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Research on the relationship between pornography use and body image, particularly among men
Selective casting in pornography presents narrow, idealized bodies repeatedly to viewers, and research links such exposure to increased social body comparison and negative body image; prosthetics and ...
are repeatedly associated in the literature with worse , lower self‑esteem and increased psychological distress for men, and with heightened objectification, anxiety and poorer body appreciation for t...
Body shaming of men—mockery or criticism aimed at weight, height, musculature, hair, genitalia or “feminine” features—produces measurable psychological harm that mirrors and sometimes diverges from ef...
Amateur or performer-owned content tends to foreground “ordinary” bodies and a raw aesthetic, producing a wider visible range of sizes, hair, and imperfections than much glossy mainstream studio fare ...