Blog 81 - Gay Male Body Image

A lovely discussion began from an idea in comments! Here a discussion and my opinions on how I feel about the issues dealing with my body. Its a hard subject to talk about because there is so much I can say really. But to make things easier I broke this video into topics that you can watch. Please make some video responses! I want to hear from you about this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBykR9GdOJ8 (link to the fabulous Jesse)

Pressures - 2:08
Anorexia / Bulimia - 3:22
Differences (between Canada & France) - 3:51
Gym - 4:28
Vanity - 4:58
Others - 5:33
Perfection - 7:10
Opinions (by you!) - 8:01

*music this week by Ditto - Histoire de Rien ft Barbarella (history of nothing)*

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• blackhamster39
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• Gay
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• Body
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• Jesse
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• Friesian86
• Pressures
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Gym
• Vanity
• Perfection
• Opinions

[theThunder]

Having anorexia or bulimia is not necessarily about being super skinny. Its about obsesseing over body image to the point of starvation, excesive exercise, binging and purging, abusing diet pills, abusing emetics, abusing laxitives, etc. Most of the time anorexia and bulimia develope in gay males BECAUSE they want to be more muscular, and super toned. I know thats where my eating disorder came from. So, I just wanted to point that out.

[blackhamster39]

thanxs for the comment. i never really thought about it with those words in mind . im getting more used to the word size dismorphia, or bigorexia.. have u heard them ? their are some good documentaries that are coming that i have heard about with names like that. but definately i know some of those people at the gym i go to.

[PreppyLifestyle]

All I have to say is you're HOT :D

[blackhamster39]

lol..thanks hehe

[eddschouten]

i work with dancers and am often painfully aware of my own physical shortcomings... but it's actually just myself projecting on my own (many many) insecurities. there is so much more to looks and i actually find 'shortcomings' attractive. there is nothing less interesting than those plastic dime a dozen guys w/ similar personalities and you're not hot forever.

[blackhamster39]

its true... i mean even if you are attractive you have to work on something special, some sort of beauty and wonder.. i always think of the scene in a streetcar named desire where she is talking about how she can offer a man companionship and wisdom and intersting things when her youth fades... it just comes to me when i think of growing old.. just cultivating yourself so you have something interesting to keep on with hehe .. thanks for the post

[williamash]

We talk like that because there is a particular water we import from the eastern esterita region of partikana and we drink it daily. The special water causes a slight lisp and abnormal behaviours as a side effect but the water helps to banish our homosexual tendencies.

[astrolabe1976]

great subject matter! just watched this documentary on Netflix called The Adonis Factor about the same thing. i know ive had my own issues with body image over the years. great video

[Dc3atl]

he is sooooooooo cute love the both of you guys!

[pabuboi]

psssh, the negative comment was about your OUTFIT, not YOU. You have no idea what being judged based on physicality is about.

[10333037]

Yes I agree with u that there is a gay stereotype that were all suppose to have muscles be really fit and have our hair perfect all the time.

And u are really cute, and let me say telling everyone that u are insecure at times it's such a turn on lol gtg;)

[nickgay29]

I have a big body tip issue going on In my life yes I feel that if you don't have the right body tip or don't have the right look then you don't fit in I do like to make myself look good but I feel the hole gay body tip issue is not helping

[Blake53]

I definitely feel like I have body image issues especially living in Los Angeles California where a lot of people tend to have these vain images of what is attractive and what is not.But I'm starting to get to point where I'm like F*** everyone who doesn't like me for me. If I have a cheeseburger or a midnight craving the world is not going to end.

[echoshadowlight]

I think more straight males are eating disordered/body image disordered than you might think; it's just that people assume that being a gym rat, taking steroids, obsessing over diet in order to get 'ripped', and obsessing over a six pack, bicep size, and chest shape are somehow considered normal and masculine pursuits, when really, it can be completely disordered.

[echoshadowlight]

@angel4run It's called homophobia.