AKF - The Danish Institute of Governmental Research, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
Health (London). 2012 Jul;16(4):382-99. doi: 10.1177/1363459311425512. Epub 2011 Nov 7.
This study investigates gender differences in perceptions of body weight. Previous research has found significant gender differences in perceived weight-level, but less is known about weight perceptions of the opposite gender. Based on Danish survey data (859 women and 160 men), the discrepancy between BMI weight-level and self-perceived weight-level is estimated as well as the perception of one's partner's weight-level. Two main empirical conclusions emerge. First, there are significant gender differences in weight assessment. Whereas women assess weight according to the standardized BMI weight-levels for both genders, men assess weight according to gender. The weight-level of men is often underestimated by men themselves, but both men and women tend to overestimate the weight-level of women in the lower BMI deciles compared to standardized BMI weight-levels. Second, there is greater underestimation of weight-levels for individuals in the higher BMI--especially regarding weight perceptions of the opposite gender. These findings are discussed within a framework of socio-cultural theory of body image and gendered relations.
本研究调查了对体重的性别差异的看法。先前的研究发现，在感知体重水平方面存在显著的性别差异，但对异性的体重感知知之甚少。基于丹麦调查数据（859 名女性和 160 名男性），估计了 BMI 体重水平和自我感知体重水平之间的差异，以及对伴侣体重水平的感知。主要有两个经验结论。首先，体重评估存在显著的性别差异。女性根据两性的标准化 BMI 体重水平评估体重，而男性则根据性别评估体重。男性往往低估了自己的体重水平，但男性和女性都倾向于高估较低 BMI 十分位数女性的体重水平，而不是标准化的 BMI 体重水平。其次，对于 BMI 较高的个体，体重水平往往被低估，尤其是对于异性的体重感知。这些发现是在身体意象和性别关系的社会文化理论框架内讨论的。
