One of the significant themes in chapter 8 is the impact of beauty ideals for the lives of women. Their experience with anorexia and bulimia and the prevalence of dieting speaks to the influence of cultural pressures to be thin. Barry Glassner, in his chapter "Men and Muscles," reviews cultural pressures on men to be muscular which translates into powerful. Boyhood desires to be remembered as "athletic stars" are transformed in muscular college men who report being happier with themselves. Having muscular upper bodies correlated with higher self-esteem in a study of 62,00 Psychology Today readers. Additionally, high school athletes are more likely to hold higher-status, better-paying jobs in adulthood. When addressing why men "work out", Glassner distinguishes between the obsessive, sporatic binge exerciser and the moderate exerciser who has made exercise a integrated part of life. Some men, he contends, exercise intensely as a way to bring discipline and order into their otherwise stressful or rather chaotic lives. For them, exercise or body building acts as a form of "therapeutic narcissism." For others, however, exercise is not a highly charged activity but rather is no different than getting one's hair cut...it's a part of life that occupies a significant part of free time but is set aside for other priorities. Probably active in sports since childhood, this type of exerciser does not exercise to displace frustration but rather, in keeping with continuity theory, is merely extending earlier behavioral practices. As a result their exercise patterns are likely to be maintained. Do you agree with these observations? Why or why not? Reference the readings to support your views.