Are action figures giving boys body-image anxiety?
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Just as Barbie dolls are blamed for giving girls warped ideas about the female body, Jonathan Wells asks whether childhood action figures are promoting unrealistic physical expectations among boys
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Action figures expose boys to unattainable and unrealistic body images - and 40% of American teens with eating disorders are now male
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