The measurements of male mannequins have been reducing steadily ... It's just enforcing the same unrealistic body expectations that have plagued fashion for decades. Body shame might help ...

The body size of 'male' and 'female' mannequins was assessed by two research assistants using visual rating scales. The study, published in the Journal of Eating Disorders, found that the average ...

Fashion mannequins communicate 'dangerously thin' body ideals. University of Liverpool. Journal Journal of Eating Disorders DOI 10.1186/s40337-017-0142-6 ...

While male mannequins were representative of a healthy weight, albeit “unrealistically muscular”, ALL the female mannequins represented an underweight body size which would be considered ...

Out of the 32 female mannequins they assessed , they found them all to be an underweight body size using visual rating scales. Researchers also looked into male mannequins and found the average ...

The study found that only 8 percent of male mannequins represented an underweight body size. But the fashion industry may discriminate against men in other ways, it pointed out. While researchers ...

Vocativ reports that the study surveyed a number of store mannequins representing both male and female body types using what they called a “visual rating scale.” They found that the average ...