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肌肉情结和形体困惑让人欢喜让人忧

“Should I lose some weight?” “How do I look in these clothes?” “Am I sexy enough?”

“我要不要减肥？”“我穿这些衣服看起来怎么样？”“我性感惹火吗？”

Sound familiar? You’ve probably heard your female friends or roommates asking themselves such questions while looking in the mirror. But it’s not just women who worry about their looks. Men are becoming more conscious of their body image, too. According to studies, more than 50 million men in the US have body image issues.

听上去很耳熟？你可能曾听到闺蜜或舍友照镜子时这样自言自语。然而，关注外表不再只是女性的专利，男士们也越来越注重自己的身材与外形。相关调查显示，超过5千万的美国男性遭遇“形体困惑”。

“From a historical perspective, people have focused more on female body image because women are perceived to have more body image issues,” Heather Hausenblas, a University of Florida psychologist, told NBC’s Today morning TV show website. “But that’s not necessarily the case.”

“从历史角度来看，人们更加关注女性的外形，因为在他们眼中，女性更容易遭遇形体方面的困惑,”来自弗罗里达大学的心理学家希瑟•奥桑布拉在接受NBC《今日秀》网站采访时说道。“而事实却并非如此。”

A survey by Today found that 53 percent of men said they felt insecure about their appearance at least once a week, and that they worried about their appearance more than about their health, family, relationships, or professional success.