Appearance: Physical Looks, Body Image, Gender, and Sexuality
Appearance is the visible way a person looks and may include body features, clothing, grooming, movement, and presentation, while influencing body image and social perception.
Self-Objectification: Body Surveillance, Appearance, and Sexuality
Self-objectification is viewing and judging one’s body from an outside observer’s perspective, often increasing appearance monitoring, anxiety, and sexual self-consciousness.
Body Comparison: Appearance Standards, Anxiety, and Sexual Confidence
Body comparison is the habit of judging one’s body against other people or appearance ideals and may influence body image, anxiety, confidence, and sexuality.
Appearance-Based Teasing: Body Image, Shame, and Sexual Confidence
Appearance-based teasing involves unwanted jokes or ridicule about physical appearance and can affect body image, self-esteem, relationships, and sexual confidence.
Body Checking: Appearance Monitoring, Anxiety, and Body Image
Body checking is repeated monitoring or measuring of one’s appearance or body and may reinforce anxiety, body dissatisfaction, comparison, and sexual self-consciousness.
Appearance Anxiety: Body Image, Self-Consciousness, and Sexual Confidence
Appearance anxiety is persistent worry about how one looks or how others may judge one’s appearance, and it can affect body image, confidence, intimacy, and daily life.