Gender Difference Regarding Body Image: A Comparative Study

The concept of body image has been the centre of attention for the past few decades. Every person has certain kind of view about his/her physical appearance; some people consider themselves attractive, others consider themselves “unattractive”. This attitude towards one’s body is actually our body image; the perception, thinking and feelings about one’s body and also how other perceives them. Body image is a subjective perception of one’s body. Body image is world wide important factor in people’s life, 74.4% women and 46% men with normal weight reported that most of the time they thought about their physical appearance; focus on appearance most of the time is a risk factor for the increase in negative body image. Negative body image is discrepancy between current and ideal body. It does not only relate to weight or shape of body but also included facial features, skin color, muscles tone and height [1,2].