MAT 247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Joel Stein, Plastic Surgery, Skin Whitening
26 Feb 2018
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Visual perception: a method for analyzing appearance that includes a sensitivity to visual aesthetic dimensions of perception. Cultural ideal: the type of person a culture identifies as highly desirable or attractive. Skin bleaching: the complexion of identity, beauty, and fashion. Body image: is the mental construct people have about how their bodies. Body perception: how a person views their body. Not due to race but to perceptions of beauty. Reasons appear to be similar to tanning (self-esteem, peer pressure, and aesthetics) When we feel better about our bodies we feel better about ourselves. Body dissatisfaction: (cid:271)egi(cid:374)s (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)pari(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e s (cid:271)ody to others a(cid:374)d stri(cid:448)i(cid:374)g for a (cid:862)(cid:271)etter(cid:863) (cid:271)ody. Few people are perfectly satisfied with their bodies. Can lead to excessive exercise and dieting, self-induced vomiting, and plastic surgery. Joel stein writes: there is a growing use of cosmetic surgery among men. Finds that men are seeking it as a means to feel better about themselves.
