Review Questions III

Question 1

Who created the Panopticon?

Answer 1

Jeremy Bentham

Question 2

Who discussed the body as a site of disciplinary Power?

Answer 2

Michel Foucault

Question 3

When the body is referred to as a “site of disciplinary power” what does this mean?

Answer 3

Discipline exercised on bodies (of workers) in society (industrial capitalist) to ensure productivity

Question 4

Discipline usually comes in what form?

Answer 4

The normalizing gaze (from an authority) which we internalize, then begin to self discipline

Question 5

How are gymnasts exposed to the normalizing gaze?

Answer 5

Through Judges Marking, Coaches training, equipment types

Question 6

How are women exposed to the normalizing gaze every day?

Answer 6

Society evaluates women based on appearance which is the normalizing gaze through which they internalize and then they self discipline to become the “ideal” or else they are susceptible to punishment from society/patriarchy

Question 7

Politics of women’s body images and practices was written by?

Answer 7

Duncan