Anonymous #1 18h

Nope, there is. Men are told to hit the gym by these gurus, and there’s a known irony of men caring more about the effects of the gym on the body than women

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Anonymous #2 18h

With all due respect, that statement sounds a lot more like a reflection of your own experience than the actual reality of the gym. There are certainly some conceited men who only want to attract women with their body, but to the well-adjusted man, looks are just what gets your foot in the door. Once a man has gotten that far, it’s a lot easier to form a connection over their emotional and intellectual appearance.

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Anonymous #1 17h

No I mean it’s a running joke.. you’ve never heard how men are more interested in other men’s progress at the gym than women being attracted to that? A very large chunk of people go to the gym do it mostly for aesthetics, it’s not just some small minority of conceited people. Also I don’t even go to the gym so how would this be a reflection of my experiences 😭

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Anonymous #2 16h

I thought you sounded fat, good to know I was right

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Anonymous #2 15h

You seem very certain of these claims, but how do you know they’re true? Since you don’t go to the gym, I respectfully have to wonder how you came to support this perspective.

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Anonymous #3 15h

Saying this literally proves that gym bros are douchebags 😭😭😭

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Anonymous #3 15h

Are you stupid? 😂 I’m legit underweight

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Anonymous #1 15h

It’s a known and well spread narrative in our current zeitgeist.

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Anonymous #1 15h

You don’t have to participate actively in any culture to be aware of them, especially nowadays.. since when did that preclude having an accurate perspective?

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Anonymous #2 12h

That is true, though I’d argue it’s pretty easy to be “aware” of an issue when it’s propagated online—a well-spread narrative, as you said. I know you don’t have the experience of being in the gym, but it seems disingenuous to imply that your lack of information is excusable when the whole argument is centered around a demographic you have no knowledge of.

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Anonymous #1 12h

It isn’t impossible to have sufficient knowledge to understand and describe a group’s particular behavior. I’m not claiming to be an expert on gym-goers or gym culture, but as an outsider who has been able to observe, I can confidentially say many of the people I know go to the gym for aesthetics as a huge motivation.

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