The Unspoken Truth

We always notice how society makes women appear, but generally we never notice how it treats men (which is horrible too).  Men are depicted as having 6-packs and muscles, but how accurate is all of this? Do all teenage guys look like Abercrombie models? What about middle-aged men, do they look like the Eddie Bauer models? 

The answer is no. Not every guy has a perfectly chiseled jaw, a 6-pack, a "rugged" appearance, and of course, not every male is white. Ok, there is some African-American representation, but still it's not a lot and when they use someone that isn't white, the person that companies use always have Anglican features. One of the most prevalent problems is ethnicity when it comes to male models, because most of them are white.  The lack of racial diversity is appalling; America is supposed to be a melting pot, but without diversity in ads how is this shown? Female models are starting to come from multiple ethnicities and are starting to look different from each other, but every single male model is white and has either blonde, brown, or a mixture hair. When was the last time that you saw an advertisement to Abercrombie or a PacSun that had an Asian or an Indian guy in it? At least American Eagle made an "effort" and threw one Asian guy into the mix, but what about the rest of them?