Experiencing Sexism and Young Women's Body Esteem

Oswald, Debra L.; Franzoi, Stephen L.; Frost, Katherine A.

doi:10.1521/jscp.2012.31.10.1112

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“…The ambivalent mix of praise and category-based judgment can also have negative consequences beyond depersonalization. For example, women who personally endorsed or were merely exposed to benevolently sexist statements reported greater self-objectification and body shame (Calogero & Jost, 2011; Oswald, Franzoi, & Frost, 2012). In the context of psychotherapy, counselors who are unaware of the presence or inappropriateness of their own positive biases may act upon them when attempting to address clients’ psychological dysfunction (e.g., assuming an Asian student’s anxiety is related to academic pressure).…”

Section: Positive Stereotypes Influence Targetsmentioning

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Positive Stereotypes Are Pervasive and Powerful

Czopp

Kay

Cheryan

2015

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Stereotypes and their associated category-based processes have traditionally been considered largely within the context of the negativity of their content and consequences, both among the general public and the scientific community. This review summarizes and integrates extant research on positive stereotypes, which are subjectively favorable beliefs about social groups, and examines their implications for individuals and groups directly targeted by such stereotypes. Furthermore, we examine the beneficial and adverse implications of positive stereotypes for interpersonal and intergroup relations, as well as the ways in which positive stereotypes, more so than negative stereotypes, may contribute to and perpetuate systemic differences in power and privilege.

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Section: Positive Stereotypes Influence Targetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Positive Stereotypes Are Pervasive and Powerful

Czopp

Kay

Cheryan

2015

Perspect Psychol Sci

155

131

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“…She, therefore, spiralled into a radical decline of succumbing to bulimia in order to achieve a slimmer body. Jenny has also demonstrated how she has experienced a form of hostile sexism; women are exposed to this when they strive to maintain the ultrathin body, purely to receive praise from men [74,75]. This is also evident within Katie's reflection: Katie: "I had a boyfriend; I had big boobs definitely, and I had a boyfriend who-his boss used to call me thunder thighs.…”

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Exploring Women’s Experiences: Embodied Pathways and Influences for Exercise Participation

Clark

2019

Societies

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It has been well-documented that women face pressures to conform to a slim, toned, and athletic body, becoming “tyrannised” by beauty ideals. Under these contemporary ideologies of perfectionism, women are placed under constant surveillance, evaluation and, objectification and are thus reduced to “being” their bodies. However, there is little known about the potential relationships between different types of exercise, body image, and exercise motivation. With this in mind, this paper contributes towards a small but developing body of research that utilises feminist phenomenology to reveal twelve women’s early embodied motivations for exercising and draws upon material gathered from a three-year ethnography into the embodied experiences of women in fitness cultures. This paper delves into the influences on their continued participation over time and explores how these experiences shape their understandings of the embodied self and the broader constructions of the gendered body. The discussion provided illuminates how early influences on exercise participation and how pressures on women to conform to dominant notions of the “feminine” body are imposed by structural, cultural, historical, and localised forces in ways that affect and shape future physical activity participation, and the physical cultures where these tensions are played out.

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“…In addition, heterosexual intimate relations result in men idealising women within traditional feminine role, they adore, cherish, and act benevolently towards women due to the traditional relationships that are supposed to fulfil their dual desire for social intimacy and dominance. Therefore, benevolent sexism reflects apparently encouraging responses to women who are in these traditional gender roles (Oswald, Franzoi and Frost, 2012).…”

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‘I found that joking back actually made me not on edge, and I didn’t feel threatened’: Women’s embodied experiences of sexist humour (banter) in a UK gym.

Clark¹

2018

IJGWS

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Judgement over the use of derogative humour (e.g. sexist humour) has become increasingly critical within public domains. Many cases of everyday sexism have been well documented, with sexism being interpreted and experienced in abundant forms. Recent work has begun to critique humour in society, examining whether the framing of sexist comments as jokes alter the way in which we evaluate and understand its meaning. Drawing upon ethnographic data obtained from an ongoing research project, this paper delves into the embodied experiences of female exercisers within a UK 'working-class' mix-gendered gym. Through a feminist phenomenological lens, I explore how these experiences shape participants' understandings of the embodied self, the gym spaces they engage in, and the broader social constructions of the gendered body.Discussion provided highlights how women's experiences of sexism within the gym is heightened within particular spaces and times, and how comments received are considered within a dichotomous nature; i.e., that of benevolence or harm, or alternatively disguised as a joke or 'banter'.

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Experiencing Sexism and Young Women's Body Esteem

Cited by 14 publications

References 62 publications

Positive Stereotypes Are Pervasive and Powerful

Positive Stereotypes Are Pervasive and Powerful

Exploring Women’s Experiences: Embodied Pathways and Influences for Exercise Participation

‘I found that joking back actually made me not on edge, and I didn’t feel threatened’: Women’s embodied experiences of sexist humour (banter) in a UK gym.

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