| 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) |
Name ___________________ 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) |