Week 11 : Looking deviant, body image Lecture Flashcards
1
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How long does it take to label & judge someone on superficial things…
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- a tenth of a second
2
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Master status
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- our physical appearance is part of our master status & defines ‘who we are’
- Master status = primary level we attach to a person that subsequently defines who they are
- when we are making a judgement about someone based on how they look, we are looking at auxilliary traits underneath hat (e.g. morals, character) from how they look on the outside
3
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Beauty is cultural
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- standards (norms) are influenced by social power
- a lot of beauty standards are prescribed to us by specific moral entrepreneours/situations and these standards are different all around
4
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What is body image?
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- a subjective picture of ones own phsical appearance established by self-obervation & by noting the reactions of others (looking-glass self)
- transcends time and space
- ideological… we create an image of ‘beauty’ (ideal)
- there are things we can control and things we cannot (voluntary & involuntary)
- bodies tell us about the self, identity formation & how ppl understand themselves & attribute meaning to their physical appearance
- it is a construction
5
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What influences our body image?
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- society
- identity & health
- media
- friends, family & partners
- life experiences !!!!! (veterans, aging, pregnancy)
- it changes throughout our life & traumatic events can impact body image
6
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Military veterans & body image
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- physical injust due to combat/training (amputations/burns, etc.)
- more likely to survive injuries that once would have been fatal but the psychological impact can be profound… negative image, anger, managing stigma & isolation
- military culture… soldier identity (physical), underresearched, gender race ethnicity class intersect
7
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body image is an ideal
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- what we are trying to achieve is the ideal… not the norm
- ideal means perfect
- majoroity of ppl will never reach this
8
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Objective vs subjective
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- objective… looking at what it is about the person that makes it difficult to fit into the normalized idea of what it means to be normal in body (characteristics of the person)
- subjective… looks at characteristics of society itself & social relationships
- using them together we have a more full understanding
9
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sociall controlling weight
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- commercialization… money spent on body image, weight, weightloss, surgery, clothes is high, SUPER discriminatory
- medicalization… happens for too fat and too thin like pills, treatments, BMI labels
- government… policies centrered around weight (public health, workplace health & safety, etc.)
- community… control/socially steer weight
10
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Pathologized bodies
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- women feel as though their bodies have been pathologized (weight was her fault)
- Eating healthy and going to the gym is super expensive so likeeeeee it is a disadvantaged process… led by shame
- body size controlling can lead to many health issues
- sizeism… discrimination based on body size
- not all obese ppl are unhealthy, unfit, to blame… not all thin ppl are healthy & not all ‘too thin’ have control
11
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Morality & weight (auxiliary traits)
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- link between morality & weight
- construction of body image is related more to those percieved traits under the surface than the body shape itself
- why goodness is linked to beauty and weight
12
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Why body image needs regulation
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- role of media in amplifying the significance of female attractiveness
- Lack of body confidence is linked to risky behaviour so, if we are not building ppl up in how they look they then are more likely to engage in risky behaviour
- there needs to be a pressure to represent more variety & realistic images
- need to develop social & political culture that makes the media, beauty & fashion industries more responsible (government can be a part of this)
13
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“body image is not a fact”
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- it is a social construction
- we percieve it to be a fact (BMI, e.g.) but they differ among cultures & times so how does that make sense
- our body image is based on flawed tools
14
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Resisting labels
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- some ppl resist these labels
- ppl minimizing fat shaming
- anas who resist label of anorexia & say there it nothing wrong with it
15
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Body art & deviance
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- becoming deviant is a process
- in body art is is an experience of changing something percieved as normal
- when we do body art being deviant becoes a part of our social status & identity
- being deviant is a social status… a relative position in society that becomes part of our social identity
16
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Auxilliary traits for body modification
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- hair dyed in the right colour & way is a positive but if someone does it weird it can work against them
17
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Who gets to decide what is beautiful art and what is not?
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- philosophy of aesthetics dives into this
- it has been getting better but it is still not the norm with tattoos
18
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What people get tattoos of matters
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- extension of self, demonstrate group identity, women can pick images of femininity of opposite as a way of resistance
- this is kinda biased
- women discriminated against more for having body art than others (they also judge each other more)
19
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Body art objective vs subjective
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- objective… ppls body projects tell us about characteristics of the individual
- subjective… tell us about characteristics of society, society relationships & the self
20
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Studies on body art
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- originally symbol of belonging & membership
- then associated with carnivals, circus ppl, class & crime
- body modification & riskby behaviour
- more likely to donate to charity/do volunteer work
