“Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall…Who is the Fairest of Them All?”—Body Image and Its Role in Sexual Health

Abstract Changing times on a global scale have seen a paradigm shift in the perception of “idealness” of body shape and construct of beauty. This has far-reaching impacts on several spheres of life from psychological, physical, as well as sexual health. The influence of attitudes, beliefs, culture, art, geography, and technological advances has been explored with the premise of body image impacting sexual health and functioning. The role body image plays in sexual health has been studied widely from the Western perspective mostly in women, but studies in the Indian context are limited to weight, body mass index, eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorders, rather the relation between body image in sexuality or sexual functioning.