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No more Mr Muscle: the activists championing body confidence for men – The Guardian
Body image issues are rising fast among men. But positivity campaigners are raising the profile of men of all shapes and sizes
Back in 2013, Kelvin Davis was shopping for a red blazer in his home town of Columbia, South Carolina, when he was publicly body shamed. The school teacher, who is 5ft 10in and wears 38in waist trousers, had not previously been concerned about his frame. The tipping point was when the sales assistant told me I was too big to shop there, he says, adding it was made worse by the fact that others overheard. I felt very insecure and didnt know how to deal with that.
So he turned online, launching his…
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