The Construction Of The Diey,Fitness And Masculinity

With the rise of the fitness studios, more and more men begin to pay attention to their own bodies. Body-building is now the focus of men’s self-identity. Men try to construct their own masculinity through fitness and show their charm. The care and anxiety about their body imagination do a lot of harm for their emotion and psychology even make them step into the situation of self-doubt and self-denial.This paper adopts survey research including interview and observation. From the perspective of masculinity, the paper uses men’s diet and consumption culture to analyze male’s fitness in details. This paper confirms that in order to create a strong man’s image, they try to go on a diet and they even take nutritional supplements and drugs. All these have exerted influences on their health, families and social circles. Secondly, the crisis of masculinity and masculinity stereotypes make men do excessive exercise, muscle strength and valor by reaffirming their dominant position in the relationship of right. Finally, in a consumer-oriented society, especially the mass media and the fitness coach publicizing, men would have a great sense of loss in examining their bodies and the goals. Family, the media and the society should help men establish a correct attitude towards fitness and get rid of the worng concept about fitness.