We explore the visible double standard of beg gay the bety dtry.
Contents:
- HOLLOWAY ON TOXIC MALE BETY STANDARDS GAY CULTURE
- THE INVISIBLE DOUBLE STANDARD OF BEG GAY THE BETY INDTRY
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.
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"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. Acrdg to the Internatnal Journal of Eatg Disorrs, "gay or bisexual men [are] three tim more likely than straight men to have body image issu.