Body Image Blog 2

To me body image is how a person looks in the mirror and see's themselves but also how that same person thinks other view them.

I believe this is a very important topic to study because women need to learn how to feel confident in their own body and not strive to be this ideal image that may never happen for them. Maybe if we can learn to be more confident in our own body then there would not be so much depression in women and eating disorders.

Waves of Feminism:
1st: The first wave of feminism was giving women rights in general. The right to vote, to get a divorce, to be able to inherit money from individuals.
2nd: After being given all the rights, now they wanted equality. Women wanted to be equal with men. They wanted equal pay, equal work, etc.
3rd: Now that women had all the rights and equality, it was now time for an individual movement. Women wanted to get to their own goals in life and there was no big movement that was going to get them there, only themselves.

The standard of beauty has completely flip flopped over centuries. Once women were wanted to be larger and curvier because that meant that they were wealthy and had food. Also women were wanted to be pale because that mean they were not part of the working class. Now women are desired to be skinny and only weigh 120 lbs and to be tan and dark.

The definition of a body outlaw is one who does not conform to what society says bodies should look like. Ex. A women who weighs 200lbs going to a swimming park in a bikini.
Some examples of body outlaws in pop culture are:
Queen Latifah
Kirstie Alley
Jack Black
These are considered body outlaws because they are bigger than what society says they should be but they like the way they look