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1	->''Some boys hate themselves\
2	Spend their lives resenting their fathers\
3	Some girls hate their bodies\
4	Stand in the mirror and wait for the feedback''
5	-->--'''Music/ArcadeFire''', "Creature Comfort"
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7	All people have bodies and all people are vulnerable to angst. Beauty standards can sometimes exclude people who are not quite slim, tall, or beautiful, so why not have a character angsting about their body? But body image is not always negative, and happily, we have tropes about characters who are fine with, and even proud of what they have, even if it is supposedly negative.
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9	Compare with AppearanceAngst, ObsessionTropes & PrejudiceTropes.
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12	[[index]]
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14	[[AC:Positive Body Image]]
15	* BigBreastPride: A woman is proud of having large breasts.
16	* CharmPoint: A character's InUniverse most appealing physical feature or personality trait, self-designated or not.
17	* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: A person admires how they look to the point that they're easily distracted by their own reflection.
18	* FatAndProud: An overweight character is happy that they are obese.
19	* InnocentFanserviceGirl: A character goes naked or wears revealing clothing because they are unaware of the nudity taboo and are clueless as to why their anatomy would be considered obscene.
20	* JustTheWayYouAre: A person is considered attractive without a makeover.
21	* PetitePride: A woman is proud of her flat chest.
22	* ProudBeauty: A character is proud of their good looks.
23	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: A character goes naked because they don't care about the nudity taboo. To hell with anyone who'd be offended by seeing their exposed body!
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25	[[AC:Negative Body Image]]
26	* ACupAngst: A woman is upset that her breasts aren't very big.
27	* AppearanceAngst: Being upset about the way you look.
28	* BabyDontGotBack: A character is ashamed their butt is small.
29	* BeautifulSexualAssaultVictim: Beautiful characters are more at-risk for sexual assault.
30	* BigPrickBigProblems: A man is unhappy because his penis is huge.
31	* BlemishedBeauty: An otherwise conventionally attractive person doesn't like their physical abnormality.
32	* CircumcisionAngst: A man is ashamed that he's circumcised.
33	* CompensatingForSomething: A man uses large weapons, vehicles or other objects because he is insecure about having a small penis.
34	* DCupDistress: A woman is upset about how her breasts ''are'' big.
35	* DefiledForever (often has overtones of this)
36	* FakeBoobs
37	* FakeMuscles
38	* FoodAndBodyComparison: Food is used as a metaphor for portions of the body
39	* FreakinessShame: One person is ashamed of a trait, someone else admires it.
40	* HeightAngst
41	* HollywoodHomely: Average looks are treated as ugly.
42	* HollywoodPudgy: Fat = bigger than HollywoodThin.
43	* HollywoodThin: Skinnier than normal is seen as normal/ideal.
44	* HugeSchoolgirl: An abnormally tall schoolgirl is isn't happy with her height.
45	* IAmNotPretty: A character is convinced that they are ugly.
46	* IndifferentBeauty
47	* IJustWantToBeBeautiful
48	* InvoluntaryShapeshifting
49	* InternalizedCategorism
50	* MuscleAngst
51	* TheNapoleon: Short and belligerent.
52	* NothingButSkinAndBones
53	* ShoeSizeAngst
54	* SoBeautifulItsACurse
55	* TeenyWeenie: A man isn't happy about his small penis.
56	* TinySchoolboy: A schoolboy is unhappy with his small size.
57	* WeightWoe: An overweight person is miserable about their obesity or when a character internalizes HollywoodPudgy and HollywoodThin.
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59	[[AC:General Body Image]]
60	* BeautyIsBest: Being beautiful is better than other traits.
61	* BuxomBeautyStandard: Women with large breasts are considered more desirable.
62	* HollywoodBeautyStandards: Most people are thin and toned.
63	* ObliviouslyBeautiful: Not noticing how beautiful you are.
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65	[[AC:Reactions To Body Image]]
66	* BemoaningTheNewBody: Reacting negatively to a transformation.
67	* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat
68	* HouseOfBrokenMirrors
69	* IAmBigBoned: An obese person insists that they're not really obese.
70	* RageAgainstTheReflection: A person breaks the mirror they're looking at because they hate how they look.
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