An American academic has found that when women have a negative or poor body image, they also tend to take part in riskier behaviours, including unsafe sex and substance abuse.  Virginia Ramseyer Winter, assistant professor of social work at the University of Missouri, has dedicated much of her professional career to studying body image in relation to women’s physical, mental and sexual health.

An American academic has found that when women have a negative or poor body image, they also tend to take part in riskier behaviours, including unsafe sex and substance abuse.  Virginia Ramseyer Winter, assistant professor of social work at the University of Missouri, has dedicated much of her professional career to studying body image in relation to womenu2019s physical, mental and sexual health.

Women with poor body image more likely to take dangerous risks, says academic

Low self-esteem can contribute to risky sexual behaviour and substance abuse