A masculine man[PHOTO/pinimg.com]If you thought it was just women who are embarrassed about their bodies, skin color, stretch marks, love handle you name it, you are wrong. Body image issues are not exclusively female problems, men undergo the same struggles too.
Recently, a popular gospel artist was trolled all over social media for adding weight. Some even claimed that he looked pregnant in his new body, which did not go down well with him.
Man boobs
Also known as gynecomastia, some men are born with large mammary glands, which can secrete milk, although not as much as women.
Medical experts say that breast development is common among male adolescents because of hormonal imbalance, which usually disappears within a year or so, but when it doesn’t, medical advice should be sought.
Penis size
Nothing is more embarrassing for a man than the false knowledge that he’s inadequate in any sexual way.
On the flip side, those with enlarged penile size ironically, also find it embarrassing, especially when they are outdoors, and it keeps budging against their clothes.
Height
There are this conscious biases in the society that affects short men.
High pitched voice
Paul Mwai is a gospel artiste in Kenya, and it is quite evident in his songs that his voice is pitched. He was also trolled on social media, for sounding like a woman. He confessed how at first the whole situation affected his work, but he learned how to cope with time.
Hair loss
Baldness is believed to be hereditary. There are men who notice baldness and decide to have a bald shave. However, it becomes embarrassing whenever the baldness becomes noticeable and you are a young man.
Football player, Wayne Rooney, suffered the baldness condition at only 19 years old. It made him look older than his age. He later had a hair transplant to restore the hair loss.