Table 1.
Gender gaps in body dissatisfaction.
Table 2.
Differential impact of body dissatisfaction on life satisfaction or negative feelings for boys and for girls.
Table 3.
The gender equality paradox in body dissatisfaction.
Fig 1.
Gender gap in body dissatisfaction and girls’ level of body dissatisfaction as a function of country HDI.
The figure displays the country-level gender gap (Girls-Boys) in body dissatisfaction, as well as girls’ body dissatisfaction, as a function of country level of Human Development Index (HDI). Body dissatisfaction is measured by the variable ThinkTooFat, which captures participants’ perception of being too fat. For the gender gap, the ThinkTooFat measure is standardized at the country level. Details on all measures can be found in the main text and the SI. Country codes from ISO3166-1 standard. Data Source for measures of Body Dissatisfaction: HBSC2018.
Table 4.
Gender differences in body dissatisfaction and gender stereotypes.
Fig 2.
Gender gap in body dissatisfaction and Girls’ level of body dissatisfaction as a function of country Gender Brilliance Stereotypes.
The figure displays the country-level gender gap (Girls-Boys) in body dissatisfaction as well as girls’ body dissatisfaction as a function of country-level Gender Brilliance (or talent) Stereotypes (GBS). Body dissatisfaction is measured by the variable ThinkTooFat, which captures participants’ perception of being too fat. For the gender gap, the ThinkTooFat measure is standardized at the country level. Country-level GBS measures are taken from [47] and are based on gender differences in attributing failure to a lack of talent in PISA2018. Details on all measures can be found in the main text and the SI. Country codes from ISO3166-1 standard.