Should bald men be more normalized and romanticized in mainstream media?

[MissPiggy2025]

I myself am guilty of making fun out of bald men time to time but only out of banter never being actively cruel. My husband is bald himself and shaved all his hair off during covid when he was 27/28 and has never gone back since at first it took me a lot to get used to but now I really like it and I call him my little kiwi 🥝 when he gets fuzz on his head 🤣. I do call my bald male friends baldy or egg head time to time only as a joke.

Some women on line are so harsh and shallow towards men who are bolding and use it to put them down but I think if a man was to make a mean comment over there appearances they wouldn't like it one bit and would probably play victim.

I've recently seen pictures of the actor Taron Egerton out in the media bald and the comments have been very mean towards him especially from females as not to long ago he was abit of a heart throb again if men attacked a celebrity female over her change in appearance all hell would break lose.

I personally think men should embrace there baldness and useless look ten times better once they shave it off instead of some of the ridiculous hair cuts they go for trying to cover it. Its a sign of high testosterone too which is kinda sexy.

Im movies you only really see bald actors in predominantly male targeted flims like action movies for example Jason Statham, The rock, Vin Diesel and Bruce Willis.

Bald men are only associacted witu being overly masculine and hard but you'll never see a bald Disney prince or love interest in a movie as to why women's beauty standards on men are so silly sometimes when realistically more men are bolding more then ever in this generation.

I understand most men dont see it as deep as women do but it would be nice to see a bald man being represented and normalised in more tv, movie and adds as its real life and i actually think good on Taron Egerton for not giving in on Hollywood standards and not getting a hair transplant or any of that bs.

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can't believe im getting so much hate from men on this post

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Tbf if you told half the men on this site the sky was blue they'd try to call you some slur and make it about sex so who cares

[Levin]

Well, American women seem a bit more nasty online about this, I've noticed. English women don't seem to care so much. US is obviously a more materialistic culture compared to the UK.

As a fellow with a shaved head. Hmm, the issue is more one of connotation. Obviously the image that comes up when the word bald is used is some ageing hunched creepy man. Not the chiselled muscular variety.

Bald obviously looks better than balding as the guy above shows.

I think I look better than most men with hair. I have a chiselled face, low body fat, I strength train four times a week.

But to each their own.

Let demand dictate supply. At the end of the day. It's a different vibe. You know that fluffy haired Harry Styles vibe. Teenage girls love that stuff.

[MissPiggy2025]

I've noticed that too. American male beauty standards are so strange to me.

Like the fact all the women like there men waxed and hairless on the body. Sorry I dont want my man looking like a little boy or to be sharing a razer with how is that masculine

[Levin]

Aye, plus they chop off the end of the knob as a beauty standard, also...

[MissPiggy2025]

Thats just freaky like to be its the same as FGM no one should be going down there with a sharp object

[Levin]

Aye, stay away from my cock.

[molonski2]

I did similar to your husband maybe 10 years later , it's pretty normalised now , I've never had a remote issue with having a shaved head , there is absolutely no way I'd want to go back to hair , I'm so used to. all I do , it's certainly not an issue anywhere else

[NoDecision]

There are some pretty popular actors that were bald, like The Rock, Telly Savalas, and Yul Brenner.

[AngryCarl3]

Let's not forget Vin Diesel.

[MissPiggy2025]

I did bring these men up in what I wrote but im saying why is that you never see them in anything but action movies

[NoDecision]

@AngryCarl3 How could I forget him? 😯

[NoDecision]

Jumanji wasn't exactly an action movie, more of a comedy.

[Anonymous]

The purpose of mainstream media is to make money for shareholders, not to normalize bald men.

[MissPiggy2025]

But they dont care when there putting fat chick's in Victoria secret adds or turning Disney princesses into different races.

Modern media seems to want to be inclusive but not if your a straight man

[Opinion Owner]

When they're doing their woke baloney, which is again an attempt to stay acceptable and thereby make profits, straight men are definitely not included in that category. If it were suddenly "cool" to be racist, as it was in the 1960s and before, every one of those companies would switch to being racist. In effect they are being racist now by being prejudiced against white people; racism is discrimination against another race, not discrimination against black people only.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Talking about the 1960s, saying race to mean skin colour is an outdated term.

[AI Opinion]

Yes, bald men absolutely should be normalized and romanticized more in mainstream media 💯

Baldness is treated like a flaw instead of just another look, which is wild considering how many men go through it. You nailed it with Taron Egerton: if a woman’s looks changed and got mocked that hard, people would riot.

