SOCB58H3 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
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2 chapters of additional reading for the course: articles will be handed out in class next week. questionable techniques in advertising are even more intrusive and aggressive than ever before: ones in the reading seem more tame than now. 166 (chapter 8) anorexic chic: kilbourne"s documentary claims: young girls and young women are suffering from the greatest issue of body image that societies have ever have. 60 70% of girls are affected by some eating disorder (dieting, extreme dieting, unhealthy attitudes: argument: media images of women are oppressing women in real society, counter argument critical thinkers. thinness > positive/negative: body weight, body lean tissue (muscle) + body fat = body composition, body fat normal range vary, athletic man 2, healthy man 4, athletic female 14-16% Less than 16% = illness: healthy female 16% I t depends where the fat is being carried vs. how much fat one has (e. g. pear vs. apple body shapes)