Sunday, February 15, 2009

Who needs weapons when they have guns like these.

Women aren't the only ones with who have disorders regarding their looks. Men can become obsessed with their muscle size. A research that studies common household toys in relation to average ideal body shape uses various action figures to chart their scaled proportions throughout a few decade time span. It shows that in the past 10 years, the bodies of GI Joe action figures have more muscle mass than the human limits. The research also shows several comparisons between the same character but created at different points in time. However the research has some flaws dealing with the correlation between children's playthings and ideal body types, and it also lacks standard distribution within the analyzed action figures. But this doesn't create any less of an issue; the distortion of the ideal body is becoming an increasing problem throughout all of America. As we dive deeper into the issue, we find men with disorders analogous to eating disorders found in women such as anorexia.
The fact that the problem can be seen in dolls and action figures is also troubling for future generations. We can analyze the trends and realized that the distortion will continue and create an even larger generation of body perception disorders in men and women.

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