NEWS: What Gay Men Feel About Their Bodies

<p>Last month TheGayUK undertook some reader research to find out what gay men in the UK thought about their bodies.</p> <p>By Jake Simpson | 17th October 2013 </p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4600352531.png" width="460" height="227" alt="Reader Research | Source: TheGayUK" title="Reader Research | Source: TheGayUK"/></p> <p></p><p>Are we happy with our bodies? Well over 57% of us are unhappy or very unhappy with our bodies and guess what - nobody reported being Very Happy with their shape.</p><p></p><p>The research shows that we still have to go some way in <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/FEATURE-Becoming-Body-Confident/6771918">accepting our bodies</a>.</p><p></p><p>Sadly though our poor body image affects us in more than physical ways, with 73.1% of us believing that a good body is important to be successful and 56% of us reporting that poor body issues reduce our sex drive and nearly 58% of us actually being jealous of a partner’s body.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4600354646.png" width="460" height="323" alt="Reader Research | Source: TheGayUK" title="Reader Research | Source: TheGayUK"/></p> <p></p><p>Well over half of us would have or consider having cosmetic surgery with our stomachs, chests, butts and arms being the areas we are most unhappy about. </p><p></p><p>Despite this only under 4% have actually been under the doctor’s knife and had cosmetic surgery.</p><p></p><p>So which celebrity body do gay men, according to the research want to look like?</p><p></p><p>The top 5 are:</p><p>Ben Cohen</p><p>Brad Pitt</p><p>David Beckham</p><p>Tom Daley</p><p>Chris Evans</p><p></p><p></p><p>Want to read the full survey? <a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/downloads">Click here</a></p><p> </p>