Only men have muscles: boys’ ideas of being a man
Schools are being urged to include both girls and boys in body image awareness, following a new Flinders study which reveals boys believe they need to be strong to be a man.
Schools are being urged to include both girls and boys in body image awareness, following a new Flinders study which reveals boys believe they need to be strong to be a man.
Researchers from Flinders University are trying to find out whether boys’ participation in sports is driven by their parents’ perceptions of masculinity, and whether this impacts their overall wellbeing.