The Media and Male Body Image

By Allyson Padron

Media missions such as Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty and Aerie’s Real Campaign feature unretouched pictures of female models, encouraging women to love their body, no matter what it looks like. But what is the media doing to support positive male body image?

The National Eating Disorder Association suggests 10 million men in the U.S. will develop an eating disorder at some point in their life. Binge eating, purging and fasting are seen nearly as often in men as they are in women.

Exposure to images of lean and muscular men can lead to body dissatisfaction, according to NEDA.

This video was created as a final project for the Honors Media Literacy class in the College of Media & Communication.

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