Do representations of male muscularity differ in men's and women's magazines?

Body Image

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-86

  Frederick, David A ^a   Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Haselton, Martie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Male body ideal; Mass media; Muscularity; Physical Trait Overvaluation Hypothesis; Prestige competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844328607     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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