SOC 214 Lecture Notes - Human Body Weight
Document Summary
A quote: talent counts thirty percent: appearance counts seventy [chinese proverb] We are a judgemental society, society judges us. Physical appearance is the stimulus for social typing or labelling that we do to others or are subjected to daily. Forms of control [informal and formal] related to physical appearance. Voluntary physical appearance: forms of physical appearance subjected to measures of social control is voluntary. Also involves political and philosophical undertones as well. Involuntary physical appearance: forms of physical appearance where there may e no choice and results in stigmatization. People cannot fully participate based on physical disabilities that are nonconforming. Some forms of physical appearance are both voluntary and involuntary. Physical appearance as deviant body weight: too fat , too thin , and ideal . Ideal appearance: looking a way that is perceived as normal or conforming. Countries like great britain, usa, and canada perpetuate the idea that the ideal is strongly on the thin /attractive side.
