WS203 Study Guide - Final Guide: Carnivalesque, Physical Attractiveness, Masculinity
17 May 2017
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Prepare short answer responses to the following review questions based on the lecture topics and readings. Production and consumption have been understood in different ways. Production has been understood as an active rational, masculine site of social identity. Consumption is understood as the passive, irrational and feminine adoption of meanings prescribed through the production process. Shopping for pleasure as shopping brings women into the public realm of work, rather than leisure, where skills are rewarded. How did women"s definitions of beauty differ from traditional understandings associated with physical appearance, size, weight and shape according to the. Finding show that the ideas of beauty and physical attractiveness are both highly valued by society and are both almost impossible to attain. In contrast, beauty is more about what is on the outside, the physical attractiveness, it includes happiness, dignity, love and self-realization. Women feel most beautiful when they are happy and fulfilled in their lives, according to the dove"s global report .
