Body size and shape
WGSS
1- Body size and shape is a controversy subject in all cultures. Large-size is acceptable in some places around the world but the others would prefer the small size. We all have that idea “fat” means ugly, health issues and wrong habits of eating but that’s defiantly not true according to the chapter 4 some societies consider large women attractive and see their fat as an evidence of prosperity (The Beauty Ideal, 189). Also in the website Health At Every Size that there is myth about fat kills and I quote “ On average, “overweight” people live longer than “ normal” weight people”. So fat is not that big issue that society sees it, it’s more about beauty and health. Another thing the chapter mentioned that both men and women had to go through cosmetic surgeries to change their body shape, women to be more appealing and men to be more competitive in market place. On the other hand, Health at Every Size encourages accepting the real shape of our bodies and respecting the nature way it is. In my own perspective people who have plastic surgeries to change the way they look, they have problem in their self-esteem they change them selves to get more attention, but the real beauty comes from the inner soul. Sizeism is an individual, institutional, and social/cultural oppression, Obese people often get labeled lazy, unintelligent, unprofessional, and much more just because of their size. They suffer from their size almost everyday. But we shouldn’t connect intelligence to body size, but to the ability of our brains.
Clifford, D., Keeler, L. A., Gray, K., Steingrube, A. and Morris, M. N. (2010), Weight attitudes predict eating competence among college students. Family and consumer sciences research journal, 39: 184–193. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-3934.2010.02056.x
2- The mass media affect a lot of young women about their bodies. The search that conducted by Dara N. Greenwood and Sonya Dal Cin those white/thin beauty norms that derived from non-media sources like
1- Body size and shape is a controversy subject in all cultures. Large-size is acceptable in some places around the world but the others would prefer the small size. We all have that idea “fat” means ugly, health issues and wrong habits of eating but that’s defiantly not true according to the chapter 4 some societies consider large women attractive and see their fat as an evidence of prosperity (The Beauty Ideal, 189). Also in the website Health At Every Size that there is myth about fat kills and I quote “ On average, “overweight” people live longer than “ normal” weight people”. So fat is not that big issue that society sees it, it’s more about beauty and health. Another thing the chapter mentioned that both men and women had to go through cosmetic surgeries to change their body shape, women to be more appealing and men to be more competitive in market place. On the other hand, Health at Every Size encourages accepting the real shape of our bodies and respecting the nature way it is. In my own perspective people who have plastic surgeries to change the way they look, they have problem in their self-esteem they change them selves to get more attention, but the real beauty comes from the inner soul. Sizeism is an individual, institutional, and social/cultural oppression, Obese people often get labeled lazy, unintelligent, unprofessional, and much more just because of their size. They suffer from their size almost everyday. But we shouldn’t connect intelligence to body size, but to the ability of our brains.
Clifford, D., Keeler, L. A., Gray, K., Steingrube, A. and Morris, M. N. (2010), Weight attitudes predict eating competence among college students. Family and consumer sciences research journal, 39: 184–193. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-3934.2010.02056.x
2- The mass media affect a lot of young women about their bodies. The search that conducted by Dara N. Greenwood and Sonya Dal Cin those white/thin beauty norms that derived from non-media sources like