Bad news for guys with burgeoning beer guts: Dadbod backlash is going strong, shortly after the lazy dude's heaven-sent beauty standard captured the hearts of men with infrequently used gym memberships everywhere.
Kristen Schaal dropped by The Daily Show to unpack the trend's sexist implications for Jon Stewart: "It's finally time that society accepts that a man's body changes when he has kids."
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Meanwhile, women face increasing pressure to get back to their pre-baby bodies after having kids, which actually biologically changes their body. Women who bounce back quickly post-pregnancy are "Momshells," while Leonardo DiCaprio lounges on yachts with models with no pressure to strive toward a six pack.
But, as Schaal points out, women are used to an impossible struggle to achieve the looks men idealize, citing her struggle to live up to the standards set by Picasso's cubist phase as an example.