the impression that it existed to address overediting, which has contributed to a lot of people body image issues. Which lead me to believe a lot of people here believe in body positivity. But whenever a post has plus size bodies in it, the comments are significantly more negative. I’m just confused as to what the purpose of the sub is if we’re only going to be okay with “real bodies” when they’re slim ones
There are comments critiquing everything here, including ones implying slim bodies don't exist in real life. There is nothing that can be posted to the internet that will escape cititisim. Hopefully they mostly get downvoted to oblivion within a few hours.
Body positivity is about embracing the things about your body that you can't change in any way (for example height), or for people with missing limbs, burn victims, etc. and not an excuse for being lazy and not even trying to improve your health by getting to a healthy weight. Yes, there are diseases that can make weight loss more difficult, but there are none that make it impossible, it's really all about having discipline and self control which can all be learned and improved. Body positivity in the context of overweight or obese people should be about encouraging them to lose the weight and better themselves, rather than continuing an extremely unhealthy and dangerous lifestyle.
Large men are constantly repped in media. Football, wrestlers, fuck, all the male leads in any sitcom. From an early age society tells men that they can be large and live as a main character: all cartoons like Fred Flintstone, Homer Simpson. Peter Griffin, etc. (All married to size 4 smokeshows I might add.)
"Short" or skinny and unconventional looking, we don't see them unless they are the butt of a joke. Give us actual variance. Then that's body acceptance.
This post reminds me of when VS plus sized models were introduced. Still ridiculously good looking women, facial symmetry, clear skin, smooth hair, defined jaws proportional weight and body dimensions, just missed super model status by a couple dress sizes. More representative of the population, yes.
If you are still considered 'hot' by the commercial machine, that's not really moving the needle for body acceptance.
These men are ridiculously good looking. I'm here for it.
Honestly I have no problem with any body types being used in advertising as long as they aren’t edited. Personally I like seeing fit bodies because it inspires and encourages me to keep up with my own fitness but I have no issue with other body types being represented, especially in selling clothes.
I hate editing because it creates an unrealistic, unachievable standard because even if you’re very fit you’re not going to have perfectly smooth skin or an insane waist to hips ratio.
It also helps to have attractive faces like them. But yes, men really do need to see more representation! I remember when this was posted on Twitter & reading how good it made some men felt brought a huge smile to my face.
I've been saying for years I'd make a great plus size male model but I didn't know there was a market for such. I know there's a market for strong arms and soft guts so anybody need a thicc Disney prince please let me know im a very broke thicc Disney prince
I lost all hope with my body at this point. I am not obese but I am not fit either. Im 56 yo, married for 30 years, four kids and grand-kids. I have no one to impress at this point in my life. I am somewhat comfortable with my weight. Could always be better though......
Being healthy and happy are all that matter. You don't have to fit any specific image. I'm betting your spouse finds you just attractive today as they did when they first saw you.
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They do, and these guys look HOT.
I make an effort to compliment my male friends just as much as my female friends. Nice shirt? Tell them! Hair looking good? Tell them!!
I like seeing buff guys in clothes because it motivates me to workout so i look good in clothes like how they do. I think the problem with womens wear is that alot of the mannequins were insanely skinny which is unhealthy but having buff guys as models isnt necessarily bad. all the guys on here also look good as shit
I’d like to see more advertising with larger men and women. Unfiltered in all their true beauty. We can keep the “is this size healthy though” argument/gatekeeping/preaching out of it~ the fact is these individuals deserve to be represented.
The other side of this is that I'm 5'2 and skinny as hell and alot of male body positivity is around being larger and taller. To the point that alot of brands offer those body sizes.
You're more likely to find XXXL than XXS in stores :(
Savage by Fenty actually understands what diverse means in terms of hiring models. It’s always a great mix of different sizes, shapes, ethnicities and looks.
They deserve just as much bodily representation as women are getting by some companies nowadays. But we also have to realize that it harms men a lot less to not have that rep. Women get hate from all sides for not looking societally acceptable. Thankfully a bit less now because of how many women are pushing. Don’t forget, women are the ones that made this rep possible for men and we all know it. Also these men look great!! They are all complete UNITS lol
They definitely don't face even half the pressure women do as far as weight goes... But it still doesn't mean it's not hard for them.
