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Boys, Body Image and Sexualization: An Equal Opportunity Destroyer

June 5, 2012 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

Aug. 8, 2016 Update More new research shows marketing is responsible for creating body image issues with boys, which I've written about here, and certainly here devoted to the impact of 'bigorexia' on … [Read more...]

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