{"id":728,"date":"2017-01-07T18:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T18:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.body-mass.org\/portal\/?p=728"},"modified":"2017-01-07T18:11:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T18:11:42","slug":"why-men-have-more-body-image-issues-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.body-mass.org\/portal\/why-men-have-more-body-image-issues-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Men Have More Body Image Issues Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"article-excerpt\">How Hollywood ideals are messing with men\u2019s heads, leading real-world guys to take dangerous drugs<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<aside class=\"right-rail__container right-rail__container--ad\">\n<div class=\"right-rail__ad__wrapper right-rail__module\">\n<div id=\"right-rail__ad-4622653\" class=\"right-rail__ad\">\n<div id=\"tim_4\" data-google-query-id=\"CKqs5tjOsNECFVqOsgodtacOqg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8484\/tim\/health_3__container__\"><span class=\"ob_source\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"outbrain_widget_0\" class=\"OUTBRAIN right-rail__outbrain right-rail__module\" data-src=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4622653\/men-body-image-muscle-steroids\/\" data-idx=\"0\" data-dynload=\"\" data-os=\"win32\" data-browser=\"mozilla\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-widget-id=\"SB_2\" data-ob-template=\"timemag\">\n<div class=\"ob_strip_container SB_2\">\n<div class=\"ob_container\">\n<div class=\"ob_container_recs\">\n<div class=\"item-container ob-recIdx-1     ob-o\">Superheroes today are a lot more shredded than they used to be. The original Superman and Batman look almost willowy compared to our muscle-bursting modern-day versions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That\u2019s no coincidence. America is in the midst of a cultural shift in terms of the ideal male body image, and as the ideal man grows more muscular, men stuck in the real world with real bodies are growing less satisfied with theirs\u2014with potentially dangerous medical consequences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div id=\"brightcove-player-4750547433001\" class=\"video-js responsive-video vjs-mouse vjs-controls-enabled vjs-workinghover bc-player-SJa0Thl7_default vjs-dock vjs-ima3-autoplay vjs-ima3-html5 vjs-plugins-ready vjs-errors vjs-ad-controls vjs-has-started vjs-paused not-hover vjs-user-inactive\" data-video-id=\"4750547433001\" data-account=\"293884104\" data-player=\"SJa0Thl7\" data-embed=\"default\"><video id=\"brightcove-player-4750547433001_html5_api\" class=\"vjs-tech\" src=\"http:\/\/timeinc.brightcove.com.edgesuite.net\/rtmp_uds\/293884104\/201602\/3241\/293884104_4750560994001_4750547433001.mp4?pubId=293884104&amp;videoId=4750547433001\" preload=\"auto\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-embed=\"default\" data-player=\"SJa0Thl7\" data-account=\"293884104\" data-video-id=\"4750547433001\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"EOIuxRHshP6xXyT-control_bar_id\" class=\"vjs-control-bar\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"vjs-volume-menu-button vjs-menu-button vjs-menu-button-inline vjs-control vjs-button vjs-volume-menu-button-horizontal vjs-vol-3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Mute\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you think about the changes over the last 30 to 45 years in how men are depicted in Hollywood, cartoons, magazines and action toys, you\u2019ll see that men\u2019s bodies [today] appear much more muscular,\u201d says Dr. Harrison Pope, director of the Biological Psychiatry Laboratory at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts. These unrealistic media images have contributed to low body image satisfaction among men\u2014usually just considered a problem for women. A <a href=\"http:\/\/motto.time.com\/4352400\/men-women-body-image\/\">study<\/a> last year found that American men are just as likely as women to feel unsatisfied with their physiques, while another <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/eat.22592\/full\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> found adolescent boys who are dissatisfied with their body shape may be more likely than girls to self-criticize and feel distress. Studies have even shown that men feel worse about their bodies after playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/262570016_Virtual_ideals_The_effect_of_video_game_play_on_male_body_image\" target=\"_blank\">video games<\/a> with ripped characters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-video ad_brightcove_video right-rail-adjacent hide-ad\">\n<div id=\"ad_brightcove\" class=\"ad_brightcove_video-wrapper hide-ad\">\n<div id=\"tim_7\" data-google-query-id=\"CNDsm9jOsNECFRAhcgodh1oF6Q\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8484\/tim\/health_6__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8484\/tim\/health_6\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/8484\/tim\/health_6\" width=\"5\" height=\"5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;There\u2019s this drumbeat that muscularity equals masculinity, and so we\u2019re seeing more and more young men with muscle dysmorphia,\u201d says Pope. The consequences of this kind of thinking can be dangerous. As more and more men hit the gym in the hopes of transforming themselves into the Rock, many are also turning to anabolic steroids to achieve the muscle mass they associate with masculinity. Up to 4 million Americans\u2014nearly all of them male\u2014have tried steroids at some point, according to Pope\u2019s recent <a href=\"http:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2592911\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-shortcode health\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/pages.email.time.com\/web-opt-in\/\" method=\"post\" target=\"time_brief_popup\">\n<div id=\"newsletter-recaptcha-health\" class=\"newsletter-recaptcha\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a widespread misperception that anabolic steroid use is an issue of cheating in sports, but the vast majority of anabolic steroid users in this country are not athletes,\u201d says Shalender Bhasin, a men\u2019s health researcher at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital and Pope\u2019s co-author on a new <a href=\"http:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2592911\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> in the <em>Journal of the American Medical Association<\/em>. \u201cMost young men using these drugs are doing it to improve their appearance.\u201d<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>The potential side effects of anabolic steroids include premature death and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21290409\" target=\"_blank\">neurobehavioral disturbances<\/a>, like <span class=\"s1\">problems with thinking and attention.<\/span> But Pope says the links to heart problems are the most worrying. \u201cThere\u2019s a growing body of literature that suggests long-term steroid use can cause cardio myopathy, where the heart doesn\u2019t pump or fill with blood efficiently.\u201d That could lead to heart attack or stroke, he says.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet clear just how significant these heart risks are, because steroid use is a relatively new phenomenon. Pope says few men used them before the 1980s, and those early adopters are just now hitting their 50s and 60s\u2014ages when heart problems take their toll.<\/p>\n<p>Another big risk of steroid use is hormone dysfunction. \u201cIf you\u2019re taking steroids, your body sees all this testosterone coming in from the outside, and so it stops producing it,\u201d Pope explains. Bhasin says that can lead to psychiatric problems, from \u201croid rage\u201d to suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Also, when men stop using steroids, their bodies\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3062889\/manopause-aging-insecurity-and-the-2-billion-testosterone-industry\/?pcd=hp-magmod\">testosterone production<\/a> often struggles to ramp back up. The resulting lack of the sex hormone can lead to depression, irritability, erectile dysfunction, low sex drive and more, Pope explains.<\/p>\n<p>Few doctors or psychologists realize how common steroid use and abuse has become, say Pope and Bhasin, and almost none are trained to treat steroid addiction or dependence. Men taking steroids who want to quit therefore have few professional resources, which may lead many to go back on steroids or try other substances\u2014like cocaine or opioids\u2014in order to feel better, Bhasin says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil we see greater awareness of this problem and more attention paid to treating it,\u201d Pope says, \u201cmost of these men are on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>K\u00e4lla: http:\/\/time.com\/4622653\/men-body-image-muscle-steroids\/<\/p>\n<p>Diskutera artikeln p\u00e5:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Hollywood ideals are messing with men\u2019s heads, leading real-world guys to take dangerous drugs \u00a0 Superheroes today are a lot more shredded than they used to be. The original Superman and Batman look almost willowy compared to our muscle-bursting modern-day versions. That\u2019s no coincidence. 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