Yost, Megan R.

This article describes the development and validation of a new measure, the Attitudes about Sadomasochism Scale (ASMS). Exploratory factor analysis with 213 participants yielded four subscales (Socially Wrong, Violence, Lack of...

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Farrell, Amy Erdman

That we obsess about fat is evident. We have only to note our $60.5 billion weight loss industry in the United States, the 179,000 weight loss surgeries performed every year, or the annual BMI (Body Mass Index) report cards...

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Farrell, Amy Erdman

For more information on the published version, visit New York University Press's Website. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture has been published in Italian as Fat Shame: Lo stigma del corpo grosso. For more...

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Yost, Megan R. and Chmielewski, Jennifer F.

Research on body image has focused almost exclusively on heterosexual women and lesbians, leaving bisexual women's experiences largely ignored. The present study sought to gain an understanding of psychosocial factors...

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Farrell, Amy Erdman

Farrell, Amy E. '“When I Was Growing Up My Mother Cooked Dinner Every Single Day”: Fat Stigma and the Significance of Motherblame in Contemporary United States." Body Politics – Zeitschrift für Körpergeschichte 3, no. 5 (2015):...

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