The So-Called ‘Women’s Issue’ That Affects Millions Of So-Called ‘Manly Men’ Too

Yeah, it sounds obvious, but body image issues affect men as well as women. I would know: I spent most of my life being really overweight, feeling bad about my fat. But losing a lot of weight didn’t really make me feel all that better about myself — I just got a different set of…

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Rajiv Narayan

Jul 11, 2013

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