Body Image (INC)

Question 1

ideal feminine facial form

Answer 1

Small nose – not too long or too short
Small chin, but not so small there is no chin
Large eyes, but not so large that they ‘bug out’
Thin eyebrows, but not so thin that they look like they were drawn on with a pencil
Small lips
Straight teeth, and as white as possible
High forehead
Long neck

Question 2

gendered bodies: tv programming

Answer 2

what not to wear, etc emphasize improving physical appearance, getting as clsoe to the normative ideal as possible

Question 3

gendered bodies: plastic surgery

Answer 3

submitting to popular notions of the perfect body based on narrow constructions of ideal bodies depicted in pop culture, or empowering way to remedy one’s troubled psyche by aiding the unhappy in becoming fufilled?

Question 4

gendered bodies: female body builders

Answer 4

female body builders turn fat into muscle, which makes them lose the “feminine marker”. They are under pressure to do hair/makeup, get breast implants to display an appropriately feminine appearance.