Body dissatisfaction can contribute to social, occupational and recreational losses, constituting a risk factor to health. This study aimed to evaluate the predictors of body dissatisfaction regarding demographic variables, media and life satisfaction among university students. The sample consisted of 321 participants older than 18 years. Body dissatisfaction, life dissatisfaction and media messages internalization were evaluated by Escala de Silhuetas para Adultos Brasileiros, Subjective Well-Being Scale and Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3, respectively. Data were collected by an online survey tool (SurveyMonkey®) and were analyzed using multiple linear regression. It was found that body dissatisfaction was positively related to inaccuracy in the perception of body size, Body Mass Index, life dissatisfaction, media messages internalization and television exposure. These findings evidence the importance of these predictors in the dynamics of body dissatisfaction, which support the development of preventive and treatment interventions.
Neste artigo as autoras discutem aspectos centrais das noções de bissexualidade, bifobia e monossexismo. Para isso, elaboram uma contextualização histórica do termo bissexual e seus principais usos, além de localizarem a emergência do movimento bissexual e realizarem uma breve definição de bifobia e monossexismo. Em um segundo momento, inspiradas em pensadoras/es das perspectivas queer e decolonial, problematizam os enquadramentos do monossexismo em um campo maior de saber-poder, analisando questões de apagamento e erotização das bissexualidades tanto no contexto heterossexual como nos movimentos LGBT. Tais reflexões sugerem a necessidade de que a discussão acerca das bissexualidades nos meios ativistas e/ou acadêmicos seja ampliada com vistas a um maior combate às violências bifóbicas e ao monossexismo colonial.
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