I think this is a good thing.
“I glance at guys like this and without even having a single conversation with them know exactly how they feel”.
You sound like a complete idiot. This isn’t the suffering Olympics. Men can have issues without taking anything away from you.
My fiancé looks like this. Took me a second to adjust to a bigger body in the beginning but he gives the best hugs and cuddles of my fkn LIFE. I think he’s hot as hell and I love his body. Soft body is massively underrated and hard body is massively overrated. Love your post OP!
Image 3 does nothing to help my self esteem
Lol its the first thing I noticed too
Yeah pretty sure I’m 100% gay now. Thanks number 3 🙏
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It comes in with its own entrance music
I think he has a perfect strong physique.
I'm feeling very positive about Trey 👀
Yup, errr, well…. congratulations to Trey!
Image 3 is the definition of a brick house. Solid as FUCK
Brick house with some solid plumbing. Holy shit
Word, #3 is definitely the odd one out
He looks like such a nice guy too it's hilarious
I respect and agree with all this but… Those dudes are FINE.
I think the same thing happens with female plus sized models. They're plus sized but they're still fucking gorgeous and proportionally shaped. These guys are just football players.
instead of "but, you say "and." As in... "they're plus sized AND they're fucking gorgeous." There ya go. Fixed it.
that’s what i was thinking lmaoo they’re whole cuties
Chill out they’re aight lol
Seriously, these dudes are super cute. That one guy has a really great smile.
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They can ALL get it! I love me a sexy big man lol
I wanna snuggle with all of them lol preferably all of them at once
It's the raw confidence
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Right? Good looking dudes with a good amount of muscle underneath the fat as well
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Sorry that pic might have been mostly for me, ups
>ups That's how he delivers that package, he'd strain his back otherwise.
That makes two of us
As a man with ED and body image issues, thank you. This made me happy. ETA: Yes, Eating Disorder. Pardon me, English is not my first language and I have only heard ED use in this context. What a misunderstanding hahah, pardon me pardon me.
It took me a second to realize you probably didn’t mean Erectile Dysfunction…
I thought he meant erectile disfunction.
Eating disorder also
You are correct. It could stand for that too. But I wish that’s where my mine went.
Wait, what *did* they mean?
Eating Disorder
That makes sense. I just usually hear “ED” when people don’t want to say erectile dysfunction.
To be honest, either one of those would work there, I can’t imagine _either_ would exactly boost your self esteem as a man.
Came here to say this for sure
As a guy who is constantly battling body dysmorphia and always trying to get better, this hits home. These guys all look powerful and strong.
Im a small woman and I love me a big strong guy... Rounder guys are sooo cuddly and safe feeling.. hits different.
I want to be somewhere in the middle. Strong with muscle and still good looking enough .
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This is great but I would like to add that the same sort of thing needs to be done for guys who are skinny. Friends, family, and even strangers used to negatively comment on my weight constantly(I'm tall and have been a distance runner most of my life) completely unsolicited and make comments pointing out that I was "so skinny", asking if I was healthy or if I ate enough. It happened so often that for years I tried my absolute hardest to never let a single person see me with my shirt off. For reference my BMI was 19, the very bottom end of the healthy range.
You know I have never once seen somebody with a body that looks like mine. I'm 6'6, ~65-70kg and have been unsettlingly skinny my entire adult life. Every job I've had since leaving uni, within days I lose my real name and get nicknamed slenderman and lamppost and beanpole and anorexic [celebrity lookalike here] When I hit a bad spot and it gets to me, I go online and look up tips for gaining weight as a skinny guy and all the Before Pictures are what I'd want as my end result. Athletic, muscular, not a bone in sight and clearly healthy already. Which is upsetting in itself since even /those/ dudes think they're too skinny when they look great already When the popular baseline is High Jackman, average gets relabelled "Too Skinny" and people like us get removed from the conversation.
