Dadbod trend riles some women

This morning, I read an amusing article by Jeremy Allingham on the CBC website about the so-called dadbod trend. It was prompted by an American university student's article expressing a preference for roly-poly guys over the gym crowd.

One woman quoted in Allingham's story said at first she was sad. Then got angry because of what she saw was a double standard.

That was followed by similar comment from local feminist Meghan Murphy, who decried how celebrity culture pushes the notion that women who give birth should return to their original look. Men, however, are beginning to receive admiration for being flabby.

"Under #dadbod you find a bunch of kind-of-fat dudes showing off their guts, under #mombod it's exercise and weight-loss tips," Allingham writes.

Sooner or later, I suspect someone will take this up with B.C. Human Rights Tribunal or write a master's dissertation on all of this. Only then will justice prevail.