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    Body Image Project

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    I visited the art gallery this month they are featuring Larry Kirkwood’s Body Image Project. The purpose of this exhibit to to help people understand that it’s who we are on the inside that makes us beautiful. The first thing I saw when I walked into the gallery was a big piece of cardboard with pictures from magazines and people who visited made comments about them. Overall‚ everyone who commented stated that beauty that we see in magazines is not real. The people in the magazines

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    Media and Body Image

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    “Media and Body Image” The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)‚ an organization led by Ingrid Newkirk‚ fights for the rights of animals all over the world. According to PETA (n.d.)‚ its main goal is to give “attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms‚ in the clothing trade‚ in laboratories‚ and in the entertainment industry”. However in the year 2009‚ the animal rights organization

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    CO2520 Homework Week 3 Communicating Across Cultures Individualist cultures‚ such as those of the United States and Western Europe‚ emphasize personal achievement regardless of the expense of group goals‚ resulting in a strong sense of competition. Individualistic cultures are those that stress the needs of the individual over the needs of the group as a whole. In this type of culture‚ people are seen as independent and autonomous. Social behavior tends to be dictated by the attitudes and preferences

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    disorders and gender. Surveys were issued to both males and females aged from 17 to 18 to investigate body satisfaction‚ opinions on the factors that influence eating disorders‚ and opinion on the growing importance of eating disorders in our society. The results showed that 75% of males were satisfied with their bodies where as only 33% of females were satisfied. 80% of participants agreed that body dissatisfaction stems from media sources such as magazines. Generally‚ females are more exposed to this

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    Managing Across Cultures

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    managing across cultures The determinants of a culture are the evolutionary product of a number of factors‚ including the prevailing political and economical philosophies‚ the social structure of a society‚ and the dominant religion‚ language and education. Language Is a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds‚ or conventional symbols. Language is one of the most defining characteristics of a culture. Countries with more than one language often have more than one culture. Eg Canada

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    Body Image and the media The idea of the ‘perfect’ body is pasted everywhere in the media. Whether it’s on the catwalk‚ in Hollywood‚ or in glossy magazines‚ the message is clear: skinny is sexy‚ or if you’re a guy‚ six packs are definitely in. With these sorts of media messages bombarded at us every single day‚ it is pretty hard to be happy with our bodies and have high self-esteem‚ unless‚ you already have the body that the media and the fashion industry thinks is ideal. And so what is ‘ideal’

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    Body Image Representations

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    The phenomenon of dress and bodily adornment has always been a matter of conflict. It seems that society is constantly trying to repress the notion of aesthetics being a priority in any sense. Generally speaking‚ we are taught from a young age that looks are not important and we should not use them to make judgements of people. This is then contradicted by the notion of a doting mother always concerned about their child’s appearance‚ a nervous girl on a first date spending hours attempting to find

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    Managing Across Cultures

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    .... 6 References........................................................................................................................................................... 7 Page | 1 Differences in Cultural Values 1. Literature Review Culture may be described as a collection of shared values that influence the perceptions within a given society‚ ethnicity or nation. These values influence the preferences that the said society holds as well as the way in which they respond to situations

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    Ethics Across Culture

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    diversity in the workplace is a challenge‚ and a job that the very people the rules are supposed to protect misuse. People hired will always have different cultural and ethical backgrounds. More the than the color of an individual’s skin form their culture and ethics. They arrive from dissimilar countries‚ states‚ regions‚ and neighborhoods. They will be of different genders and social backgrounds. Cultural diversity in the workplace can help progress the company’s aggressive spot in the marketplace

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    perfect body‚ it is not hard to see why so many women have become ashamed of the body they were given. The media reinforces this notion of thinness‚ and it is evident in the increase of eating disorders not only affecting models‚ but also celebrities‚ athletes and many women across the nation. Not only do we see emaciated models‚ but even mannequins are undersized‚ thus promoting a warped image of what the average woman looks like. The glorification and glamorization of this ultra-thin body pressures

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