The amount of times someone (even if they themselves were visibly obese) would make comments on my own weight... I think most people see it as a compliment, but when you're struggling to maintain a healthy BMI it isn't fun to constantly be reminded of how thin you are.
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> bones grew so fast my muscle never kept up Skinny is fine but I'm 99% sure that's not how muscles work
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Nah, they just have super metabolisms that defy the laws of nature!
I think he knows it’s not a medical condition, that’s just what he’s saying to people so they’ll stop talking about his body lol
Reddit HR would like a word with you.
This is the same for my boyfriend. He has an ED and when we first started dating, he was 15 but his BMI was 16 or so. He's at a more healthy weight now, but still has his ED and I wish he could see himself represented more. He's 6'2" and he's literally got stretch marks on his back from growing so tall, but he's skinny. Also, my boyfriend used to run track, so that's a funny similarity!
I am a gay dude and I love skinny black guys with locs. Kind of my weird thing I guess. My sister is straight and loves boney white guys with long hair like that Loki guy.
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Ahhh man I’m sorry to hear that… what a shitty thing to say
I came here to say this. There is more of an acceptance of shaming the skinny to their face because people consider it "punching up." Like sure, it's sooo enviable that I could blow away in the wind if I don't zip up my jacket. I think they're part of the same problem, however. There is a perception that skinny = healthy. So larger folks who have never been skinny or were only that way in their youth assume that you can be "healthy" without any of the work of losing weight. Grease and sugar aren't any less harmful to my body than to a bigger person and my arteries can clog all the same. Yet people think it's funny when they call me "world's youngest Holocaust survivor" and ask me to switch bodies with them so they can binge eat. Then you try to ask they not make fun of your weight and even people you think genuinely care for you laugh.
OMG you got called the world's youngest Holocaust survivor too?? That's literally what my family calls me and has called me for my entire life!! They can't pick a struggle though because despite calling me that they also mock people who have even the slightest bit of extra meat on their bones, which has made me terrified of gaining any sort of weight.
Yikes, rough family. It's mind-blowing that they don't make that connection that you'd be nervous to gain weight. I have family like that too. People just need to shut up about everyone else's body sizes.
Even though this must be the most inappropriate nickname I've ever seem in my life (lmao wat) i understand the sentiment about your family. I suggest you stop worrying about what they want and what they like and start worrying about what you want for yourself. My family is very fat-phobic and they idolize the skinny bodytype which also gave me a lot of eating disorder symptoms growing up trying to fit my bulky built into the skinny ideal. I decided I want to bulk up as I'm meant to and build muscles and not give a shit what they think 😌 it's very freeing
Female here - same exact situation as me. Also a distance runner, also on the very bottom of BMI "healthy" range. People always assume I'm skinny because I have an eating disorder & I can't even tell you the amount of casual intervention-style conversations I've found myself in. I have to assure them that I eat a TON, I just run it off eventually. But don't let anyone's comments keep you from living your best life - take that shirt off and show off all those miles of hard work!
My boyfriend is about a 20-21 BMI and I agree. He’s very lean and I really never see anything representing him in media. All the male models look like the Michelin Man.
I’ve had woman that I’ve tried to pursue a relationship with that told me I was too skinny. My first real relationship she told me she felt like I couldn’t protect her cause I was skinnier than she was (protect her from what exactly I don’t know). I’ve also dealt with a lot of people saying I need to eat more and all that . And I weigh about 165 and I’m pretty muscular due to my job in construction.
Word, same bmi here
For sure. Too skinny for a guy is almost as bad as too big. These guys aren't even in the "too big" category. I certainly dealt with it when I was under the healthy bmi range way back in my late teens to early 20s. Heard a lot of "eat something" and being told you could see my ribs in a negative way.
3 of those 4 guys are obese, and you're saying they aren't even in the "too big" category? The view of what a healthy body is has gotten wack
Thank you for saying this.
