Below is an overlong effort-post on the baleful effects on body-image, wallet, and society of being repeatedly exposed to unrealistic images; I work up the male side more, but offer a thesis, grounded in predictive coding, on both. Please cmt b/c I can't decide if it's malarkey:https://twitter.com/PereGrimmer/status/1015457098635907072 …
In absence of broad participation in labor and sport, the way to satify that need is more often via gym culture, which may then hijack preexisting ideal with gym ideal.