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For Muscle Boys, Erick
Alvarez personally interviewed and surveyed hundreds of muscle boys,
poz jocks, athletes, circuit boys, muscle bears, and muscle daddies
throughout the United States.
Alvarez also includes exclusive
interviews with experts in many of the fields Muscle Boys discusses,
including art, GLBT history, media, medicine, photography, pornography,
psychiatry, and more.
In addition, Alvarez presents
in Muscle Boys the results of an online study of nearly 6,000
gay and bisexual men from around the globe. This survey was conducted
via two of today's most popular and successful muscle-bound Web sites:
BigMuscle.com and BigMuscleBear.com. The survey respondents hail from
North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East,
and South America - telling the stories of gym-bound gay and bisexual
men from 65 countries around the world.
Charts and graphs are coming
soon. In the meantime, please take a look at some of the findings presented
and discussed in Muscle Boys...
LIST
OF CHARTS AND GRAPHS
Figure 4.1 - Levels of aesthetic-influenced
pressure experienced within gay gym culture.
Figure 4.2 - Strata of pressure
sources that influence gay gym culture.
Figure 6.1 - Association of
gay gym culture to modern gay subcultures and stereotypes.
Figure 6.2 - Breakdown of independent
factors and goals that influence gay men to work out and/or get involved
with the gym.
Figure 6.3 - Levels of body
image satisfaction within gay gym culture.
Figure 6.4 - Gay gym culture
education strata.
Figure 6.5 - Masculinity: levels
of importance given to masculine appearance and behaviors in modern
gay gym culture.
Figure 6.6 - Masculinity: defining
traits in modern gay gym culture.
Figure 6.7 - How gay gym culture
alters and influences standards and expectations in modern gay self-image
and interpersonal relationships.
Figure 7.1 - Anabolic Steroids:
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Prevalence of Anabolic
Steroid use within gay gym culture.
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Comparison between Anabolic
Steroids obtained by prescription vs. obtained illegally.
Figure 7.2 - Anabolic Steroids:
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Percentage of gay gym
culture familiar with someone who has used Anabolic Steroids
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Percentage of gay gym
culture that would consider or refuse to take Anabolic Steroids
in the future.
Figure 7.3 - Different points
of view concerning the use of Anabolic Steroids for cosmetic purposes.
Figure 12.1 - Different perspectives
regarding sex in the locker room.
Figure 12.2 - Percentage of
men who have engaged in locker room sex.
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