Not just women suffer from body image problems. In advertisements on television and on billboards of body-hairless, cut, lean, square jawed men have an affect on men but not always the same as the affect of women in the media on women. Negative feelings aroused by women's body images in the media often lead to problems such as eating disorders, but men however are affected in a lesser known but still serious way; their sexual behavior. A study showed that when young men feel bad about their body image from images of men in music videos or television, the negative feelings impact their sexual well-being, possibly leading to risky and aggressive sexual behavior.
Citation: AP. "Guys have body issues, too". MSNBC. 27 Nov 2009
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