There is a lot of easy-to-find information out there on how Western media negatively affects females (which will be the topic of next week’s post in the series). The negative affects on males, specifically, are harder to find. Media Smarts reports this is partly due to males not being as open as females. This feeling of guarded nonchalance is partly because of the constant media message that “real men” don’t care. They are either the fat and lazy guy too dumb to care or the macho manly man who is too cool to care. Therefore, despite, “A study by the UK National Health Service found that hospital admissions for men with eating disorders had risen by two-thirds between 2001 and 2011,” reported by Media…