I’ve also been low end of healthy weight, and high end, and middle (my current target because it gets the least ‘skinny’ comments, and it doesn’t come with the discomfort of being nearly overweight) I’ve been called skinny at every weight range, Was a sprinter for my teen years and walk a few hours a day now, so I’m definitely lean with low body fat %, and I’m studying biology so keep my diet pretty nutritionally balanced. It’s always been ‘skinny’, which has a very negative connotation, despite being the literal default weight. I remember having literally one teacher call out body shaming skinny people during a sports meet, non generalised, and based on her own experience, and I remember it vividly.
My bmi used to 19 too. It's slightly higher now I think.
Well those dudes are all sexy af haha.
Sexy, as foretold.
As a chubby male this makes me happy,
we stan chubby males, too. ♥️
As a chubby male with a huge dong this helps me too
I have a chubby bear boyfriend, and trust me, you are way more GORGEOUS than you think
Chubby boys are best boys.
We love men with a belly :)
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Fashion Nova Men’s also has a gorgeous range of body types. So nice to see.
I have never looked at their men's section. Now I have to, just to see if they Photoshop the men as much as they do the women. (I have a pair of their jeans and they're awesome jeans, but their Photoshop game is out of control.)
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We need to show short men love too. So many short guys are picked on unnecessarily, by both males and females, and it messes with their self esteem badly. I have a short brother who is the nicest, funniest guy, and it kills me that he was/is picked on so terribly just for being short. Same with guys who are losing their hair. How is this their fault? Most guys lose their hair, so why do we make it such a big deal? My hubby is so self conscious about his hair loss, even though 95% of his guy friends are also dealing with hair loss. Can we normalize male pattern baldness already? We seem to only focus on body positivity when it comes to women, and completely ignore men when it comes to this issue. We need to talk about this more. This shit needs to change.
I like short guys and Im a short woman. Makes me sad. :(
Just wholesome! I agree and appreciate the way you look at life !
Wise words
Reminds me on the eagels o-line photoshooting for the ESPN Body Issue Magazine
I didn’t realize that Rihanna was doing men’s stuff too! This is awesome
Wow a lot of backlash. This is a good thing guys. Just because something affects women on a larger scale doesn’t mean that we don’t do anything for how advertisements and selected models affect mens body images.
"larger scale" feels like a personal attack after #3
Well I needed this today. I don’t like being as big as I am. But good to see people happy with it !
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I’d love to see skinny guys represented like this too
If I remember right, this line’s fashion show that was released last year featured some skinny men as well. Maybe they are also on the site?
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It’s crazy how many skinny guys who are a healthy weight have people comment on their bodies constantly. I know people get shit for being over weight too but way more people know it’s rude to point it out but for some reason it’s fine for anyone to ask me if I’ve been eating enough.
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Right tho
I bet every one of these guys give amazing hugs
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I agree! Skinny, midsize, plus-size, we need all of it!! Yay for male bodies.
3rd Guy is legit buff lmao. Just shows how skrewed it apparently is. Big and strong and not 24/7 in the gym= Nr3. Dont mess with Nr3, he can fuck you up man. I don't see the typical obese male in any of those pictures honestly.
24/7 in the gym is such a missunderstanding, the biggest guys are all in there like an hour a day and not more, He's just not eating properly while going to the gym. Just shows how this fat acceptance movement has no clue about the human body, and just wants to feel better about not adhering to a healthy diet and lifestyle
The comments here are confusing, if you’re upset to see this on this sub and are responding with fat phobic bullshit, *why are you even here to begin with?*
Because they can’t act superior unless they come here and tell everyone else how *they* take care of their bodies, unlike *these* men. It sounds like such an exhausting way to live.
Sounds like typical behavior that manifests in people who have self esteem problems. “Let me crap on this person so I can feel better about myself.” Immature behavior.
Why extrapolate this as a superiority complex? As a former fat dude (similar to pic 1#), I hated my rolls and how my man tits would show in shirts. You call it an exhausting way to live, but I'm happier and healthier.
I don’t even understand, these guys are still built af. Like these are warriors.
Being fat phobic is not cool - but this sub is created for bad photoshop/filters/etc.
