PSY 535 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Stereotype Threat
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Representations of gender: chapter 3 + gill article. Sample quiz is more than just a sample, preview of exam. Research finding that is counter-intuitive, myth debunking focus on for multiple choice. Replete with perfect, unattainable physicality and rigid sexual standards for both males and females. Reflect specific notations of femininity and masculinity and few deviations from norm. Lower self-esteem, lower body satisfaction, lower body esteem, more eating disorder symptoms, excessive exercising. Males experience pressure to conform to muscular ideal body negatively exposure to ideal images. More body dissatisfaction, less body esteem, less self-esteem more depression, excessive exercising. But african american females report greater positive body image vs. Watching tv females > more hours watch tv with white cast most body dissatisfaction. Watching tv black females: no effects of white female cast, tv with black cast more body dissatisfaction. But for asian american females double bind. More mainstream media effect more body dissatisfaction.
