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Tony Stamp's avatar

I forgot to mention one of my favourite things I stumbled across: a 'carnivore pizza', where the base was made from ground up chicken, then they chucked some steak on top hahaha

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H Tee's avatar

I’ve noticed, via my two sons (19&20) this interest in men’s body ideals. I see it in their (sometimes) what feels like obsession over their clothing and hair choices and for my oldest in his attendance at a gym most days. Mostly I’m ok with it for them and we regularly talk about moderation and when I get sent pics of ‘bro dinner’ which usually involves steak and eggs, I’m always being that mum who texts backs applauding a great meal and noting the addition of veg. I’ve also seen my eldest move from GYM.EVERY.DAY. to a more relaxed approach when he started a new job he loved.

But this piece resonated with me - women have been dealing with diet culture every where, all the time, consistently. And it’s tiring and insidious and overwhelming to the point where it just becomes normalised. It’s just one of the things that women continually have in their mental load to watch out for, not get sucked in by, be prepared to combat if it’s offered up (by social media, well meaning friends, tv radio magazine ads…) and also talk to our young people about. I feel sad for the men who are now experiencing this toxicity and trust that most too can recognise the rubbish from reality.

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