Exploring Feminist Women's Body Consciousness

Autor/inn/en	Rubin, Lisa R.; Nemeroff, Carol J.; Russo, Nancy Felipe
Titel	Exploring Feminist Women's Body Consciousness
Quelle	In: Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28 (2004) 1, S.27-37 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-6843
DOI	10.1111/j.1471-6402.2004.00120.x
Schlagwörter	Females; Feminism; Self Concept; Focus Groups; Experience; Conflict + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Feminismus; Selbstkonzept; Erfahrung; Konflikt
Abstract	In a qualitative investigation of young feminists' experience of body consciousness, 25 feminist women each participated in one of 6 focus groups examining the ways they experienced body image and negotiated cultural messages about women's appearance. Participants described their experience with objectification and its impact on their body image, sense of self, and relationships with other women. Although feminism provided an alternative way to understand cultural messages and reframe negative thoughts, this understanding did not necessarily affect aesthetic reactions. Participants experienced conflict between their feminist "beliefs" and their "feelings" about beauty ideals and their own appearance. This conflict is interpreted in terms of a mere exposure effect and existing genderpower relations. Suggestions of ways feminist psychologists can support young women's strategies for resisting negative cultural messages are provided. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10