Chapter 7: Physical Appearance

Question 1

Body Projects

Answer 1

Ways we adapt, change or control our bodies

Question 2

Camouflaging

Answer 2

Normative processes
Ex. makeup

Question 3

Extending

Answer 3

Overcoming limitations
Ex. glasses

Question 4

Adapting

Answer 4

Effortful changes
Ex. weight loss

Question 5

Permanent Changes

Answer 5

Ex. tattoo

Question 6

Dramaturgical Approach

Answer 6

Impression management on the front stage

Question 7

Narrative Approach

Answer 7

Body art tells the stories of people’s lives

Question 8

First Tattoo Revolution

Answer 8

European explorers

Question 9

Victorian Era

Answer 9

Middle class fascination

Question 10

Tattoo Renaissance

Answer 10

1960s/1970s counterculture

Question 11

Dramaturgical Approach

Answer 11

Impression management on the front-stage

Question 12

Narrative Approach

Answer 12

Body art tells the stories of people’s lives

Question 13

Stigma of Women for Body Art

Answer 13

More likely to have sex on a first date
Sexual assault trial = guilty verdict is less likely when female victims have a masculine tattoo design

Question 14

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Answer 14

<18.5 = underweight
18.5-24.9 = ideal
25-29.9 = overweight
30 + = obese

Question 15

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 15

An eating disorder that causes severe fear of gaining weight

Question 16

Muscle Dysmorphia

Answer 16

Psychological preoccupation with the idea that one’s body is not lean or muscular

Question 17

Social Controls Targeting “Too Fat”

Answer 17

Interpersonal interactions
Media
Commercialization
Medicalization
Government
Communities

Question 18

Social Controls Targeting “Too Thin”

Answer 18

Medical intervention
Changes in modelling industry
Media
Interpersonal interactions

Question 19

Cultural Appropriation

Answer 19

Adopting elements of another culture without regard for their history or meaning

Question 20

Master Status

Answer 20

The primary label that we attach to a person that subsequently defines who the person is

Question 21

Established Femininity

Answer 21

The dominant cultural constrictions of what a female body should look like

Question 22

Resistant Femininity

Answer 22

Opposes gender dominant gender ideals