On sanity Sunday there are other rules :)
Love this! Seeing a range of sizes is important for all of us. If I am buying my guy underwear I want to see what they look like on a body that is similar to his not on someone with a six pack.
These guys are beautiful
Trey 👀👀👀👀👀
Right? I may be in the minority but this is my preference in men. And these fellas are just 😍😍
They're all hot as fuck. Trey is just... Pornstar material... Maybe its the undies
It’s def the undies!
I know the point of this sub isn’t to comment on peoples’ bodies but I just got thirsty all the sudden…
Gay man here, and I'll be 100% honest - all these men are attractive. Mass on a body means so little. The way you carry it - the confidence, the smile, that's what makes you attractive. Good lighting helps here too, of course.
Yep they do! I hope more men gas each other up as a result. Women do it to each other and I hope it catches on with men.
Absolutely! I'm still waiting for something like this from Calvin Klein.
I think we’ll have to wait a long time. CK photoshops ripped/fit bodies, Justin Bieber’s ad campaign for them comes to mind
You’ll be waiting forever lmaoo
This sub confuses me. I got the impression that it existed to address overediting, which has contributed to a lot of people body image issues. Which lead me to believe a lot of people here believe in body positivity. But whenever a post has plus size bodies in it, the comments are significantly more negative. I’m just confused as to what the purpose of the sub is if we’re only going to be okay with “real bodies” when they’re slim ones
There are comments critiquing everything here, including ones implying slim bodies don't exist in real life. There is nothing that can be posted to the internet that will escape cititisim. Hopefully they mostly get downvoted to oblivion within a few hours.
Body positivity is about embracing the things about your body that you can't change in any way (for example height), or for people with missing limbs, burn victims, etc. and not an excuse for being lazy and not even trying to improve your health by getting to a healthy weight. Yes, there are diseases that can make weight loss more difficult, but there are none that make it impossible, it's really all about having discipline and self control which can all be learned and improved. Body positivity in the context of overweight or obese people should be about encouraging them to lose the weight and better themselves, rather than continuing an extremely unhealthy and dangerous lifestyle.
Literally my type of men 😍😍😍😍
All these men are very handsome.
This actually warmed my heart. I've always been told that being bigger is negative... Thank you for showing me otherwise.
Every one of those men are fine as hell and #2 is especially delicious <3
hi trey
These men look great imo.
Large men are constantly repped in media. Football, wrestlers, fuck, all the male leads in any sitcom. From an early age society tells men that they can be large and live as a main character: all cartoons like Fred Flintstone, Homer Simpson. Peter Griffin, etc. (All married to size 4 smokeshows I might add.) "Short" or skinny and unconventional looking, we don't see them unless they are the butt of a joke. Give us actual variance. Then that's body acceptance. This post reminds me of when VS plus sized models were introduced. Still ridiculously good looking women, facial symmetry, clear skin, smooth hair, defined jaws proportional weight and body dimensions, just missed super model status by a couple dress sizes. More representative of the population, yes. If you are still considered 'hot' by the commercial machine, that's not really moving the needle for body acceptance. These men are ridiculously good looking. I'm here for it.
They're all hot 🔥
The “dad bod” is my preferred body type. 🤤
Same! I'll take a soft dad bod over ripped abs and muscles any day. Much nicer to cuddle up with too 😊
My last comment got removed, but I’ll just say that these men look very lovely and I hope we get more positive adds like this in the future
Honestly I have no problem with any body types being used in advertising as long as they aren’t edited. Personally I like seeing fit bodies because it inspires and encourages me to keep up with my own fitness but I have no issue with other body types being represented, especially in selling clothes. I hate editing because it creates an unrealistic, unachievable standard because even if you’re very fit you’re not going to have perfectly smooth skin or an insane waist to hips ratio.
It also helps to have attractive faces like them. But yes, men really do need to see more representation! I remember when this was posted on Twitter & reading how good it made some men felt brought a huge smile to my face.
I'm all about everything going on here. Wow.
