Eng0812 Active Reading Sheet for Honigman and Castle. Chapter 3. Your Name: Joshua Kurniawan Directions: 1.

In the article, highlight all the parts that address the questions below, and on the margins, write the main points 2. After you have read the article, and completed step 1, write a paragraph answer to the following questions Your answer SHOULD NOT be a copy of the original source, but a paraphrase of the ideas. 1. According to Honigman and Castle, what are the physical appearance concerns of men today? List and explain them in detail. According to Honigman and Castle, men today are generally concerned about body areas such as abdomen, muscle tone, chest, weight and height. Aside from that, there are also more specific factors such as hair and genitalia. Not only are men concerned about baldness and hair loss, but they also start to be concerned about having too much hair, thus making hair removal for mens thick dark body hair more common. As for genitalia, some men are concerned that their penis is too small. Not only the media always shows how to get a larger size penis using medications and surgical procedures, but some men in South-east Asia also have koro syndrome, which is a syndrome that makes the person think that their penis is shrinking. 2. According to the authors, what factors lead men to feel unhappy with their appearances, or to be concerned with their appearances? There are factors that lead men to feel unhappy and dissatisfied with their appearances. Same as women, these factors mostly include idealized male figure from the media such as magazines and Hollywood stars. Another factor is that there is the pressure of having muscular body from toys such as Star Wars and GI Joe action figures, as well as the comic books themselves. Also, sports play a role in young mans feeling about their appearances, since sports such as wrestling shows muscular figures that cannot be achieved naturally.

3. What do men do to feel more satisfied with their appearance? What behaviors do they employ? Same as women, there is the increasing tendency in eating disorders found in men. Anorexia to achieve thinner body and the usage of steroids to enhance bulking up the body becomes more and more common in the present time. This is definitely not a healthy way of living and may cause prolonged health problems in the future. Also, hair removal for excessive body hair has become more common in men since magazines depict ideal men as hairless and buffed. Genitalia enhancements also count for the things men do to make them feel better and more satisfied with their bodies. 4. Do Honigman and Castle discuss any body image disorders that affect men nowadays? Yes, they do. The body image disorder that is put in focus in the reading is muscle dysmorphia, which is the condition when males become obsessed with bulkiness and muscle. Men who have this disorder is the opposite of people with anorexia; they think that they are small but in fact they are muscular already. This causes them to do extra efforts in making their bodies more bulky than they already are, such as excessive workouts and using muscle-enhancing substances or drugs. Aside from that, there is also a body image disorder regarding male penises called koro happening to some Southeast Asian males, which is when they think their penises will shrink or retract with their bodies, causing them to do strange efforts such as putting weight on their penises to make prevent the shrinking. 5. Do Honigman and Castle offer any solutions to help men with body image problems? Yes, they do. While some mens desire to look better are still considered normal, men who have extreme body image disorders are encouraged to seek help from experts such as psychologists. However, most men with that disorder will not realize that they actually have that disorder and still think of themselves as normal. This is why Honigman and Castle also encourage family members to help men who have body image disorders to have a discussion about his disorder and problems it has caused and will cause in the future.