What do Gerard Butler, Leonardo Di Caprio and Vince Vaughn share? Aside from being prize-winning actors, they’ve all become poster young boys for the widely-celebrated ‘daddy figure’.
Despite two of the previously mentioned not also having kids, Gerard, Leo as well as Vince have been admired for their undefined abdominals and softer stature — and whilst I’m not inferring there’s anything wrong with a ‘dad body’ (as a matter of fact, I’m a massive fan), I simply ask yourself: where are the female matchings? Have you ever heard the term ‘mum figure’ banded around in anything apart from a negative style? Just take a look at the therapy of Rihanna, who has been the topic of snide remarks after giving birth.
With some of her postpartum looks containing oversized casualwear, commentators as well as critics are praising Rihanna for declining to satisfy «snapback» culture— which essentially pressures women to amazingly «break back» to their pre-pregnancy weight and appearance after delivering. It is, naturally, a very unrealistic expectation to have of new moms whose bodies have actually undergone incredible transformations during pregnancy.
But ironically, the analysis over Rihanna’s size and headlines such as this that states she’s»welcoming her thickness,»which area in on the state of her weight loss— or absence of it, show that snapback culture is very much alive and that ‘mum figures’aren’t viewed as desirable.
A quick search on Urban Dictionary further shows my point. I typed in ‘dad figure’ and also here’s what returned:
1. «Dad figure» is a male physique that is best called «softly round. » It’s built upon the concept that once a guy has actually discovered a mate and fathered a youngster, he doesn’t require to bother with keeping a sculpted figure.
2. Having a «father figure» is a wonderful balance between working out as well as maintaining a potbelly I did the same for ‘mother bod’ as well as the outcome was pretty horrifying:
«A woman who has actually had at least one child which youngster has actually influenced her body as if it alters her physical appearance to the factor to where she no longer looks like herself. Ex lover: stretch marks on the hips, boobs as well as thighs, rounded face, double chin, cellulite butt, saggy boobs from nursing and pumping, a rounded or drooping belly (stomach, abdomen).
«Some ladies are honored with the natural ability to convert back to a really similar variation of themselves or exactly like they were prior to developing. Extra times than not, these women will have extra kids and also will not worry given that they are persuaded that their bodies can handle it without long term results. Each child is different and much more times than not, these females will have that one child that their body just can’t recoup from. »
Are you f ****** joking me? As a current new mum and pleased proprietor of the body to match, I’m shed for words — as well as it appears I’m not the only one. An image of the comparison in the understanding of father bods versus mother bodies is going viral on Instagram and it reveals you all you need to learn about the gender difference of post-baby bodies.
