The "Ideal" Female Form

Term Paper # 115955

Gender and Sexuality > Gender Studies
Women Studies > Marriage

A look at how females are portrayed in the mass media and treated in the home, school and workplace.

2,436 words () | 6 sources | APA | 2009 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper examines how the "ideal" female form as historically portrayed and accepted in popular culture negatively impacts women's health through the affirmation of gender roles of the past while forcing an unrealistic image of the way females should be, physically and mentally, upon cultures outside of our own.

Outline:
Introduction
Social Status Based on Gender
Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
Changing Gender Roles?
Improving the Portrayal of Women
High-Power Women
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Many aspects of social status and social class seem easy to overcome. It should be an incentive for women to recognize that they are not trapped in the status or class that society has labeled them as being associated with if they demand change. Obviously profession is a key indicator as to what kind of life that a person is able to live. Their income would be the first and foremost allowance of what is possible for them to attain no matter what their social rank. When a woman is on their own and marries or begins a career independent of her relationship, her status will most likely be different than her family's because of income and the profession that she chooses to go into (Hurst 36)."

Sample of Sources Used:

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Hurst, C. E. Social inequality: Forms, causes, and consequences. Fifth Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2003.
Lips, H. M. Sex and gender: An introduction. 5th ed. New York: Mc-Graw Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2004.
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