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Gendered Bodies Flashcards

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Adonis complex

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Makes obsessed with building muscle to the point where it impacts interactions with others, employment, self image

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Tyranny of muscularity

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Obsession with building muscle, may look fit but isn’t actually

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Muscle dysmorphia

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Belief you are too small

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Locker room syndrome

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Creates anxiety, fear of being judged

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Penile erectile dysfunction/ impotence

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Hegemonic man, always ready to go, undermines self worth , enlargements / injections

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Male gaze

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Depict the world and women from a masculine point of view presenting women as objects of male pleasures

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Westernized beauty

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White beauty ideal (tall, thin)

Racial used women don’t often have this

Internalized oppression

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Fat phobia

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Feat and dislike of obese people and or obesity (systemic)

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Body positivity

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Feminist movement that encourages people to adopt more forgiving and affirming attitudes towards their bodies

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Beauty myth

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Obsession with physical perfection- being flawless

Naomi wolf
Body turn into prisons
Beauty consumption: Cosmetics, dieting, exercise

Internalized oppression
Self objectification
-constant competition, insecurity

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Changing beauty ideals across cultures / over time

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Chinese small feet
African American like thicker women 
Ring in mouth 
Spacers
Long neck
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Ageism

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Prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a persons age

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Ableism

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Active discrimination against disabled people, FOCUS on disability as their defining character

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Disabilities

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A physics or mental condition that limits a persons movements

Often feel trapped, limited, dependant

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Invalidated masculinity

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Lost status

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Infantilization

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To treat or regard as immature

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Self objectification

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When we choose to evaluate ourselves based on appearance because that’s how we believe others adjudicate us

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Internalized oppression

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When people are targeted, discriminated against , or oppressed over a period of time

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Gender trends in health

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Women eat healthier

Sports are for men

Men live in the gym

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HIV/AIDS

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Considered a gay disease

Particularly in men

Sins they commit = punishment

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Colorism

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Prejudice or discrimination against I socials with a dark skin tone

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Fetishization

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Have an excessive and irrational commitment to or obsession with something

Making some time the object of sexuality

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Gender dysphoria

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The condition of feeling ones emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to ones biological sex

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Gender verification

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Sex test

Ex: semenya

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Transsexual

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A person who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex

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Transvestites

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A person, typically a man who derives pleasure from dressing in clothes appropriate to the opposite sex

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Title IX

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Women’s and girls sports must be funded at the same levels as those played by men and boys

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SRS

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Sexual reassignment surgery

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The male body

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Weight and fitness management

The tyranny of muscularity

Adonis complex and muscle dysmorphia

Increasing objectification

Locker room syndrome

Eating disorder and body modification

Penile erectile dysfunction
Hegemonic man , always ready to go , enlargements

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Gender and health

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health risks are unequally distributed

Medical research focuses on male bodies
Heart disease is a men’s disease

Advocacy for female diseases

Gendered health-related social behaviours
Women take better care of the sleeves , men don’t see the doctor as much because that makes them weak

Sexual health
Gay cancer HIV

Sexual responsibility/birth control
“Don’t get pregnant”

Class and ethnicity are additional determinants of health

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Feminine beauty ideals

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Defined narrowly and nearly unreachable

Male gaze
Serve to attract the opposite sex

Westernized beauty
(White beauty ideal)

Obesity and fat phobia
Weight regulation

Size discrimination and body shaming
Has to be just right

Body positive movement

Ageism
For men: age = power and experience

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Gender and disabilities

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Infantilization

Employment discrimination

vulnerable to sexual abuse

Asexual beings
(Without feelings)

Invalidated masculinity
Undermine your status , try to overcompensate

Internalized oppression
Presented from dominant point of view
Develop resentment

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