Many gay men want a perfect body, but the effort to get one creat real misery.
Contents:
- GAY MEN AND BODY PERFECTN
- BODY DYSMORPHIA CONTU TO BE A SER ISSUE AMONG GAY MEN
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
GAY MEN AND BODY PERFECTN
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The gay media reprents bety and sirabily the form of youth and gym-toned bodi, makg the gay scene a harsh place for people who do not nform to such ials.
There is a high prevalence of psychologil distrs related to body image amongst gay men. Many gay men go to the gym every day. We ually associate eatg disorrs wh women but is mon wh gay men too (and creasgly wh heterosexual men).
BODY DYSMORPHIA CONTU TO BE A SER ISSUE AMONG GAY MEN
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JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * body gay men *
In my practice, I see many gay men whose real stggle is the fear of rejectn, the hypervigilance of threats makg vulnerabily tolerable for them. Gay men may not be able to intify the unrlyg pa by themselv but gay-affirmative therapy, they n have a space to unpack the var layers of their disturbanc.
For example, gay men often have memori of beg bullied at school so beg "big wh mcl" is a way to unter that pa. Believe or not, some gay men are ashamed about their appearance. 2 percent of heterosexual men, but the number is far higher gay and bisexual fact, a study published 2020 the journal Body Image nducted surveys om 268 gay and bisexual teens and adult men and found BDD more than 49 percent of the study study attribut the high prevalence of BDD to the strs of livg as a sexual mory, which enpass a wi-range of anxieti, cludg the fear of rejectn, sexual orientatn ncealment, homophobia, bullyg, and threats of vlence.
“The mory strs gay men live wh is a form of opprsn that leads to body dysmorphia and eatg disturbanc, ” says Jason Whel, PhD, a soclogist at Illois State Universy Normal.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
“From a young age, gay mal bee distrsed by their own appearance. Reasons Why Body Dysmorphia Is PrevalentWhile a growg body of rearch and experts pot to the mory strs mol as a key culpr the surge of BDD among gay men, there are other Media Sets the Bar Too HighGay men often fd themselv wh an Adonis plex, explas Dr. Whel, believg what the media says a gay man should look like.
It also creat a space where people exprsg body posivy may be shamed and bullied for their not beg “gym-f, ” acrdg to a qualative study published May 2023 the journal Sexual and Relatnship Therapy that foced on the experienc of 10 gay men livg wh BDD. “Social media puts forward a very specific type of body for gay men, ” says Casey Gamboni, PhD, a profsor at The Fay Instute at Northwtern Universy and thor of the study. The study looked at the effect of 11 social media platforms over 2, 700 gay men and found that those who spent the most time on image-centric social media (thk Instagram) more likely to feel bad about their own mcl and to have an eatg Culture Is Harmg the CommunyIn many ways, gay culture self has led to the rise BDD sce is often characterized by a sire for youthfulns and a mcular physique, says Whel.
Gamboni, examed BDD 10 gay men and found that 60 percent of them started to experience symptoms, such as anxiety over appearance, antisocial tennci, and a sire to hi om others, when they me out. And all the participants said their symptoms of secury about their body creased when they beme immersed gay male participants scribed a prsure to f to a perfect ial, and they felt strs that the muny that accepted them for beg a sexual mory would now shun them for their appearance.