The so-called 'dad bod' is the latest hot topic in the social media. The frenzy was explained by Peter Holley, a reporter for the Washington Post, as changing gender roles.

Holley argued in a column published Monday that women once expressed interests in strapping young woman to bring support to a family, but not anymore because rise of office work do not require a man capable of hard work.

For many men, the better way to spend time is to consume beer, eat delicious food and avoid hard exercise, unlike our ancestors who had to fight with predators and work on fields. Holley said that there is a pressure to live up to the physiques like the ones showed in an Abercrombie & Fitch advertisement.

"I think it's something you're vaguely aware of but it's not particularly threatening. It doesn't have to affect you. I walk by those and say, 'I'm a man and those are boys.' I don't have to do anything. I can be myself", he said.

Holley says his success with a dad bod is majorly attributed to gaining confidence and experience. He makes some wild assumptions about what that physique signals to the opposite sex.

Dad bod has a job, responsibilities, makes car payments on a fuel-efficient vehicle and uses good cologne before stepping outside his home.

Holley said that before embracing the dad bod, one needs to be honest about its origins. He said many people find an average body offensive, which is really threatening and elicits uncomfortable feeling.

Dad bot is so hot online that a college girl and her friends are apparently passing over chiseled frat boys for a nice balance between a beer gut and working out.