Are porno films the male equivalent to female beauty magazines?
So the other day I was thinking about how in our society a lot of women have negative ideas about their bodies because many compare themselves to the impossibly attractive females in the beauty magazines. The models in these magazines as we all know are incredibly airbrushed and also have the luxury of devoting almost all of their time to being in perfect condition. So of course when the average women sees these pictures she's likely to feel insecure about her own body and falsely believe she is "fat" or ugly" when of course this isn't the case.
Now, I could be going out on a limb here, but isn't this situation in some ways analogous to males feeling inadequate about the size of their genitalia? Males when they watch Pornographic movies are shown other males with extremely large penises which can make the average male feel inadequate about the size of his own genitals despite the fact that there is nothing wrong with them. Obviously this feeling of inadequacy is widespread due to all the "natural supplements" offered on the internet and on late-night infomercials.
Since it's common knowledge that the beauty magazines and other media portray un-realistic images of the female body, which in turn leads to some females feeling insecure about their bodies, I just thought that I would toss around the idea that men too are susceptible to media images which un-intentionally can lead them to have negative perceptions of their penis size.
Your thoughts?
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