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Why does the public believe only women are victims of body image and eating disorders? Males are dangerously preoccupied with the appearance of their bodies just as women. Society has taught men that they should not be concerned about how they look. But countless numbers of men are sacrificing important aspects of their lives to working out compulsively. This leads to distorted body images, which ties together with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. Within the last decade, the media has portrayed the male physique as being very toned and muscular, well defined, with the physical characteristics of a runway model. These physical characteristics were once only targeted towards women, but currently put pressure on men to appear physically perfect. The negative results of these images, such as eating disorders which was once considered a predominantly female disorder, is now heavily affecting men. According to the American Journal of Psychiatry, two out of every one......

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