Gender and Bodies Flashcards
How many disabled people are in Canada, and what is their poverty rate compared to non-disabled individuals?
13.7%, 14.4% vs 9.7%
What is the poverty rate of those with cognitive/psychological disabilities?
22.3%
What is disability rate of men and women?
12.5% for men and 14.9% for women
What is the Male Gaze?
Coined by Laura Mulvey, a film studies theory that says audiences are encouraged to take perspectives of heterosexual men by sexualizing female characters
Where was most of the concern around body norms and healthy eating located?
On men and their bodies
What was the stereotype around urban men?
They are weak and debilitated
How did marketers manipulate women’s fear of fat?
Fat-shaming and targeting mothers as the cause of childhood obesity (especially racialized women)
How do the rates of eating disorders differ between white and non white girls?
Non-white girls are less likely to develop eating disorders than white and middle class girls
What is muscle dysphoria?
When men feel they insufficiently muscular
Nearly / of all men significant body image disturbance, with __% of college men being dissatisfied
1/2, 43%
__% of Canadian have at least 1 tatoo
21%
Women are __% of all surgical and minimally invasive procedures
92
What transgender medical standards replaced the Dr. Harry Benjamin Standards of Care (SOC) and why?
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) as Benjamin’s standards were the gatekeeper model.
What country uses the gatekeeper model?
The UK (As opposed to Canada)
