Study Questions Number 7
Chrisler Chapter 6. Christine A. Smith. Women, weight, and body image.(76-93)
Crawford & Unger. Nellie Wong, When I was growing up. (91-92)
hooks Introduction. (vii-x)
hooks 1. Feminist politics: Where we stand. (1-6)
Pipher 4. Families--The root systems (74-100)
 
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Date: 2-15-05
Psychology 358
Hal S. Bertilson, Ph. D.
1. What is your reaction to the creation of a psychiatric diagnostic category for body dysmorphic disorder? (81)
2. What meanings might a thin body represent? (84)
3. What might it tell us that a thin, restrictive beauty ideal was dominate at times of the three waves of feminism? (84)
4. How can women be convinced that this ideal of childlike thinness is desirable and attainable? (85-88)
5. What is "objectification theory?" What is your reaction to the idea of an "objectification theory? (86)
6. From its earliest inception, the feminist movement was polarized. In what ways was it polarized? (4-5)
7. What is bell hooks criticism of lifestyle feminism and power feminism? (5-6)