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Men are beginning to victimize themselves with body-image anxiety. We don't like how we look, and we get embarrassed and anxious when attention is called to our physiques.                 

RECOMMENDED TEXTS

Body image & adolescents (chapter from book)

Body Image
An International Journal of Research

All Made Up: A Girl’s Guide to Seeing Through Celebrity Hype and Celebrating Real Beauty
Audrey Brashich

In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty & You
Shari Graydon Annick Press

 

The Media and Body Image

The Media & Body Image
Maggie Wykes, Barrier Gunter
Sage Publications (Jan. 2005)
Hardback  0761942475
Paperback 0761942483
 

Measuring Up

Measuring Up: How Advertising Affects Self-Image
by Vickie Rutledge Shields, Dawn Heinecken
University of Pennsylvania Press (March 1, 2002)
ISBN: 0812217918

Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel
by Jean Kilbourne
Free Press (November 2, 2000)
ISBN: 0684866005

Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women, and Children
By Sarah Grogan
Routledge (1999)
ISBN: 0415147859

Images of Women in American Popular Culture
Angela Dorenkamp, John McClymer, Mary Moynihan, Arlene Vadum
Harcourt Brace (1995)
ISBN: 0-15-501013-1