<p>I tried to google for <a href="https://www.google.it/search?q=female%2Bbody%2Bself%2Besteem%2Bstatistic&amp;oq=female%2Bbody%2Bself%2Besteem%2Bstatistic&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.8540j0j1&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=93&amp;ie=UTF-8#" rel="nofollow">female body self esteem statistic</a>. It seem that on a statistic basis women tend to see themselves as not being enough.</p>

<p>I wonder if there are evidence that this problem is related to <strong>social media pressures</strong> and if there is a <strong>gender bias</strong> on body acceptance related especially to <strong>western countries</strong>.</p>

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2016-02-05T20:58:19.530Z
Perhaps this is a "Western-World" problem due to the western media's ridiculous perception of beauty. Have you checked statistics for other parts of the world?
Mena Labib
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2016-02-08T13:30:58.583Z
@MenaLabib: yes, I've updated the question
Revious
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2016-02-11T02:13:49.343Z
Not an exact duplicate, but very close: http://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/12115/are-men-subject-to-optimism-bias-when-it-comes-to-assessing-their-sexual-romanti, and I do cover physical attractiveness in my answer, though not specifically body acceptance.
Arnon Weinberg
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Body acceptance: is there a gender bias?
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# Body acceptance: is there a gender bias?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-05)

I tried to google for [female body self esteem statistic](https://www.google.it/search?q=female%2Bbody%2Bself%2Besteem%2Bstatistic&oq=female%2Bbody%2Bself%2Besteem%2Bstatistic&aqs=chrome..69i57.8540j0j1&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#). It seem that on a statistic basis women tend to see themselves as not being enough.

I wonder if there are evidence that this problem is related to **social media pressures** and if there is a **gender bias** on body acceptance related especially to **western countries**.

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, social-psychology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Perhaps this is a "Western-World" problem due to the western media's ridiculous perception of beauty. Have you checked statistics for other parts of the world?  
> **username_0**: @MenaLabib: yes, I've updated the question  
> **username_2**: Not an exact duplicate, but very close: http://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/12115/are-men-subject-to-optimism-bias-when-it-comes-to-assessing-their-sexual-romanti, and I do cover physical attractiveness in my answer, though not specifically body acceptance.  

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