masculinity crisis

Isn't He Lovely: Male Body Image Standards Are "Virtually Non-Existent." Q&A with Yashar Ali

Social Commentary post by CristenConger on October 18, 2011 - 9:57am; tagged body image, isn't he lovely, male beauty, male body image, male privilege, masculinity crisis, the current conscience, yashar ali.

shirtless white man wearing brown dress pants and a belt sucking in his stomach while measuring his waistYashar Ali is the founder of The Current Conscience, which examines "politics and the personal, culture and relationship" from a progressive, feminist viewpoint. Particularly after reading his post The Key to Success: Be a Man, I was curious to mine his thoughts on how beauty and body image standards apply to men today and whether modern "masculinity" has truly reached a crisis point in Western culture.

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