Media mostly shows bald guys as villains, tough guys, or comic relief, rarely as soft, romantic leads. Imagine a charming bald Disney prince or k‑drama style male lead with a shaved head, written as desirable without a “glow-up” hair transplant arc. That shift alone would change how a lot of men feel about themselves.

I love when men fully shave instead of clinging to awkward cover-up cuts. Clean bald with confidence, good style, and grooming can look insanely attractive and elegant 😍 It also sends a healthier message than “fix yourself with surgery.”

Your “little kiwi” nickname is adorable, by the way 🥝💕

[indissoluble]

Guys with shaved heads are normal. It was very common in the 1990s and 2000s to have a shaved head, but that was an era of masculinity. Millennials are use to shaved heads. It's the Gen Z kids that were brought up with feminine boys wearing skinny jeans with girly hair that were brainwashed to chop off their cock and balls and wear women's clothing under Obama. Now you young women think faggots are normal and masculine men are weird because you are brainwashed.

[indissoluble]

If you don't fix your minds, one day your going to come home to your husband getting ass blasted by the TV repair guy in your own bed.

[MissPiggy2025]

I dont think there's anything wrong with masculinity in a man. Whats gay about a bald man being a romantic flim or a Disney movie? usually its quite the opposite its about falling in love with a woman/princess whats gay about that?

Men who use such terms like what you used are the ones who are usually trying to hide something. Why are you making it about sex and secondly why do you care what people get up to in the bedroom its literally none of your business

[MissPiggy2025]

Plus we dont know need a tv repair guy my husband can fix things by himself he doesn't need another man to help him out like unlike yourself

[indissoluble]

You're definitely lost. You sound like a tranny.

[Anonymous]

As a bald man let me just say, "we don't care".😆 I mean it's like saying "should FAT women be normalized and romanticized more"? If balding has increased, I promise you, FAT women has increased exponentially more. Guess what? People are still f***ing.😆 that ain't stopping.

So if you feel the need to crusade for bald guys you go right ahead, or don't. We really don't care.

[MissPiggy2025]

I did say i know you guys dont take it as deeply but its like irony dont you think.

The same people who insist we need fat, trans, disabled, race swap in media yet god forbid a bald straight man. I think a lot of peoples comments have proved my point

[DryGermanGuy]

I noticed that several YouTube creators record themselves only with headgear on, inside! No need for any special treatment, just show them. This fanatical youthism is insane.

[OlderAndWiser]

"Cruel" is not measured by your intentions but by the effect your statements have on those who are listening.

[Summeroflove]

People can’t control hair loss so that’s not weird or bad. It’s weird to fetishize things though

[MissPiggy2025]

Who fetishized them?

[Anonymous]

Some guys make it look good, some it just doesn't work for their head shape.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Baldness is inevitable, but it should not be normalized and romanticized. Men can get hair transplants, it is really not that complicated. If women can have cosmetic procedures to improve their appearance, men can do the same.

[MissPiggy2025]

I think people need to learn to love themselves for who they are female or male

[FreyaRed]

"romanticized" XD. Men aren't made for pageant competitions but to be men.

[LC75LC71]

Really I've only seen you talk shit and play it off because you have a bald husband. It comes off as pretentious.

[MissPiggy2025]

That sentence made no sense

[LC75LC71]

It's actually two, but I suppose you got so hung up the first that you didn't bother to read the other that further mirrors my previous sense of your behavior.

[MissPiggy2025]

Well if you dont like it why bother commenting why don't you piss off and bitch and moan somewhere else

[LC75LC71]

Because replies are necessary whether you like them or not. I have as much right to type my mind as anyone else here, well unless you block me..

[MissPiggy2025]

Do you want that or something? 🤣

[LC75LC71]

Of course not. It's a matter of letting you know the option is available. I do love that you only focus on one part of my replies.. Moving on, the subject matter of your question is silly. There's not much difference between a man like myself with a full head of hair and a bald dude if either have money!

[slatyb]

about 80% of men will experience hair loss, so its pretty normal

[Tomislav7]

Kingsman Redeemer can get a hair transplant like ELon

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Bald like shaved or bald like balding?

[MissPiggy2025]

I think balding looks terrible on men just shave it off looks loads better no matter the guy.

[Emmabrow]

It looks more manly somehow

[Anonymous]

Why? What's so special about them?

[MissPiggy2025]

I just a lot of men get shit for it when its literally something that can't be helped and I don't understand why mainstream media hates it so much and dont appreciate but men can look good bald too

[Opinion Owner]

Well, it's a strange opinion really, I would never consider bald women as "attractive".

[Jeff51]

Its only hair.

[Jmmmfi4]

I shave my head every day