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Accepted Paper:
Small muscles, self-management, and soft masculinity: the Male Body Attitudes Scale and the Eating Attitudes Test among young South Korean men
Lawrence Monocello
(The University of Alabama)
Paper short abstract:
Based on 100 young South Korean men’s responses to the EAT-26 and the MBAS, and person-centered ethnographic interviews with six men who varied in their responses, I describe how embodied masculinities, social relationships, and body ideals come to bear on their interpretations of survey items.
Paper long abstract:
This presentation examines young South Korean men’s response patterns to the Male Body Attitudes Scale and the Eating Attitudes Test, two scales used in psychological research to assess body dissatisfaction and risk for eating disorders. When psychological scales are applied outside their original cultural contexts, questions can acquire unexpected meanings that alter the ways in which people respond. Based on 100 survey responses and in-depth, person-centered interviews with six of these respondents chosen based on their responses, I describe the ways in which the meanings of questions transform within the South Korean context, with particular attention to attitudes about masculinity, social relationships, and male body ideals.