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Many gay men want a perfect body, but the effort to get one creat real misery.

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HOLLOWAY ON TOXIC MALE BETY STANDARDS GAY CULTURE

Holloway on Toxic Male Bety Standards Gay Culture March 21, 2019/ Lk the News Ian Holloway / In a GQ article, associate profsor of social welfare Ian Holloway mented on opprsive male bety standards that are trimental to body image, particularly wh the gay muny. Holloway, who ns a private practice Wt Hollywood workg wh gay dividuals and upl, explaed, “The vast majory of my clients, spe what their external appearance might be, whether they have a six-pack or not, wrtle wh this ial image of themselv. "They want a slenr Barbie doll who will look good a pair of unrwear and a bra, " said DoSouto, who performs unr the drag name Iona a genr fluid person, DoSouto do not fd himself aligng wh the well-entrenched body ials for gay men, which he scribed as "chiselled, built and butch or bone-th skny twk.

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GAY MEN AND BODY PERFECTN

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