RELG 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Heidi Montag, First Epistle Of Peter, Nanny
22 Jan 2016
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Equality rights (e. g. in education, the workplace, at home, etc. ) There are more women of power and means than ever before. But, these women feel less physically sure of themselves. Inexhaustible but ephemeral beauty work took over from inexhaustible but ephemeral housework . Video of woman"s image being photoshopped beyond recognition (v. famous vid) Body shaming comes in all shapes and sizes. Victoria"s secret images unrealistic standards of the perfect body". The perfect body real women (two images, difference unknown) Axe ad fat man made slim and sexy with spray (farce) Ted talk - : beauty and sexual/social exchange. In assigning value to women in a vertical hierarchy according to a culturally imposed physical standard, it is an expression of power relations in which women must unnaturally compete for resources that mean appropriated for themselves (12) Three critical components: supply, preference, and resources: beauty and immutability. Development of feminine ideal in modern history (1900-)
