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According to previous research physical attractiveness plays an important role in our everyday life. People are treated differently on the basis of their physical appearance and from an evolutionary point of view physical attractiveness is a key factor in mate selection, being a cue of an individual's mate value and genetic qualities. Research shows that the highest attractiveness ratings tend to be given to physiques with a higher level of development of lean muscle mass and a V shaped upper body. Such a physique body constitution could indicates how a high level of physical fitness and a man's health of man and be a cue of the man's qualities as a mating partner. However, results of the previous studies are inconclusive due to the methods and stimuli employed. To address the shortcomings exhibited by the previous studies investigations, we ran two online studies. In the first study, women rated the attractiveness of a new and more extensive set of black and gray silhouettes derived from photos of the somatotypes. In the second study, we tested whether physical attractiveness of men can be increased by a voluntary change of their upper body shape. In both studies we were testing how interindividual differences of the female raters modulate the ratings of attractiveness. Results of the first study...

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-09-09T12:22:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) 69592.pdf: 1554008 bytes, checksum: a4164fd0e5077827e063c4790ee1d7f9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira. Departamento de Ensino. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e da Mulher. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. / Esta tese contem dois artigos, resultantes de uma pesquisa que objetivou analisar aspectos relacionados à prevenção contra a Aids em ambientes virtuais homossexuais masculinos que se centravam na veiculação do corpo. Tomou-se como referência a idéia de que o cibercorpo se encontra na cibersexualidade, onde o corpo do outro, virtualizado, passa a ser somente um lugar de visita, como uma página na Internet e o sexo entre eles é o ideal. O primeiro artigo traz uma proposta de reflexão sobre a relação entre a cibercultura e a saúde pública e sua utilização como meio para pesquisa, e não apenas como instrumento. O segundo traz os resultados da pesquisa de campo realizada em um website. O desenho metodológico utilizado foi de natureza qualitativa, focalizando tanto a análise dos sentidos subjacentes às ideias quanto a sua contextualização à luz de significados culturais mais amplos. Os artigos trazem reflexões sobre as necessidades da Saúde Pública, enquanto campo e área de estudos, voltar seu olhar para a cibercultura e as novas formas de interação, levando em consideração os aspectos sócio-virtuais. Entre os resultados encontrados destacam-se os seguintes: corpo masculino desejado formatado por músculos definidos e ausência de pelos; percepção de vantagens da internet na busca do parceiro sexual e uso ou não do preservativo como medida de proteção contra à Aids baseado em avaliações do parceiro. Conclui-se ser importante fazer do ambiente virtual um espaço de problematização de ideias e experiências em prol da realização do prazer entre as pessoas, do mesmo sexo ou de sexos diferentes, sem que haja adoecimento do corpo. / This thesis contains two papers, resulting from a research that aimed to analyze aspects related to AIDS prevention in virtual gay men environments which focused on the image of the body. It has taken, as a reference, the idea that the cyberbody meets in c i bersexuality , where the body of another , virtualized , becomes only a place to visit, as a web page and the sex between them is the ideal. The first article presents a proposal for a reflection on the relationship between cyberculture and public health a nd its use as a way of research, and not just as a tool. The second one presents the results of field research conducted in a website. The design methodology was qualitative in nature, focusing on both the analysis of the meanings underlying ideas as to th e context in the light of broader cultural meanings. Both articles bring reflections on the needs of Public Health as a field and field of study, returning his gaze to cyberculture and new forms of interaction, taking into account the socio - virtual aspec ts . Among the results , we highlight the following: the desired male body defined by muscles and without hair; perceived advantages of the internet in a search for sexual partners and use or nonuse of condoms as a protection against AIDS based on assessme nts partner. It is concluded that important to the virtual environment of a space questioning of ideas and experiences to assist the achievement of pleasure between people of the same sex or different sexes , without the body getting sick.

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A surge of "masculinity in crisis" discourse suggests that men are primarily responsible for lawlessness, social mayhem, violence and other forms of psycho- and socio-pathology. This crisis is attributed, in part, to hegemonic models of masculinity which restrict men to certain modes of behaviour and specific roles in society. This study investigates the content of a group of South African adolescent males' cognitive schemata for masculinity and gender roles. A qualitative mode of enquiry was used to identify the beliefs held by participants about manhood and gender roles. The findings of this study affirm that a hegemonic model of masculinity exists is the sub-culture of South African society represented by the participants and suggests that hegemonic masculinity in South African is both restrictive and damaging to men and society. / Psychology / M. A. (Psychology)

A surge of "masculinity in crisis" discourse suggests that men are primarily responsible for lawlessness, social mayhem, violence and other forms of psycho- and socio-pathology. This crisis is attributed, in part, to hegemonic models of masculinity which restrict men to certain modes of behaviour and specific roles in society. This study investigates the content of a group of South African adolescent males' cognitive schemata for masculinity and gender roles. A qualitative mode of enquiry was used to identify the beliefs held by participants about manhood and gender roles. The findings of this study affirm that a hegemonic model of masculinity exists is the sub-culture of South African society represented by the participants and suggests that hegemonic masculinity in South African is both restrictive and damaging to men and society. / Psychology / M. A. (Psychology)

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