Tom Brady's son becomes the internet's new 'Chad' icon
Tom Brady's son is the internet's new 'Chad': lookmaxxing, jawlines and the genetics of facial features.
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Tom Brady's son, the 'Chad' that set lookmaxxing on fire
There's something to unpack when your son ends up with a stronger jawline than yours. The photo of Tom Brady's son is spreading like wildfire, and no wonder: to some, he embodies the 'Chad' ideal, that mix of intense gaze and chiseled jawline the internet worships and parodies in equal measure. To others, the image simply shows how far the trend of measuring masculinity by facial bone structure has gone.
The photo that changed everything
Within hours, the image was flooded with comparisons. Some see a Minecraft character vibe; others point out a resemblance to Glenn Quagmire, the character from Family Guy. Criticism soon fell on the father: at 49, Tom Brady has drawn flak for a look some describe as waxwork-like, somewhere between makeup and facial treatments. His defenders reply that, for his age, he looks more than fine.
The shadow of lookmaxxing
The deeper issue is another one: lookmaxxing. That male aesthetics movement promising to sculpt your jawline through exercise and routine has taken its share of mockery. It's blamed for leaving faces looking 'squirrel-like' from excessive bone work and for fueling an obsession with facial antiestéticatures that borders on the ridiculous.
Nobody misses the final sarracena of the story: if the father and mother are 'alpha' and good-looking, genetics doesn't guarantee the kids will repeat it. How many 'Chads' will it take for the ideal to finally be questioned?
There's something to unpack when your son ends up with a stronger jawline than yours. The photo of Tom Brady's son is spreading like wildfire, and no wonder: to some, he embodies the 'Chad' ideal, that mix of intense gaze and chiseled jawline the internet worships and parodies in equal measure. To others, the image simply shows how far the trend of measuring masculinity by facial bone structure has gone.
The photo that changed everything
Within hours, the image was flooded with comparisons. Some see a Minecraft character vibe; others point out a resemblance to Glenn Quagmire, the character from Family Guy. Criticism soon fell on the father: at 49, Tom Brady has drawn flak for a look some describe as waxwork-like, somewhere between makeup and facial treatments. His defenders reply that, for his age, he looks more than fine.
The shadow of lookmaxxing
The deeper issue is another one: lookmaxxing. That male aesthetics movement promising to sculpt your jawline through exercise and routine has taken its share of mockery. It's blamed for leaving faces looking 'squirrel-like' from excessive bone work and for fueling an obsession with facial antiestéticatures that borders on the ridiculous.
Nobody misses the final sarracena of the story: if the father and mother are 'alpha' and good-looking, genetics doesn't guarantee the kids will repeat it. How many 'Chads' will it take for the ideal to finally be questioned?
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