Now Men Too Can Have Body-Image Problems

Regarding “Joe Six-Pack, Redefined” (May 7): At last, true gender equality has come! Now men can develop the body image neurosis that women have dealt with for years. Instead of having to attain Calista Flockhart-like thinness, we can torture ourselves to make our pathetic paunches match the abs of a guy who makes his living as a belly model. Is there a way I can just get my six-pack surgically enhanced?

PETER PENLAND

Laguna Beach