Objectification: Is there really a perfect body?

Question 1

Objectification

Answer 1

The verb is to objectify.
It’s when we reduce people to objects. An example of this is advertising & the media & in particular the way woman have been shown.

Impossibly attractive & implausibly perfect models in movies & on TV.
Objectification can lead to issues in society such as inequality & discrimination.

Question 2

Role model

Answer 2

A role model is someone whose behaviour is seen as a good example for others to copy.

It’s presenting role models, models that people supposed to aspire to.
You are my role model. You’re too kind and I aspire to your level of professionalism.

Question 3

Aspire to

Answer 3

If You aspire to sth, it’s sth you can aim for, sth you want to achieve.
Self-conscious:
Self-conscious, you might get embarrassed & lose confidence in yourself.

Question 4

Aspirational

Answer 4

It’s adj., to describe the desire to improve part of your life.

This programme is aspirational for our audience.

Question 5

Narcissism

Answer 5

Narcissism, this is a condition where you spend so much time focusing on yourself, your own looks, your own body that you stop caring about anyone else.

It’s likely to generate higher levels of narcissism, self-consciousness, becoming obsessive about your appearance.

Question 6

Detrimental

Answer 6

Meaning having negative impact.

… in a way which is detrimental in the same sort of way that’s been detrimental to women really, for decades.