but granting that statement: Does that mean that lesbians are more accepting of themselves at a higher weight or that their body image is more accurate than that of heterosexuals and therefore less of an issue? Or is it perhaps that female partners are less judgmental than male ones of appearance so there is less social pressure on lesbians to conform to unreasonable standard of beauty?
It also does not address more general anxieties that plague lesbians that heterosexual women generally do not have to deal with, or far more rarely, such as being fired/harassed if their lesbian status is discovered, lack of familial support, difficulties in finding an accepting religion, etc.
Since the links between anxiety and "comfort" eating is well documented even amongst heterosexuals I don't feel that the "body image" statement is conclusive evidence that the sexuality of the women involved is the defining factor. A contributing factor, probably; but the defining one, no.
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