What is a "Manly Man?"

In society today women aren't the only ones who have to live up to tough standards of being considered "sexy," but men are as well. In class, the survey we took shows that muscles and being athelitic or having an atheletic body are the top to things that make a man manly. I personally did write both of these things down. When considering what's sexy or manly, of course someone  is going to put their perferred physical appearances. In being considered manly, I do not think you have to be huge and muscular, or play sports. For some men it is harder to attain those muscular six pack abs and be naturally gifted with sports. On the survey, confidence was voted number three. I may not think you need muscles or have to play sports to be manly, but I do think confidence is very important in being considered a man. Without confidence, you wouldn't be able to do anything such as: get a job, be able to have a family, or even talk to many people in general. Pretty much all in all our society determines whether someone is sexy or manly by physical apperance which is unfortunate but it is what it is.

"Only Two Percent of Women Describe Themselves as Beautiful".. unbelieveable!!

Now that we have read six articles for Popular Culture, look back on those six articles (from Aug. 31-Sep. 14) and explain which of these six articles provides the most provocative and interesting information for the reader.  Why is this information interesting?  Is this information also something that is important for the reader to know or think about?  Why or why not?

-Of the six articles we read, I think the most provocative and interesting to me was "Only Two Percent of Women Describe Themselves as Beautiful," but Dove, Strategy One, Nancy Etcoff, and Susie Orbach. The thing that caught my attention with this article was that the percent of women who think they're beautiful is so low, and the fact that they did actual tests/surveys to prove it. The reason women think they aren't beautiful is because they don't look how our society expects them too. Well America, not all girls can have that perfect body and face like everyone would like! Also, not every women can afford to get surgical procedures to look that way! I think this information is important for the reader to think about because then they can see the impact our society actually has on women. We should not judge wether someone is beautiful or not by just wants on the outside, but what's on the inside as well.