年輕胖男性的肥胖經驗初探－從PTT「胖板」中男性的參與經驗談起

胖男性經驗向來少被討論。本研究意圖從「胖板」(Fatworld)的性別化現象起步，從年輕胖男性的胖板參與理解其肥胖經驗，發現「較少做感性抒發」及「較難獲得衣物資訊」兩點是胖男性少參與討論的緣由，另也發現有男性雖體態被視為「正常」，卻認為自己太胖，男性所追求的陽剛氣質不見得是「大體型」或「肌肉發達」。整體而言，「肥胖」對主流陽剛氣質或陰柔氣質來說都是威脅，而受陽剛氣質的刻板想像限制，胖男性容易壓抑肥胖經驗帶來的負面感受，在胖板締結情誼並發展論述的可能性減低。胖男性與女性同樣面臨衣物穿搭問題，各風格的衣物都收編在標準化生產中，肥胖者總是被排除在運用衣物展現自我的實踐之外。大尺碼女性衣物開始發展而胖男性衣物資訊仍貧乏，處在鼓吹男性裝扮的消費社會中，胖男性便落入裝扮慾望擴張但難以滿足的矛盾裡。「胖男性」並非本質化集體，肥胖之於胖男性的意義，對個體來說具多義性，需考量其它個人身分條件才得以建構圖像。肥胖已成為全面的身體意象焦慮，不僅是女性問題，在亟欲脫離肥胖的當代社會，我們需要各性別的肥胖者聲音，以理解肥胖者處境。本研究初探對象限於年輕的異性戀漢人胖男性，其他本土脈絡中的男性肥胖意義圖像，仍待全面發展。

關鍵字

男性；身體；身體意象；肥胖

並列摘要

Whereas the body image and experience of overweight women have been wildly discussed, the experience of fat men is seldom studied. The aim of this paper is to explore young men's experience of being fat by understanding fat men's usage of PTT online forum ”Fatworld,” the biggest discussion board on ”fat” topics in Taiwan.Fat men do not participate as actively as fat women in the ”Fatworld,” which is open for users of all gender. There are two main causes, one is: the belief that ”Men shouldn't be too weak or emotional” limits their willingness to share their feelings of social stigma. The other is: men's clothing information is much lesser than women's. Research result also shows that there are men whose bodies considered as ”normal size” feel themselves ”being too fat.” For those men, being ”big” doesn't link to the ideal masculinity, overall, fat is a threat to the construction of masculinity for young men.The understanding of fat men's usage in ”Fatworld” suggests that some fat men have been subjected to the stereotype masculinity and they are more easily to constrain their negative feelings about being fat, which may make their pressure of being fat seems invisible, meanwhile the possibility of bonding and developing discourses as the replication toward the dominating thought of body image is dim.The clothing consumption in everyday life is another theme. All clothing styles are incorporated in standardized production. Though we may agree that consumers may have their agency in usage, for example, to show self identity by dressing, on the other hand, fat people are eliminated in the first place by body size. Living in the consuming society, men's fashion is more highlighted, men are more aware of their body image. When the big-size female clothing information is getting richer, that of fat men's is still lake, which is a frustration for fat men. The meaning of ”being fat” needs to be explored in the context of an individuals everyday life. Structurally, ”fat” is becoming an anxiety for all gender.Fat is not just women's issue. This research focuses on the ”fat experience” of young heterosexual Han men in Taiwan; to explore the ”experience of being fat,” more research considered other factors of identity is needed.