ESSAY ON: Western Society and Body Image

Number of Pages 8

This research paper: This is an 8 page paper discussing society’s perceptions of the body and Western culture’s obsession with the body. Western culture’s obsession with the image of the body is very much a dominant topic among today’s sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists and feminists. The perfect body image that is expected today is detrimental to both men and women but it has been found that women have a higher possibility of being dissatisfied with their body shape and are more inclined to exercise to improve their body image rather than for health reasons. In addition, many critics believe that objectivity in body shape image is actually male-biased and ultimately effect women’s self image. Bibliography lists 10 sources.


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