Muscular Ideal: Body Image, Masculinity, and Sexual Attraction
The muscular ideal is a social preference for a lean, muscular body and can influence body image, masculinity, appearance anxiety, exercise, 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.
Muscle Dysmorphia: Muscularity, Body Image, and Sexual Confidence
Muscle dysmorphia is an excessive preoccupation with being insufficiently muscular or lean, often affecting exercise, body image, confidence, health, and relationships.