SOCI 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Dieting, Hegemonic Masculinity, Masculinity
Document Summary
Sorority is all about appearance - the undesirable ones were kicked out. Fat denigration overlaps with racial" ethnic" and national discrimination. Links between body size and notions of belonging and social status. One-food, superfood fixes are always present, the food changes but the mentality stays. Constant surgeries to surpass the need to eat and be healthy. Fat is a social as well as a physical problem: only fat people have laziness, greed, etc. Body size as one important marker-along with gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality-to measure one"s suitability for the privileges and power of full citizenship. Shame and anxiety w/ fat nation and fears of obesity. Acceptance in this society will only go so far - fat people can"t be fully accepted. Other cultures used to view plumpness as a sign of status, but the introduction of. American television changed their perception of beauty to westernized and thin. Physical fatness automatically had social connotations; similar to race and gender.
