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Kelvin Leong posted a photograph on his Facebook page. In the picture, he stands in tiny red briefs flexing his biceps. His hands are clenched, his body bent forward to show off his taut, shiny eight-pack. Veins in his arms visibly pulsate. ‘Another variation of side chest pose complete with quad development,’ runs the picture caption: ‘my quads are the result of years of heavy full squats, sometimes to the point of puking.’ Now 33, and training to be a lawyer in the UK, Leong works out every day, saying he wants ‘to be a bit bigger’. Kelvin Leong在他的Facebook上发布了自拍照片。图中他穿着红色紧身短裤，上臂弯曲，展示着他的二头肌。双手紧握，身体微微前倾，炫耀着他的6块腹肌，手臂上青筋暴突，侧身展示了他的胸大肌和股四头肌，配上的标题是：“四年负重深蹲的成果，有时甚至会炼得呕吐。” 33岁的他即将成为律师，他每天锻炼，想要变得更强健。 Female body image issues have been flagged up for decades. Women are paraded and berated in the media, told they must be unhappy with their bodies and bombarded with flawless (often Photoshopped) butts, breasts and bellies. 女性的体型问题已经被社会争议了几十年了，女士们纷纷抗议和斥责媒体，社会过分苛求女性身材完美，其实世界上并不存在完美的臀、胸、腹，只有完美的PS。 But what about men? In past generations men were not expected to be extremely well-muscled. A slight stomach or skinny arms were okay. While many men played sports, few went to the gym merely to beef up. Today, however, shifting gender roles and the rise of social media – where everything is recorded and broadcast on smartphones – has led to increasing pressure on men, as well as on women, to look ‘perfect’. | 
