Summary Of Becoming A Certain Body
Becoming a Certain Body by Sharlene Hesse-Biber discusses the current issues surrounding body image, predominantly amongst women. This issue is continuing to grow in prominence, especially with the further development of social media. Women are constantly being pressured to conform to the standards of society which has its own set of consequences. Hesse-Biber includes real-life testimonials from young women regarding their feelings towards their body image.
This body image craze has led to many women believing they will receive certain rewards for maintaining the “ideal” weight and size. These rewards include, increased confidence, gratification for maintaining self control, a better self image and it can almost serve as a high for some women, …show more content…
This can be related to Mead and Cooley’s opinions on seeing the self. I would argue that their is a relationship between impression management and body image as it is almost always the aesthetic features that are one’s first impression and therefore body image becomes very important when managing impressions.
This intense focus on body image has led to the creation of the so called “cult of thinness”. This cult has a number of consequences, that negatively affect the daily lives of many women. Women often scrutinize their flaws in mirrors or compare themselves to other females, usually being overly critical. This cult can also result in unhealthy, obsessive behaviours such as extreme food monitoring. There are even examples of women creating so called shrines of the perfect body, further resembling the cult nature.
It is possible to connect the cultural ideal of beauty to self-expression, self-expectations and self-esteem. With regards to self-expression, women often feel as if they can’t be themselves because they are forced to conform to the body standards of society. Some women also set incredible self-expectations with regards to body image as a result of these cultural ideals. Failure to meet these expectations result in low self-esteem which incredibly
This body image craze has led to many women believing they will receive certain rewards for maintaining the “ideal” weight and size. These rewards include, increased confidence, gratification for maintaining self control, a better self image and it can almost serve as a high for some women, …show more content…
This can be related to Mead and Cooley’s opinions on seeing the self. I would argue that their is a relationship between impression management and body image as it is almost always the aesthetic features that are one’s first impression and therefore body image becomes very important when managing impressions.
This intense focus on body image has led to the creation of the so called “cult of thinness”. This cult has a number of consequences, that negatively affect the daily lives of many women. Women often scrutinize their flaws in mirrors or compare themselves to other females, usually being overly critical. This cult can also result in unhealthy, obsessive behaviours such as extreme food monitoring. There are even examples of women creating so called shrines of the perfect body, further resembling the cult nature.
It is possible to connect the cultural ideal of beauty to self-expression, self-expectations and self-esteem. With regards to self-expression, women often feel as if they can’t be themselves because they are forced to conform to the body standards of society. Some women also set incredible self-expectations with regards to body image as a result of these cultural ideals. Failure to meet these expectations result in low self-esteem which incredibly