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University of Missouri-Columbia
Surprisingly, female models have negative effect on men
December 4th, 2008
Many studies have shown that media images of female models have had a negative impact on how woman view their own bodies, but does this same effect hold true when men view male models' A leading researcher of media effects on body image at the University of Missouri looked at the effect of male magazines on college-age men. Completing three different studies, Jennifer Aubrey, assistant professor of communication in the College of Arts and Science, found that unlike their female classmates, it was not the same-sex models that affected the males negatively, but quite the opposite. In her research, which will be published in Human Communication Research, Aubrey found that...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-04)
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