Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Muscle Tone, Flapper, The 100-Mile Diet

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

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Gibson girl: domestic, obedient, mature, full breasts, hips and narrow waist, similar to marilyn monroe. Flappers: energetic youthfulness, skimpy dress, boyish ideal figure with no breasts or hips. Represents a move toward modernization: moves away from victorian dress, into the 20th century, shifting gender norms for women, more masculine dress and hairstyle represented (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s desi(cid:396)e to gai(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455) with men. Can compare the flapper ideal to the androgynous body of the 60s (such as twiggy), kate moss in the 90s. Might feel obligated to change body to fit a particular image. Feel compelled to dress or shape her body in a particular way. Feel compelled to match ideals by any means necessary, no matter how dangerous to her health. Adopt a lifestyle that compensates for not fitting in. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to (cid:272)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)u(cid:272)t he(cid:396) ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) i(cid:374) the i(cid:373)age of the ideal (cid:271)(cid:455) pu(cid:396)(cid:272)hasi(cid:374)g particular items.