WTF: Potbellies on Dudes Are Now Officially Hot

Oh, it’s so unfair! We women are held to ridiculous American Apparel size-0 standards (yes, mostly self-imposed, but the media practically makes us do it!), while men get to eat what they want, become chubby, and are still considered cute and even sexy (e.g. Seth Rogen, Zach Galifianakis, Tobey Maguire). To make matters worse, the NYTimes Styles section on Wednesday embraced potbellies on guys in Williamsburg as a hot, new trend — an ironic reaction to metrosexuality and “manscaping.” In other words, beer guts — but only on guys — are now stylish. (Salon’s Broadsheet does a nice job of poo-poo-ing this particular piece of doo-doo.)

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6 Responses to “WTF: Potbellies on Dudes Are Now Officially Hot”

Conrad Says:
August 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Seth Rogen lost most of his weight. I don’t think he’s the best example. Also, beer bellies are not attractive, on anyone. Misproportioned weight is not sexy.
Dannie Says:
August 14th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
There’s a difference between chubbiness/bulk to fat/pot-belly/’misproportioned weight.’ Whoever declared it as hot clearly has a potbelly himself, because Conrad is right. It just doesn’t look healthy, and it’s not sexy.
Black Iris Says:
August 14th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Belly fat in men lowers their testosterone levels. This affects their sex drive and endurance in bed. If you get a really big beer belly, it can reduce the effective size of the man’s endowment. This is not hot.
Rei Says:
August 16th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I agree with everyone thus far, pot bellies, beer guts, etc on men is totally unattractive. It could be a 5 second fad, who knows, or maybe just some article written by a fat dude who cannot get girls and is trying to make ‘chubby’ sexy. Sorry didn’t work. Abs all the way on men, that is total hotness!!!
nick Says:
August 16th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
I’m a guy with a Rogen-esque body shape.
in my experience.. women do NOT find that hot.
whoever thinks it’s true is just indulging in wishful thinking

also.. side note… a little bit of weight on a girl is not a bad thing.
PK Says:
August 17th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
On the contrary, a pot-belly is adorable…if you’re under the age 1.

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