ISS 3100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Femininity, Facial Hair, Hegemonic Masculinity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Interdisciplinary Social Science
• Course: ISS 3100
• Professor: Julie Simmons

Document Summary

Aging, femininity, and the body: what appearance changes mean to. Introduction: a commonsense assumption in u. s. culture is that as women age, they should try to retain a youthful appearance. Past research: overall, the literatures on body image and the body in general ignore aging women with 2 exceptions, the aging literature overlooks lesbians and everyday issues of the body. In general, studies on aging find that women feel conflicted or negative about their bodies as they age mainly because of dominant beliefs about femininity and looking young. Theoretical framework: since feminist theory has only recently attended to aging women, it is not surprising that there is a lack of empirical research on how diverse groups of aging women experience their appearances. 5 who talked about abuse are lesbians: women associated weight gain with abuse in 1 of 2 ways: as a symbolic scar or as a sign of self-reliance and self-acceptance.