Culture
Why Are We So Cruel To Men About Features They Can't Change?
An X post entered my feed last week. It read: “Imagine if women started speaking about men’s sizes with the same cruelty men speak about women’s bodies. Half the male population would suddenly discover what ‘body shaming’ feels like.”
By Lisa Britton4 min read
I rolled my eyes reading it. Women already talk about men’s bodies with casual cruelty all the time. There are literal height filters on dating apps that automatically exclude the vast majority of men. The double standard is frustrating: when a man comments on a woman’s weight, something often changeable through lifestyle choices, it’s labeled misogyny. When a woman dismisses a man for his height, something entirely genetic, it’s called “just a preference” or, worse, “funny.”