Gender comparisons of fat talk in the United Kingdom and the United States

Lucinda O. Payne; Denise M. Martz; K. Brooke Tompkins; Anna B. Petroff; Claire V. Farrow

doi:10.1007/s11199-010-9881-4

Gender comparisons of fat talk in the United Kingdom and the United States

Lucinda O. Payne, Denise M. Martz, K. Brooke Tompkins, Anna B. Petroff, Claire V. Farrow

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This study compared different forms of body talk, including "fat talk," among 231 university men and women in central England (UK; n = 93) and the southeastern United States (US; n = 138). A 2 (gender) by 2 (country) repeated measures ANOVA across types of body talk (negative, self-accepting, positive) and additional Chi-square analyses revealed that there were differences across gender and between the UK and US cultures. Specifically, UK and US women were more likely to report frequently hearing or perceiving pressure to engage in fat talk than men. US women and men were also more likely to report pressure to join in self-accepting body talk than UK women and men.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	557-565
Number of pages	9
Journal	Sex Roles
Volume	65
Issue number	7
Early online date	22 Sept 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9881-4
Publication status	Published - Oct 2011

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fat talkSelf-accepting and positiv
self-accepting and positive body talk
gender
cross-cultural comparisons

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