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Investigating Motivations for Women's Skin Bleaching in Tanzania
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Lewis, Kelly M.; Robkin, Navit; Gaska, Karie; Njoki, Lillian Carol – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
Why do many African women continue to use damaging skin-bleaching cosmetics that contain dangerous chemicals (e.g., mercury) that may increase their rates of infertility, skin cancer, and serious skin/brain/kidney disease? To address this question, our study investigated motivations driving the preservation of skin-bleaching practices in Tanzania.…
Descriptors: Females, Diseases, Foreign Countries, Cancer
Cultural Differences in Face-ism: Male Politicians Have Bigger Heads in More Gender-Equal Cultures
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Konrath, Sara; Au, Josephine; Ramsey, Laura R. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2012
Women are visually depicted with lower facial prominence than men, with consequences for perceptions of their competence. The current study examines the relationship between the size of this "face-ism" bias (i.e., individual or micro-level sexism) and a number of gender inequality indicators (i.e., institutional or macro-level sexism) at the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Gender Bias, Gender Discrimination, Human Body
Body Guilt: Preliminary Evidence for a Further Subjective Experience of Self-Objectification
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Calogero, Rachel M.; Pina, Afroditi – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
Two studies investigated body guilt (i.e., feeling regret and remorse over how the body looks and a desire for reparative action to "fix" the body) within the framework of objectification theory among predominantly White British undergraduate women. In Study 1 (N = 225), participants completed self-report measures of interpersonal sexual…
Descriptors: Evidence, Females, Self Concept, Anxiety
Somatic Attractiveness: As in Other Things, Moderation is Best.
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Freeman, Harvey R. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1985
Investigated whether a physical attractiveness stereotype exists when "attractive" is defined in terms of physique and "positive" is defined in terms of sex role characteristics and future life happiness. Sex role and life happiness were rated highest for those of intermediate attractiveness. Results for somatic beauty are discussed. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Interpersonal Attraction, Life Satisfaction
Structure and Content of Gender Stereotypes: Effects of Somatic Appearance and Trait Information.
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Freeman, Harvey R. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1987
Male and female subjects studied photographs of females who differed in somatic appearance and read information about traits. Subjects estimated the probability that the stimulus person possessed other gender-related traits and engaged in gender-related behaviors. Results support a multiple-component construction of stereotypes, with physical…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Higher Education, Labeling (of Persons)
"Feminism Lite?" Feminist Identification, Speaker Appearance, and Perceptions of Feminist and Antifeminist Messengers
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Bullock, Heather E.; Fernald, Julian L. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2003
Drawing on a communications model of persuasion (Hovland, Janis, & Kelley, 1953), this study examined the effect of target appearance on feminists' and nonfeminists' perceptions of a speaker delivering a feminist or an antifeminist message. One hundred three college women watched one of four videotaped speeches that varied by content (profeminist…
Descriptors: Feminism, Models, Persuasive Discourse, Physical Characteristics
Perceiving the Male versus the Female Face.
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Schulman, Gary I.; Hoskins, Mary – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1986
Studied perceptual processes in rating the good-lookingness of male compared to female faces, finding that more refined distinctions and discriminations, more extreme positive and negative ratings, and more concensus occur for female than for male faces. Facial expression (e.g., smiling) affected the rating of female more than of male faces.…
Descriptors: Facial Expressions, Interpersonal Attraction, Negative Attitudes, Physical Characteristics