ch 4- the body

Question 1

body image

Answer 1

the mental construct you hold of your body, the resulting attitudes and feelings, and the physical behaviors practiced towards your body

Question 2

components of body image

Answer 2

• perceptual/cognitive: what we know or think we know about the body
• affective: the attitudinal or emotional components of body image
  -behavioral: appearance management behaviors that are undertaken in response to our perceptions and feelings of the body

Question 3

cultural beauty ideals

Answer 3

size, age and combination of physcial attributes that society has deemed most desirable

Question 4

characteristics of cultural beauty ideals

Answer 4

• emphasis vary around masc. and fem. traits
• are socially constructed
• may shape how people in a given culture feel about their own appearance
  -may shape peoples appearance management behaviors

Question 5

middle age beauty ideals

Answer 5

a rouned body was desirable as it communicated affluence

Question 6

french empire beauty ideals

Answer 6

wide hips were considered attractive for women as a sign of fertility- acheived by pantiers

Question 7

16-20th century beauty ideas

Answer 7

slimness became increasing idealized, excess weight was associated with laziness and a lack of self control

Question 8

Mursi girsl and women beauty ideals

Answer 8

-pierce/stretch earlobes
-remoce their teeth to stretch their lips with clay plates
- use face and body paint
- participate in scarification
- decorate their bodies with beads

Question 9

chinese girls and women mid 10-20th century beauty ideals

Answer 9

binding feet at age 5, beraking toes that their feet would resemble 3-4 inch golden lotus

Question 10

Zo’e of Brazil beauty ideals

Answer 10

• men and women would pierce their chin with spider monkey bones when they were children, after the adult teeth grew in
• then replaced with a wooden plug: M’berpot

Question 11

Kalabari women of nigeria beauty ideals

Answer 11

• heavily associated with reproductive capacity
• historically, rounded hips with “wrappers” to emphasize fullness of the midsection

Question 12

body as a site of menaing

Answer 12

the body serves as a medium for expressing identity and socila values

Question 13

body postivity and acceptance

Answer 13

challenging traditional norms of beauty

Question 14

postfeminist discourse

Answer 14

• critiqu how society/media simultaneously promote traditional gender roles and women empowerment

Question 15

intersectionality

Answer 15

how race, gender, sexuality, and other identities intersect to impact expereinces of the body

Question 16

individualism and personal expression

Answer 16

how people present their bodies (fashion, body mods) to express the individual/theself

Question 17

health and wellness

Answer 17

notion that individuals are personally responsible for maintaining a healthy body

Question 18

obesity and body shaming

Answer 18

stigma around obesity, obesity framed as a moral failing- linked to social attitudes about health, disipline and responsibility