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When advertisements conveys realistic expectations...

So great to see the efforts some advertisers are making at setting realistic expectations for both men and women. Very ready to wave goodbye to toxic masculinity along with all the other gender stereotypes.
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Lhayezee · 26-30, F
Replacing toxic masculinity with toxic sartorial choices by the looks of it...
Neena · F
@Lhayezee The emphasis on men with ordinary bodies and others who don’t fit tired stereotypes seems like progress for an industry that, a decade ago, featured a shirtless hunk scented with Old Spice. These days, more and more advertisers are telling men they don’t need to be the buffest or most interesting man in the world, just themselves.
Lhayezee · 26-30, F
@Neena progress or just change? We can welcome it or not but there's no reason to suppose it's permanent. Attitudes shift over time. They will again.
Neena · F
@Lhayezee You are absolutely right. Let's hope change is happening for good.
Nevertheless let's appreciate the average looking man in the ad. Whose ever idea it is, it takes guts to pose like that. Often these models go down in noticed.