Do guys feel inferior because they are skinny?

[Anonymous]

I was talking to my crush the other day. We were discussing the physical build of our friends. All of a sudden, he got kinda insecure. He started saying that he can’t gain weight no matter how much he eats. He says he is too skinny. (FYI: his BMI is <17) I was taken aback because he seems to be confident most of the time and I didn’t know that he has his security issues. So I went like I think you are not too skinny. You look normal to me. (to be honest I like him so much I don’t really care what his BMI is but of course I didn’t say that).
He didn’t seem very convinced.

Is this a common issue for guys?

[ChrisMaster69]

Body shaming is a huge thing with guys.

both online and in real life,

I've lost count of the number of fuckwits over last 20 plus years that have come out with this shit of needing to have a huge muscles body.

I remember working really late studying for my degrees in my 20-30’s and friends telling me to get out to gym and push some weights.

Even normal guys will keep tops on more often than not as some fuckwit is walking around posing like a knob.

it’s different for guys but in a way it’s worse.

at some point you just ignore it.

then as you get older, having those degrees get you the better job and the income etc really negates the body side of it (up to a point).

[phorse]

Yes. Even though I work out a lot, I don't feel like I'm strong because I lack the body mass. I feel smaller and less impactful than fat guys.

[Smashingdoozy]

Normalize. Men. Having. Insecurities.

Body image issues aren't only a women's thing.

[GimmeSumLettuce]

yeah it means u can't defend urself in a fight, well u could, but ur less likely to beat a muscular chad, its unmasculating, makes me feel like a little girl... wish i had muscles

[GimmeSumLettuce]

i dont see how girls can be attracted to weaklings either

[cootjuh]

Lol im fat so I don't know