Eating disorders are on the rise among young males.
While many of us have been distracted by the controversy over the American Eagle ad with Sydney Sweeney and her “good jeans,” we have paid little attention to the ways in which fashion trends are affecting teenage boys and young men. Rejecting the buff bodies and the building of muscle definition of the past, teenage boys and young men have become increasingly attracted to the idea of starving themselves to achieve the perfect emaciated look. Thinness is everything to them, and some of them are obsessively measuring their food intake in order to look like waifish celebrities like Timothee Chalamet. Today’s boys are challenging the gender norm more than ever before.
