Concept of Masculinity and Effects on Body Image

The interest in the body image, its influence on human psychology, and the personal position in the community began with Paul Hilde in the 1920s. However, most gender research literature concerns women's body images. However, with the development of the world in recent years, the body image of men became more important, attracting more attention from psychologists, sociologists, and sexist. In order to analyze this conclusion and its cause, we first define the concept of body image and introduce it.

Ideal body image concept directly affects the satisfaction or dissatisfaction of a person's body image. The body image satisfaction level refers to the concept that a human body image resembles the person's ideal body image. The ideal body image of a person represents the physical ideal the person is trying to replicate and is a high-end fashion model, celebrity, movie star, fitness expert, or other such role model. Dissatisfaction with the body image means that the level of the person's body image is different from the ideal body image perceived by one person or the personal feeling of personal frustration over the human body. Physical dissatisfaction is a precursor to negative self-awareness or self-worth, which can lead to an increase in eating disorders. (Martin, 2010)

The dissatisfaction with the body image means a negative view towards that person's appearance. Historically, people are dissatisfied with the physical image of a woman; women with an unsatisfactory body image are taking extreme diet to reduce complaints caused by eating disorders. In addition, some women also receive surgery to reconstruct their shape and appearance. Since surgery is not 100% safe and there are some undesirable side effects, plastic surgery endangers life. However, dissatisfaction of the body image is no longer a phenomenon affecting mere women, men are suffering now. Some men are addicted to the ideal body image and take extreme measures to achieve it. Due to the media, dissatisfaction with the image of the body is becoming more common among men

The struggle for the image of the body represents another way, the male skater - perhaps the man - is bound by the norm of masculinity. Focusing on the appearance of a person, especially in the search of mental health care, is seen as a female problem, which is incompatible with the concept of male force. Homosexuals are particularly prone to physical image problems or eating disorders. According to the National Dietary Assistance Association (NEDA), the proportion of eating disorders with homosexual men is too high, accounting for 42% of men reporting eating disorders. The study also shows a direct link between homosexuals who were bullied or insulted by gender inequality (ie inappropriate feminization) and the occurrence of physical image problems in childhood adults (Watson and Dispenza)