Houston, We Have A Body Image Problem!

Society has a lot of issues with body image, even mannequins aren't eating right!

For instance, this mannequin was spotted in a GAP store in London. Its leg is so skinny, I'm not even sure if they're attracting buyers for those jeans. Would you wanna look that thin in those? Bird-legs are scary-looking.

Sidenote: GAP jeans, especially for women, aren't the most flattering pieces to wear. The way it fits is always problematic, no matter what body type. AVOID at all cost!

Photo from this site.

I don't know which store this mannequin is from. But other than being huge, this big guy's hands are freakishly disproportioned!  Also, his shoulders are so broad that his head looks small; while his feet are small because his cankles are so bloated.

I'm getting a headache trying to process what is wrong with this image. It's not that I'm bothered there's a plus-size mannequin in existence. It's more because...this frame doesn't seem to be anatomically possible. I know it's only a "model", but...at least get it right, right?

Photo from Reddit.

Here's how he looks, all dressed up, ready to mingle at the 'hood: 

Photo from this site.

Is it just me, or does he not look like a plus-size version of Channing Tatum? :D

Channing Tatum. Perfect body.

I see the attempt in trying to be diversified. After all, only a small percentage of society is built with perfect bodies and realistically, a bigger portion of the world is now obese. Although I don't understand why those GAP mannequins even exist. Do you?

Consumerism and aggressive marketing campaign, however, has put a lot of emphasis on body image. It's pounded on us everyday with countless of blog posts, media, billboards, print ads and TV commericals everywhere telling us how we're supposed to look.  A growing number of young kids are too conscious of this, it's affecting their self-esteem. And that is sad.

We see campaigns to raise awareness for different causes: bullying, gender-equality, animal rights, [insert whatever disease here]...but where is the noise for the campaign for body confidence and self-image? This is the kind of social problem we've shoved under the rug, unfortunately.