Male Perception in Today's Society

The male species. The muscles, the testoterone, the rediculous impulse to "git 'er done". Rhetorically, the male is described as the masculine and chiseled creature, oozing with testosterone and known as the tough guy. Magazines and media portray men as the domineering, non domestic, and all around big shots. Little boys are brought up thinking that they should never be seen playing with a doll, but must sit intently with their Tonka trucks. Commercials show the homosocial bond of two ten year old boys playing with their evil kanevils, and the child (male) viewer sees that as a heteronormativity.
Visually, the media has created an "ideal" looking and very sexually appealing model man. Walk into any Abercrombie store, and there plastered on the wall is a 20’x20’ poster of what is "hot" in today's society. Tan, cut well with defined muscles in all of the right places, and an irresistible side smile that could get any girl week in the knees. This is what is drilled into our heads day after day of what guys should look like to be a "hunk". This "image" that girls have of men has become problematic for the male population. There are only a handful of guys that can posses a great body like that ideal Abercrombie model, and guys have to work day in and day out to achieve that level of sexiness, all just to impress us women.