Social media and changing ideas about masculinity are making more and more young men believe their body is too small, skinny or insufficiently muscular.
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Queer men's comics are contributing to changing cultural narratives about what queer men’s bodies should be, and health researchers are taking note.
Men are feeling more and more pressure to get rid of their love handles and beer bellies – and heavy promotion of unrealistic appearance standards are to blame.
The proposal is very different to schemes in the US where BMI report cards are sent to parents. Instead, the data would feed into obesity research and prevention programs.
The much used before and after photograph to motivate weight loss might not be as motivational as was once thought.
People with facial difference often develop strategies for smoothing over social awkwardness, such as ways of introducing the issue into conversation early or using humour to deflect attention.
Male makeup is set to be the next big beauty trend, but what impact will this have on men's self-esteem?
Are dating apps destroying men's self-esteem?
If female mannequins were alive, they would be dangerously underweight.
But glossy pages filled with non-models may be a step in the right direction.
Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Mark Butler told Q&A that eating disorders "are the mental illness type which has the highest mortality rate". We check the research.
The proliferation of mass media has helped to create a standardisation of beauty ideals, making them harder to cope with. But there are encouraging signs that things could change.
Research suggests that those struggling with negative feelings about their bodies should spend more time in the great outdoors.
How learning languages and travelling abroad can help you have a better relationship with your body.
The growing pressure on men to have the perfect body is too often forgotten but could be having serious health consequences.
Why is so much attention being given to making average white males feel better about themselves?
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If you’re one of the world’s 1.3 billion regular Facebook users, you’ll know the feeling of being consumed by your news feed. If you don’t use Facebook, you need only get on a busy train or bus to see…
You probably aren’t beautiful. It’s statistical, not personal. Most of us are average, a few of us are ugly, and a tiny number of us are beautiful or handsome. Many of us struggle with our own attractiveness…
Steroids are easy to scapegoat. Users are viewed as aggressive, violent and mentally unstable, able to snap at any moment and cause great harm to the people around them. Ostensibly, it is this perception…
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University
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PhD candidate, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Health and Physical Education, Victoria University
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Emeritus Professor, University of New England
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Emeritus Professor, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
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Professor of Psychology, Flinders University
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Maine at Augusta
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Research Fellow, PhD candidate, La Trobe University
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Research fellow, Macquarie University
