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The authors conducted 2 studies to examine the stigmatization of the female and male body using photographic stimuli of real people. In the first study, 75 female and 55 male undergraduates rated a series of 50 photographs of women ranging in body mass index (BMI) on 3 items: gets teased, lonely, and lazy. Both male and female observers rated bodies on either side of BMI 19–20 kg/m2 higher for the gets teased and lonely items. For the lazy item, there was a clear pattern of greater stigmatization with increasing BMI. In the second study, 40 male and 40 female observers rated a series of photographs of the male body that varied in BMI and waist-to-chest ratio on the same items. Results showed that men and women judged overweight and more tubular men to be lazier, lonelier, and teased. These findings suggest that body size is an important characteristic to consider when examining body stigmatization among men and women. These results also show support for the beautiful-is-good bias.
Author(s): Swami V, Furnham A, Amin R, Chaudri J, Joshi K, Jundi S, Miller R, Mirza-Begum J, Begum FN, Sheth P, Tovée MJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Social Psychology
Year: 2008
Volume: 148
Issue: 5
Pages: 577-595
Print publication date: 01/10/2008
ISSN (print): 0022-4545
ISSN (electronic): 1940-1183
Publisher: Heldref Publications
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/SOCP.148.5.577-594
DOI: 10.3200/SOCP.148.5.577-594
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