Research Paper The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p) Volume 8, Issue 1, DIP: 18.01.039/20200801 DOI: 10.25215/0801.039 http://www.ijip.in | January- March, 2020 © 2020, N Rao, V Sharma & M Ola; licensee IJIP. This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A review on body image concerns among men and its consequences Neha Rao 1 *, Dr. Vikas Sharma 2 , Dr. Manpreet Ola 3 ABSTRACT It is often that when we talk about body image it is mostly discussed in context of women and men are mostly disregarded. With growing trend of having a perfect body and high standards of body ideal, it has become difficult to achieve body satisfaction among both men and women. This review gives and comprehensive overview of concerns related to body image among men and further risks. Keywords: Body image, body concerns, body satisfaction, body dissatisfaction People in the 21 st century feels more dissatisfied with their bodies than people from earlier time due to the rise of fitness, scope of cosmetic surgery and portrayal of high beauty standards. The concept of masculinity and femininity has been associated with certain body features and appearances of a person. In modern times, masculinity is usually seen through body of heavy built with full biceps and triceps, eight pack abs, lean waist and broad shoulder. Men are also subjected to achieve these unattainable body goals through magazines, television, media and even peers. Body image perception and satisfaction researches have only discussed the constructs of female population but body image concerns among men has immense stigma attached to it. It is often undiagnosed and barely treated because men are required to manly and tough due to the social construct of masculinity. Body image is an individual perception of himself and his feelings towards his body. This term was first coined by Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst Paul Schilder in his book ‘The Image and Appearance of the Human Body (1935) ’. Literature on body image has been concerned with two aspects; Body perception and body satisfaction. Body perception is related to the physical aspect of their body. This is an i ndividual’s assessment of the physical aspects (e.g. body weight, body shape, height etc) of their body and the extent to which this assessment is accurate. 1 M. Phil. Research Scholar, Amity Institute of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Gurugram, India 2 Head of Department, Amity Institute of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Gurugram, India 3 Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Gurugram, India *Responding Author Received: January 10, 2020; Revision Received: February 14, 2020; Accepted: February 25, 2020