Lifting weights is the white collar suburban version of being 'alpha'.

1. I don't do it enough myself, so I'm projecting my anger/disappointment. 2. In the past months I've come to notice that I respect built men so much more than average guys, and how many social ills could be solved if every guy just lifted heavy weights a few times a week.

Your admitted sense of self-loathing doesn't make you a particularly good candidate on how to behave properly.

If a woman doesn't value you, it's because of how you feel about them and not because you're not bulked up enough.

Well, I appreciate your honesty. You should perhaps consider that you're projecting your own self-loathing onto other people. One's physical fitness has nothing to do with the quality of one's character, and the world would not magically become a better place if all us fat dudes got visited by the Muscle Fairy.

Dedication towards improving fitness is certainly a reflection of character.

I honestly can't think of anything in the world that wouldn't be better if every skinny/fat guy started losing fat and gaining muscle.