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- Title
Body image and sexual orientation: The experiences of lesbian and bisexual women.
- Authors
Smith, Marie L; Telford, Elina; Tree, Jeremy J
- Abstract
Western cultures promote a thin and curvaceous ideal body size that most women find difficult to achieve by healthy measures, resulting in poor body image and increased risk for eating pathology. Research focusing on body image in lesbian and bisexual women has yielded inconsistent results. In total, 11 lesbian and bisexual women were interviewed regarding their experiences with body image. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed that these women experienced similar mainstream pressures to conform to a thin body ideal. Furthermore, participants perceived additional pressure to conform to heteronormative standards of beauty since the normalisation of homosexuality and the increase in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender representation in mainstream media.
- Publication
Journal of health psychology, 2019, Vol 24, Issue 9, p1178
- ISSN
1461-7277
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/1359105317694486