Body Size Argument Essay

Wolf and Kimmel support Diaz’s idea that body size would matter in women and men and how body shape can affect their personal life. Diaz mentions body size as one of his main advices to a Dominican young man. Diaz is warning the young guy to give all the freedom to “Howie” who is a big guy. Diaz comments: “Let him talk. Howie weighs about two hundred pounds and could eat if he wanted… Never lose a fight on a first date or that will be the end of it” (Diaz 2). When Diaz warns the young guy, he confirms that nothing is more important than body size. Diaz didn’t mention personality, education or even morals, all he keeps mentioning is the physical attraction and muscles. Diaz brings up the size to show the competition among guys. This concept
Kimmel would strongly support Diaz’s thought of what makes a guy a real man. Also, Kimmel views Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comment “American men want to be a man among men” (465). Kimmel would support Diaz by bringing up this quote that shows the high competition between guys not only to gain girls, but also to prove their masculinity. Both authors value the significance of men body’s attraction and shape. Not only men’s bodies are valued, but also women’s. Naomi Wolf writes about how women disliked the size of their breasts: “In 1973, Psychology today reports, one fourth of America women surveyed were unhappy with the size or shape of their breasts. By 1986, the number had risen to a third; it was not women’s breasts that had changed in the meantime” (Wolf). Women are never satisfied with their bodies. They all wanted to achieve the perfect body to create attraction. Wolf explains with statistics over one decade how women keep looking for higher achievement of physical attraction (breasts). Size also matters in Wolf’s article, as uses the words “size” and “shape”, which relates back to Diaz and Kimmel who talked about man body’s