PSYCH 297R Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Eating Disorder, Physical Attractiveness, Femininity
1 Nov 2020
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Sexual orientation: the influence of sexual orientation on eating disorders. A higher emphasis on attractiveness, slimness, and youthfulness within western gay male culture. Lesbian women are exposed to the smae media that portray attractiveness for women as thinness. Femininity (gender role) has been linked to a greater risk for eating disorders and some homosexual men and male-to-female transexuals strive toward feminine characteristics to be more attractive. Transsexual individuals may begin to loathe aspects of their bpdies that are identified with their biological sex at puberty. Gay men are much more dissatisfied with their bodies and weight than are heterosexual men. Gay men score higher on measures of eating disturbance. Gay men are more likely to desire an underweight ideal and have higher scores on the. Gay men are more concerned about their physical attractiveness. One study showed that mong men with eating disorders, 10-42% were homosexual.