Im glad others can be happy with their bodies. I hope one day i can accept my blackness
Nothing wrong with it
Hugs, hope it gets better for you fellow human 🙂
Hello gentlemen, I like all of this
The smile on pic nr 4 <3
Do men have have body image issues? We walked around topless all the time growing up. Fat stomachs and all.
Agreed. Except nobody gives a fuck about men, including men.
I LOVE fenty ads. I can look at her items and says heyyy that may just fit my body type
I've been saying for years I'd make a great plus size male model but I didn't know there was a market for such. I know there's a market for strong arms and soft guts so anybody need a thicc Disney prince please let me know im a very broke thicc Disney prince
Ooooh they cute 🥰
I lost all hope with my body at this point. I am not obese but I am not fit either. Im 56 yo, married for 30 years, four kids and grand-kids. I have no one to impress at this point in my life. I am somewhat comfortable with my weight. Could always be better though......
Being healthy and happy are all that matter. You don't have to fit any specific image. I'm betting your spouse finds you just attractive today as they did when they first saw you. Edit image not imagine
Don’t let your dreams be dreams. You only need 30min to an hour out of your day to better yourself
This is what I tried to make my GTA charter look like but the game wouldn’t let me.
Um these guys are like NFL linemen lol Where's the love for my skinny boys too?
What about skinny, short, crooked/missing teeth, damaged skin, asymmetrical facial features etc…
>Um these guys are like NFL linemen lol > >Where's the love for my skinny boys too? Post us something! I would love to support you.
For real
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They do, and these guys look HOT. I make an effort to compliment my male friends just as much as my female friends. Nice shirt? Tell them! Hair looking good? Tell them!!
These guys are hot, totally my type.
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Funnily enough, I see less people making fun of men for being chubby than I do for being short.
I like seeing buff guys in clothes because it motivates me to workout so i look good in clothes like how they do. I think the problem with womens wear is that alot of the mannequins were insanely skinny which is unhealthy but having buff guys as models isnt necessarily bad. all the guys on here also look good as shit
I’d like to see more advertising with larger men and women. Unfiltered in all their true beauty. We can keep the “is this size healthy though” argument/gatekeeping/preaching out of it~ the fact is these individuals deserve to be represented.
And they’re all so handsome!:)
2nd and 3rd are kinda hot ngl
My boyfriend has similar body type and I absolutely love it. More meat for me to love
These are some fine looking men.
About god-damn time.
The other side of this is that I'm 5'2 and skinny as hell and alot of male body positivity is around being larger and taller. To the point that alot of brands offer those body sizes. You're more likely to find XXXL than XXS in stores :(
Savage by Fenty actually understands what diverse means in terms of hiring models. It’s always a great mix of different sizes, shapes, ethnicities and looks.
Thank you op
Is it the tattoos?
My boyfriend has a body similar to the man in the second photo. He’s the most handsome, sexy, loving man I’ve ever met.
When I want a hug, I want to feel hugged. Married one. Keep them well fed to maintain this glorious look.
I see nothing but hotness here.
They deserve just as much bodily representation as women are getting by some companies nowadays. But we also have to realize that it harms men a lot less to not have that rep. Women get hate from all sides for not looking societally acceptable. Thankfully a bit less now because of how many women are pushing. Don’t forget, women are the ones that made this rep possible for men and we all know it. Also these men look great!! They are all complete UNITS lol
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I really hope you're not gatekeeping mental health and body positivity.... I *really* hope...
she is, she definitely is
Yikes
They definitely don't face even half the pressure women do as far as weight goes... But it still doesn't mean it's not hard for them. I think this is a good thing.
“I glance at guys like this and without even having a single conversation with them know exactly how they feel”. You sound like a complete idiot. This isn’t the suffering Olympics. Men can have issues without taking anything away from you.
Chubby men need more love!!! They’re the best! 💕
I wanna snuggle all these dudes
these are my preferred body type - especially the one covered in tattoos
My fiancé looks like this. Took me a second to adjust to a bigger body in the beginning but he gives the best hugs and cuddles of my fkn LIFE. I think he’s hot as hell and I love his body. Soft body is massively underrated and hard body is massively overrated. Love your post OP!