Women's Body Image

Women's Body Image.
When it comes to how satisfied they are with their own bodies, notions women hold of what men appearance for in females may be key, a late study suggests. Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas found that women are happier with their arrange if they believe that men prefer full-bodied women a substitute of those who are model-thin. "Women who are led to believe that men prefer women with bodies larger than the models depicted in the media may participation higher levels of self-esteem and lower levels of depression," direction researcher Andrea Meltzer, a social psychologist at Southern Methodist, said in a university message release.

The study included almost 450 women, the majority of whom were white, who were shown images of women who were either ultra-thin or larger-bodied. Some women were also told by the researchers that men who had viewed the pictures had tended to lodge the thinner women, while others were told that men had preferred the larger women. Both groups of women then completed a questionnaire meant to assess how they felt about their weight.