Table 4.
Prevalence of low, neutral, and high scores on items assessing body image-related comfort with sex.
| Men | Women | Vs. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low % |
Neutral % |
High % |
M | SD | Low % |
Neutral % |
High % |
M | SD | d | |
| Sex Appeal: My body is sexually appealing | 25 | 27 | 48 | 3.25 | 1.03 | 28 | 20 | 52 | 3.24 | 1.11 | 0.01 |
| Nude Appearance Satisfaction: I like the way I look without my clothes on | 36 | 23 | 42 | 3.03 | 1.17 | 48 | 17 | 35 | 2.74 | 1.27 | 0.24*** |
| Sexual Acceptability: Body image affects my feelings of acceptability as a sexual partner | 27 | 16 | 57 | 4.61 | 1.73 | 34 | 15 | 51 | 4.38 | 1.83 | 0.13*** |
| Sexual Enjoyment: Body image affects my enjoyment of my sex life | 23 | 22 | 55 | 4.64 | 1.68 | 30 | 21 | 49 | 4.41 | 1.77 | 0.13*** |
Note.
p < .001,
p < .01,
p < .05.
Frequency distributions are provided to show the percentage of men and women who scored on the low, neutral, or high end of each body image measure. For example, 25% of men disagreed that their body is sexually appealing, scoring on the low end of the Likert scale below the midpoint of the Likert scale. Means and standard deviations for each sex are presented. Effect size d and statistical significance for differences between men and women are shown in the last column. A positive effect size indicates that men scored higher on the measure than women (e.g., men were more likely to say that they like the way they look without their clothes on, d = 0.24).