Changes in men and women's body image in the US
A recent study by Cash and colleagues, published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology suggests that US women's body image has changed during the 80s and 90s whilst men's body image has stayed pretty stable. At least amongst non-Black women, body image dissatisfaction increased during the early years of the study until the mid 90s, when body image in Black and non-black women seemed to improve. It kind of makes you wonder whether some of the challenging that has gone on in recent year of stereotyped images of women's beauty and the tyranny of thinness may have done some good?
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