SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS: Women are controlled – Women’s weight and social disciplining

• Authors: Okrój, Agnieszka

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the common belief that men create the standards for female physicalattractiveness. I argue that whilst women’s bodies have certainly been controlled for a longtime, disciplining for deviation from the defined standard has not only been exercised bymen but also by other women. I show that this kind of control in particular is frequent andintense and attacks women by different communication channels.

Keywords

EN

femininity; body; attractiveness; Social Control

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 17(4)
• Pages: 107-119

Dates

published

2017-08-28

Contributors

author

Okrój, Agnieszka