The Impact of Western Beauty Ideals on the Lives of Women: A Sociocultural Perspective

By Rachel M. Calogero, M. Boroughs, J. K. Thompson. 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Marketing

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Sexual Self-Esteem in American and British College Women: Relations with Self-Objectification and Eating Problems (2009, background): “Despite these apparent similarities in exposure to sociocultural appearance pressures among women representing different highly developed Westernized societies (Calogero et al. 2007; Orbach 1993; Thompson et al. 1999), the research findings from”
Body Size Stereotyping and Internalization of the Thin Ideal in Preschool Girls (2010, background): “…the multitude of negative outcomes associated with thin-ideal internalization for girls and women living in westernized societies such as the U.S. (Calogero et al. 2007; Greenfield et al. 1987; Stice 2002; Thompson and Stice 2001), we know very little about how early in development the…”
Cultural Influences on Body Size Ideals (2015, background): “Paramount among such sociocultural agents are the mass media, peer interactions, and parental influences (Calogero et al., 2007; Smolak, 2009).”
The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I (2010, background): “…decrease in the body size of media depictions of the ideal figure (e.g., Spitzer, Henderson, & Zivian, 1999; Voracek & Fisher, 2002, 2006), and the contemporary cultural ideal for women in socioeconomically developed societies is very thin (e.g., Calogero et al., 2007; Levine & Smolak, 2006).”
Objectification Theory Predicts College Women’s Attitudes Toward Cosmetic Surgery (2010, background): “1991), and in an effort to cope with incessant external pressures to meet beauty ideals (Calogero et al. 2007; Thompson et al. 1999), many women experience objectified relationships with their own bodies in the form of self-objectification and selfsurveillance.”
Oppressive Beliefs at Play: Associations among Beauty Ideals and Practices and Individual Differences in Sexism, Objectification of Others, and Media Exposure (2010, background): “As such, women in patriarchal societies do not have any real control over their bodies, and the body remains an important site 365 for oppression (Calogero et al., 2007; Smolak & Murnen, 2007).”