Social Norms Of Feminism

Feminism is a very diverse topic and can include anything on women’s rights from how women should be treated to how they are included in the fitness industry. Throughout their life, females are held to different standards than males (Brabazon 2006). They are told to look and behave in certain ways; they are treated separately from men in ways of women’s rights, their wages, and how they are looked at from society (Brabazon, 2006). However, if a women was to deviate from the social norms, she becomes the object for jokes, gossip and discussions between others around her (Brabazon 2006). Men do not seem to have these same social norms, they are looked at as superior to women, and tend to not have to act and look certain ways, in order to be treated …show more content…
Nevertheless, just because you are thin, does not mean you are healthy and just because you are fat does not mean you are unhealthy (Brabazon 2006). Weight has nothing to do with your fitness level, it does not mean you can run or lift more/less than the skinner/fatter version of yourself (Brabazon 2006). Fitness and exercise is to allow the body to be healthy, to live a full life, and to feel good about yourself as a person, male or female (Brabazon 2006; Lyons …show more content…
These competitions show that women can lift weights and now look bulky and masculine; however, they still feminize women heavily (Scoot-Dixon). These women have minimal to no sponsors, which means they have to pay for everything out of pocket, because sponsors will not give the money to women, their prize money goes down every year, even though the men’s prize money is going up, and much more women are competing than men (Scott-Dixon). Both genders are being judged on how they look, but men are being judged on how big their muscles are, whereas, most women are being judged on how good they look in a bikini, which enlarges the body image issue even more and goes against the point of being an athlete (Scott-Dixon). In reality, bodybuilding has nothing to do with masculine and feminine, it has to do with loving your body and wanting to change it just how you may want it (Scott-Dixon). It is to empower women and give them something to look up to, along with the multiple health benefits that keeping in shape can do (Brabazon