"Research also shows that while men primarily evaluate their bodies in terms of effectiveness, women judge their bodies on the basis of appearances, leading to the hypothesis that the greater incidence of body dissatisfaction among gay men is due to their susceptibly to negative self-assessments in both domains, since they are socialized as men and sexually objectified like women."
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Benjamin Lipton, Gay Men Living with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities: From Crisis to Crossroads, Taylor & Francis, (June 11, 2014), p. 47
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