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MAGALLARES, Alejandro. Drive for thinness and pursuit of muscularity: the role of gender ideologies. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.2, pp.353-360. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy15-2.dtpm.

The female sociocultural beauty ideal is ultra-thin, while the male beauty ideal is related with a muscular body. In this paper it is argued that these differences may be explained by the gender ideology that men and women have. Data obtained from 615 female students (with a Body Mass Index between 18 and 30) revealed that participants high in a gender ideology scale reported greater drive for thinness and less pursuit of muscularity. In addition, women with low scores in a gender ideology scale showed the opposite pattern: high scores on pursuit of muscularity and low in drive for thinness. Finally, it is discussed why men and women adopt different strategies to deal with these beauty ideals.

Palabras clave : Body Mass Index; disordered eating; drive for thinness; gender ideology; pursuit of muscularity.

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