- Words: 2557
- Length: 8 Pages
- Topic: Sports - Women
- Paper #: 63376019
Surprisingly, BDD, which is often a precursor to or comorbid symptom of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa, is nearly as common among young men as women. This indicates that the onslaught and idolization of media images of "gorgeous" men in America is also having a negative effect on boys' sexual self-images. (da Costa, Nelson, Rudes, & Guterman, 2007)
Narrowing the focus down to American women and their