From aesthetic labour to affective labour: feminine beauty and body work as self-care in UK ‘lockdown’

Wood, Rachel

doi:10.1080/0966369x.2023.2192892

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“…From our viewpoint, the greater engagement in self-care reported in prior studies for female participants may reflect the more intense involvement of the girls’ mothers, whereas boys were found more likely to be controlled by their fathers ( Poku et al, 2022 ). We also suppose that such a difference was found due to social assumptions about girls being more precise and obedient, along with expectations that girls and women are more concerned about beauty and health ( Wood, 2023 ) than boys and men, for whom being too well-groomed could be considered unmasculine, especially in Russian culture ( Gough and Novikova, 2020 ). These expectations may contribute to both a subject’s behavior and parental evaluations.…”

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confidence: 99%

Child self-care autonomy in health (scale for parents): development, internal structure, and sex/age correlates

Mikhaylova,

Bochkor,

Osipova

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Autonomy in self-care practices in the health sphere is a critical characteristic for the survival of humans throughout the life span. Notably, however, the current literature lacks psychometrically sound instruments that measure this phenomenon among children without diagnosed chronic health conditions. The purpose of the present exploratory study was to develop, test, and provide data regarding the reliability and validity of the Child Self-Care Autonomy in Health (CSAH) scale. The piloted version of the CSAH yielded an 11-item instrument designed to reflect the parent’s perspective in measuring the extent of autonomy in self-care actions related to health for a child, whether diagnosed with a chronic illness or not. Data were collected through an online survey of a non-random sample of Russian-speaking parents currently residing in Russia (N = 349). The analysis focused on scale structure via principal component analysis and age/sex associations. The proposed CSAH may be of interest to social workers, health professionals, and parents seeking to ascertain schoolers’ autonomy in self-care practices in the health sphere and support building a stronger self-care mindset.

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confidence: 99%

Child self-care autonomy in health (scale for parents): development, internal structure, and sex/age correlates

Mikhaylova,

Bochkor,

Osipova

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…This aesthetic care also had typically and stereotypically feminine readings. There is a strong link between female care for aesthetics and beauty and self-care in terms of health and well-being [41], expressed in the idea of the "self-care imperative" [42]. Other studies have reinforced the idea that "quality of care" is a woman's task, including that of young adults [43,44].…”

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Beyond Words: Tapping the Potential of Digital Diaries While Exploring Young Adults’ Experiences on Apps

Alcaire,

Flores,

Antunes

2024

Societies

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In the dynamic landscape of online interactions, this article explores the use of digital diaries to unravel the intricacy of Portugal young adults’ experiences within the realm of apps and their connection to gender dynamics. By designing a digital participatory research method, we were able to reflect on the participants’ experiences in maintaining the requested diaries, scrutinize the major themes in the narratives generated through this approach, and examine how participants interacted with the prompts sent to them. Therefore, we delved into how participants both challenged and (re)negotiated these solicitations and how their agency led to an untapped reservoir of insights for the project in ways that went beyond words. There were visual and non-verbal elements that brought insights into young adults’ interactions with mobile applications, offering a comprehensive exploration of four key themes: mobile apps as part of young adults’ routines, between performance and authenticity, making the diaries their own, and elaborating on feelings. We also explored diary methods at the convergence of various disciplines and their high potential for contributing to topics related to gender, mental health, productivity, relationships, online identity management, apps in everyday life, intimacy, and more in creative ways.

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“…The capitalist industry then created a plethora of self-care products, including but not limited to skincare products. Therefore, the current discourse borne from the dire pandemic situation combined with capitalists' cunning strategy managed to raise excessive self-care product consumption in society (Wood, 2024).…”

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confidence: 99%

Skincare consumption behavior: Study of beauty discourse and consumerism among Gen-Z women of Javanese ethnicity

Amalia

2024

Mukadimah

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A significant surge of interest in skincare occurred due to growing awareness of maintaining skin health and beauty. This indicates a change in skincare as a necessity which contains complexity behind it. This study aims to unveil the involvement of various elements that produce and continuously encourage consumerism lifestyles among Javanese Gen-Z women using Herbert Marcuse's theory of one-dimensional man, alongside the concept of beauty discourse. This study uses qualitative methods with a phenomenological approach. This study shows that the development of consumerism lifestyle is influenced by the entire experience in consuming skincare. This includes the internalization of beauty discourse, the existence of financial strategies in the consumption process until the establishment of repressive tolerance which determines consumers’ integration into the capitalist’s repressively established system. Therefore, the degree of consumerism lifestyle determines consumers into certain dimensions, such as one-dimensional, semi-one-dimensional, and multi-dimensional consumers which gradually indicates a lower consumerism lifestyle.

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From aesthetic labour to affective labour: feminine beauty and body work as self-care in UK ‘lockdown’

Cited by 5 publications

References 35 publications

Child self-care autonomy in health (scale for parents): development, internal structure, and sex/age correlates

Child self-care autonomy in health (scale for parents): development, internal structure, and sex/age correlates

Beyond Words: Tapping the Potential of Digital Diaries While Exploring Young Adults’ Experiences on Apps

Skincare consumption behavior: Study of beauty discourse and consumerism among Gen-Z women of Javanese ethnicity

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