The Male Struggle with Body Image

In today's society, people tend to focus on issues concerning women and their body images, based on popular culture, stereotypes, and generalization of women's handling. However, we do not recognize that men are suffering from the physical image of women and that they are often not recognized in the struggle to meet social expectations. Men suffer from diet and physical illness, but as women do, media, women, and even others have expectations.

The struggle for the image of the body represents another way, the male skater - perhaps the man - is bound by the norm of masculinity. Especially in the search of mental health care, focusing on person's appearance contradicting the concept of male force is regarded as a feminine problem. 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)

Male body images are also often misunderstood than women's body images. Men are mainly thought to be interested in "lack of muscle", but in reality male body figures may be more complicated (see the first page of male body figures). On the other hand, the assumption of concern for women is not the same: weight. A woman's body image that looks unhealthy is more general than an unhealthy male body image, but this may be just a mere recognition. Some researchers claim that women are more exposed to social situations. The figures reflect that women are more dissatisfied than men (Brennan, Lalonde, & Bain 2010). This clarifies the reason why the body image of a woman is so common and the male body image is rarely recognized