Are You Working Out For Yourself Or Black Men’s Ideal Body?
From Frugivore — We all work out for different reasons. Some of us for health, some of us for beauty and some of us for the wrong reasons. There’s no doubt that we are a media influenced society. Everything from where we live, the words we speak, what we buy and the way we dress comes from some form of media. One aspect of our lives that media heavily influences is beauty, and in a big way.
The “standard” of beauty we are to live by shows up in our television shows, music videos, and movies, and judging by what’s shown on all these mediums, men — more specifically black men — have a very specific standard. They like ‘em with a tiny waist, thick thighs, and huge … assets, among other things.
It’s these images and qualifications have many women flocking to the gym in hopes of creating the Nicki Minaj’s surgically-enhanced shape, a figure that many black men are currently drooling over. They spend hours working out their legs, butts, and abs in an effort to meet what they think will make them desirable to this certain segment of men. Some of these women forgo their chest, back, shoulders, and arms in the gym, overtraining their hind parts in an effort to make themselves appealing to men who clearly see them as objects first, humans second.
How about women are working out for both. How about women are working out for the admiration of other black women. Women, by nature, try to be people pleasers. Women enjoy the attention of men and women.
That makes sense.
Ewww, no!
As a black woman, I automatically have the black man’s ideal body.
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However…I’m working out for ME. I don’t know about what these other girls are out here doing…but I must admit, I DO want a bit more junk in the trunk. BUT if it’s meant to be, my body will react accordingly to fitness training, etc. If NOT, then I’ll be content to be all toned up just the way MY body and frame is built to end up looking like. Nothing desperate, just being realistic these days
I’m working out so that that I can look better and be the healthiest me possible. I am most def not trying to look like these women in music videos. Anyone who appreciates the effort and results can feel free to look, but not touch.