1) Women’s Bodies and the Beauty Ideal
a) Western thought of the “deviant and inferior” found in Aristotle’s normal and abnormal discourse. Male body is “generic” female is a “monstrosity”.
i) Underlying the association to the inferiority of women, such as noted by Garland-Thompson. ii) Relates not only to women, but also those with “undesirable” bodies—such as those with physical disabilities.
b) Objectification
i) Degradation down to an object.
c) Commodification
i) Appears to be a result of objectifcation, where the constant degradation leads one to view someone as a mere object.
d) Commification and objectification together leads to the dismemberment of women.
2) Beauty “Ideals” Can Make You Sick
a) Certain needs are universal such …show more content…
i) More beautiful you are=more power.
e) Such standards lead to body hositilities to those with not as thin bodies.
4) Size Acceptance, Obesity, and Health
a) Is fat simply an aesthetic issue or a public health epidemic?
i) Is it a social construct?
b) Social and Economic factors to obesity and being overweight
i) Access to nutritious food. ii) Industrialized food processing
(1) High fat/high sugar foods cheap—relates to socioeconmic issues. iii) Cost for foods iv) Time
(1) Women are constantly running families, working, volunteering, and otherwise giving in their time that food/nutrition might be put on the back burner as “self-care” items that are of lesser importance.
v) Exercise. vi) Culture of self-care. vii) Overeating.
(1) Does this also relate to the advertising suggesting women drown their sorrows in ice-cream, or chocolate?
c) Some health professionals/researchers accuse WGS teachers of “downplaying” the issues of obesity.
i) “They see fat and their brains turn off.”
d) Black women are considered obese more frequently than white women according to their BMI.
i) Over 50% of black women apposed to 32% in white women.
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a) Western thought of the “deviant and inferior” found in Aristotle’s normal and abnormal discourse. Male body is “generic” female is a “monstrosity”.
i) Underlying the association to the inferiority of women, such as noted by Garland-Thompson. ii) Relates not only to women, but also those with “undesirable” bodies—such as those with physical disabilities.
b) Objectification
i) Degradation down to an object.
c) Commodification
i) Appears to be a result of objectifcation, where the constant degradation leads one to view someone as a mere object.
d) Commification and objectification together leads to the dismemberment of women.
2) Beauty “Ideals” Can Make You Sick
a) Certain needs are universal such …show more content…
i) More beautiful you are=more power.
e) Such standards lead to body hositilities to those with not as thin bodies.
4) Size Acceptance, Obesity, and Health
a) Is fat simply an aesthetic issue or a public health epidemic?
i) Is it a social construct?
b) Social and Economic factors to obesity and being overweight
i) Access to nutritious food. ii) Industrialized food processing
(1) High fat/high sugar foods cheap—relates to socioeconmic issues. iii) Cost for foods iv) Time
(1) Women are constantly running families, working, volunteering, and otherwise giving in their time that food/nutrition might be put on the back burner as “self-care” items that are of lesser importance.
v) Exercise. vi) Culture of self-care. vii) Overeating.
(1) Does this also relate to the advertising suggesting women drown their sorrows in ice-cream, or chocolate?
c) Some health professionals/researchers accuse WGS teachers of “downplaying” the issues of obesity.
i) “They see fat and their brains turn off.”
d) Black women are considered obese more frequently than white women according to their BMI.
i) Over 50% of black women apposed to 32% in white women.
1) Possible questions for