“The first thing I want you to know” Jeremy said, “is that I hate my body.” As I strained to hear these words, spoken by a frail 16-year-old boy, I was struck by the intensity in his voice, in spite ...

Gay, bisexual, and queer men have worse body image than our heterosexual counterparts—a finding I, as a gay man, can personally attest to. By body image, I mean our thoughts, feelings, and attitudes ...

When we think of body image issues, many might think of women struggling to conform to impossible ideals of beauty and thinness. Much less often do people think or talk about how and why men could ...

Exposure to body positive imagery on social media increase body satisfaction and reduces weight concerns in both men and women, a new study reports. Exposure to body positive imagery on social media ...

Researchers say today's AI platforms often default to common biases and stereotypes when prompted to generate images of people, including athletes. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

Exposure to body positive imagery on social media increase body satisfaction and reduces weight concerns in both men and women, a new study from the University of Surrey reports. During this unique ...

While there are some universal features of attractiveness, standards of beauty vary by culture, and even by time period within the same culture. If you watch movies and TV shows from the 1950s and ...

When prompted to create images of female and male bodies, artificial intelligence platforms overwhelmingly reproduce and amplify narrow western body ideals, a University of Toronto study has found.