Thin is in? Think again: the rising importance of muscularity in the thin ideal female body
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The existence of the thin ideal as a cultural phenomenon in Western society is supported by studies of social media content and post-hoc ratings of beauty pageant winners.
“That the thin ideal exists as a cultural phenomenon in Western society is supported by studies of social media content [e.g., (Boepple and Thompson, 2016; Boepple et al., 2016a)] and post-hoc ratings of beauty pageant winners (Bozsik et al., 2018).”
From The degree to which the cultural ideal is internalized predicts judgments of male and female physical attractiveness (2022) · cites this paper as Bozsik et al., 2018
Young women now report desiring a thin, muscular body over a solely thin body.
“However, young women now report desiring a thin, muscular body over a solely thin body (Bozsik et al., 2018;Gruber, 2007).”
From Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction (2022) · cites this paper as Bozsik et al., 2018
Our findings support the growing societal importance of both a thin and muscular body over a solely thin body.
“Our findings support the growing societal importance of both a thin and muscular body over a solely thin body (Bozsik et al., 2018).”
From Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction (2022) · cites this paper as Bozsik et al., 2018
Muscularity ideals seem to be emerging among women and therefore may be more likely to be held and transmitted among peer groups, not yet having been adopted by traditional media or parental sources of pressure.
“Indeed, research suggests that muscularity ideals seem to be emerging among women (Bozsik et al., 2018) and therefore may be more likely to be held and transmitted among peer groups, not yet having been adopted by traditional media or parental sources of pressure.”
From Incorporating social media and muscular ideal internalization into the tripartite influence model of body image: Towards a modern understanding of adolescent girls’ body dissatisfaction (2022) · cites this paper as Bozsik et al., 2018
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- Authors
- Bozsik, F., Whisenhunt, B. L., Hudson, D. L., Bennett, B., & Lundgren, J. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Missouri–Kansas City (US)
- Missouri State University (US)
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bozsik, Frances
- Venue
- Sex Roles
- Published
- 2018-01-25
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 9-10
- Pages
- 609-615
- ISSN
- 0360-0025 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2762
- OpenAlex
- W2788726603
- Cited by
- 189
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 20.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Sex Roles (publishedVersion)
- BearWorks (Missouri State University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- muscularity, thin ideal, ideal female body, body image, media representation of women, attractiveness, fitness, compulsive exercise, media literacy, body dissatisfaction
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