INTRODUCTION
In the formidable world of scholarly research, a small yet imperative and critical dispute remains unsettled. This conflict revolves around whether or not adolescent males suffer from body-image dissatisfaction, or more precisely, to what degree. Body image dissatisfaction as Sarah Grogan impeccably puts it “[is] a person’s negative perceptions, thoughts, and feelings about his or her [own] body” (Grogan 4). She and numerous other scholars believe that many adolescent boys are firmly concerned about their body image (Polce-Lynch et al. 1998; Ricciardelli and McCabe 2001). Supporting her inference through a qualitative method of focused group interviews, Grogan found that nearly all of her test subjects endeavored to acquire a body …show more content…
As mentioned earlier, Grogan and Hargreaves obtained their conclusions through focus group interviews. Although this method provides information on how groups of people think, as well as an insight into why certain opinions are held, it fails to bestow accurate data from respondents on an individual level. In the case of this topic, adolescent boys, as concluded by both Grogan and Hargreaves regard body image as a rather feminine issue or taboo to discuss (Grogan and Richards 2002; Hargreaves and Tiggemann 2006), and as a result, the aspect of self-censorship becomes significant. Thus, in order to obtain the most accurate and honest results, I will be conducting an anonymous survey to address this deficit and abrogate the present self-censorship anomaly. As Oscar Wilde once said “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth” (Wilde …show more content…
While my research has shifted the discussion’s ground from the current stance of male body image to how to restrain its growth, I was limited regarding representativeness. Considering that my survey was shared only on UBC-related groups over the social media, I lacked a sample that embodies a wider number of different individuals from different parts of society. Moreover, receiving only 180 responses. I lacked a larger number of responses that would have allowed me to generalize further strengthening my observations. However, regardless of these limitations, my research has certainly shed light on this critical issue that soon may spiral out of control. Future research can expand on these issues by collecting and inspecting much more data from a diverse sample of the population. Furthermore, stronger statistical and experimental methods could be consolidated to draw much more definitive conclusions on possible steroid usage among bodybuilders and male models. After all, it is crucial to protect and nurture the current generation of adolescent boys, as
In the formidable world of scholarly research, a small yet imperative and critical dispute remains unsettled. This conflict revolves around whether or not adolescent males suffer from body-image dissatisfaction, or more precisely, to what degree. Body image dissatisfaction as Sarah Grogan impeccably puts it “[is] a person’s negative perceptions, thoughts, and feelings about his or her [own] body” (Grogan 4). She and numerous other scholars believe that many adolescent boys are firmly concerned about their body image (Polce-Lynch et al. 1998; Ricciardelli and McCabe 2001). Supporting her inference through a qualitative method of focused group interviews, Grogan found that nearly all of her test subjects endeavored to acquire a body …show more content…
As mentioned earlier, Grogan and Hargreaves obtained their conclusions through focus group interviews. Although this method provides information on how groups of people think, as well as an insight into why certain opinions are held, it fails to bestow accurate data from respondents on an individual level. In the case of this topic, adolescent boys, as concluded by both Grogan and Hargreaves regard body image as a rather feminine issue or taboo to discuss (Grogan and Richards 2002; Hargreaves and Tiggemann 2006), and as a result, the aspect of self-censorship becomes significant. Thus, in order to obtain the most accurate and honest results, I will be conducting an anonymous survey to address this deficit and abrogate the present self-censorship anomaly. As Oscar Wilde once said “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth” (Wilde …show more content…
While my research has shifted the discussion’s ground from the current stance of male body image to how to restrain its growth, I was limited regarding representativeness. Considering that my survey was shared only on UBC-related groups over the social media, I lacked a sample that embodies a wider number of different individuals from different parts of society. Moreover, receiving only 180 responses. I lacked a larger number of responses that would have allowed me to generalize further strengthening my observations. However, regardless of these limitations, my research has certainly shed light on this critical issue that soon may spiral out of control. Future research can expand on these issues by collecting and inspecting much more data from a diverse sample of the population. Furthermore, stronger statistical and experimental methods could be consolidated to draw much more definitive conclusions on possible steroid usage among bodybuilders and male models. After all, it is crucial to protect and nurture the current generation of adolescent boys, as