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HOLLOWAY ON TOXIC MALE BETY STANDARDS GAY CULTURE

Mastream society has an credibly narrow and disturbgly problematic fn of male bety- and so do the gay muny. * gay standard of beauty *

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.

"Aron DoSouto says he do not fd himself aligng wh the body ials for gay men, which he scrib as eher 'chiselled, built and butch or bone-th skny twk. "Phillip Joy, a registered dietician and assistant profsor at Mount Sat Vcent Universy Halifax, says a certa Eurocentric athetic for gay men exists but the prsur are evint across all LGBTQ+ muni.

(Danny Abriel)Joy said advertisg toward whe, gay men has particularly emphasized this ial, as did the need for a mcular, healthy body to unter wastg syndrome durg the AIDS epimic. "Sangha himself has "experienced a lot of excln, alienatn, isolatn and lonels tryg to f the gay muny" as someone who's 50 and "a ltle heavy.

THE INVISIBLE DOUBLE STANDARD OF BEG GAY THE BETY INDTRY

Over the weekend, I was havg a nversatn wh some fellow gay guys and we were naturally talkg about boys (one of my favore topics to discs). Admtedly, the guys are unniably attractive; but worri me that this exclive ia of male bety is beg promoted aga and tth is mastream society has an credibly narrow and disturbgly problematic fn of male bety- and unfortunately, this is even prevalent the gay muny. The fixatn on this male bety ial is even more pronounced the gay muny.

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