Physical Self Flashcards
Tangible aspect of the individual, the one with figure, the one that can be seen, touch, and the one that feels pain
Physical self
First artist to devise a canon for a human body with the idea that certain proportions would operate as a model of perfection
Greek sculptor Polyclitus (ancient greece)
Myanmar neckrings
Iran rhinoplasty=status
How you think and feel about your body
Body image
Body image statistics
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1 80% women say they get insecure from the image of women in television, magazines etc
2 42% girls first through third grades want to be thinner
Self stats
Do you compare your body to images you see on social media
Girls
Boys
Girls - yes 87.73%
no 12.27%
Boys - yes 65.37%
no 36.63%
Male beautimometer scale
God
- major god
- full god
- minor god
- demi god
Super handsome
- mega handsome
- super handsome
- lower super handsome
Middle class handsome
- pretty handsome
- average handsome
- okayish handsome
Plain
- fair
- not bad
- plain
Ugly
- ugly
- very ugly
- horrible
A type of man usually located within a metropolitan setting, who devotes a lot of time beautifying his body and spending considerable amounts of money on contemporary fashion
Metrosexuality
“perfectible” body
Made body increasingly unstable and a site of serious suffering and disorder
The most well-known eating disorder
Anorexia Nervosa
Generally view themselves as overweight, even if they are dangerously underweight
Anorexia Nervosa
Tend to constantly monitor their weight, avoid eating certain types of foods and severely restrict their calories
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa 2 types
Restricting type
Binge-eating and purging type
Weight lose solely through dieting, fasting or excessive exercise
Restricting type
May binge on large amounts of food or eat very little. In some cases, after they eat, they purge in. vomiting, taking laxatives or diuretics or exercising excessively
Binge-eating and purging type
Uncontrollably consume large amounts of food in short periods of time, then purge
Bulimia nervosa
Symptoms may appear very similar to the binge-eating or purging subtypes of anorexia nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Individuals usually maintain a relatively normal weight, rather than becoming underweight
Bulimia Nervosa
Obsession with proper or healthful eating
Orthorexia
People become fixated with healthy eating that they actually damage their own well-being
Orthorexia
Serious mental health condition characterized by a preoccupation with one or more flaws in appearance which are often minor or non-existence, leading some to call it as “______”
Body dysmorphic disorder
Imagined ugliness
Criticizing yourself or others because of some aspect of physical appearance
Body-shaming
Can lead to vicious cycle of judgment and criticism
Body-shaming
Body-shaming manifests in many ways
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Criticizing your own appearance through a judgment or comparison to other person
Criticizing another’s appearance in front of them
Criticizing another’s appearance without their knowledge
Body image -> self-esteem -> mental health
How did you feel when you misplaced your phone
73% panicked
14% desperate
7% sick
6% relieved
