Parsons, a professor at Hunter College and founder of its Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training.
To get answers, VICE spoke with one of the study's authors: Jeffrey T. Could one of the drivers of these disparities be porn consumption? Gay and bisexual men report greater body-related stress and anxiety, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorders, as well as overall negative body analysis compared to heterosexual men, and they're also more likely to watch more porn (somewhere between 96 and 99 percent of us do, compared to 72 to 76 percent of straight men, according to multiple studies).
Typically, studies on porn habits have focused on whether they make gay viewers more sexually violent or increase sexual risk taking, but a recent survey of more than 1,000 gay men zeroed in on a different, apparently fertile, topic: body dysmorphia.
