SOCIOL 3HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Defeminization, Long Hair, Antisexualism
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Week 10 breastfeeding politics and sociology of hair. Women and their hair by rose weitz. Purpose of article: argues women"s hair is central to their social position. Explores how women use their hair to gain power & analyzes benefits & limitations of this. They"re public and personal, and moldable (cut, colour, curl, etc. to suit own cultural preferences) De-emphasizes resistance & emphasizes accommodation to mainstream ideas about attractiveness. Attractive women more often hired, promoted, make more 31123$ These traditional strategies are the most common strategies women use to gain power through their hair. Attractive women with attractive hair have it better. Less lonely, more popular, more sexually experience, more likely to be married and marry men of higher ses, hired more often, promoted more often and paid higher salaries. Economic consequences to having your hair look attractive. Financial imperative for you to look a certain way.