Download The Impact of Societal Standards on Women's Self-Perception and Self-Worth and more Quizzes Conflict Management in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Title (1) DEFINITION 1 Start this off with a little activity:So I want to you close your eyes and raise your hand if this has ever applied to you."Raise your hand if there was anything that you've ever wanted to change about your physical appearance."Now open your eyes and take a look. Youre not alone. TERM 2 Title (2) DEFINITION 2 Now I want you to close your eyes again and raise your hand if you have ever wanted to sign up for something, ask a girl/boy out, join a team, or take up a hobby but felt as though you weren't good enough to?And again, look around.And finally, how manyof you have ever felt personally victimized by Regina George? TERM 3 Intro (1) DEFINITION 3 Right, now we can all see that were not all so different after all. So throughout a number of decades, women have been conditioned to believe they are not worthy unless they possess certain assets. These ideas have been reinforced through a number of stereotypes.As a consequence, women have lowered their self perceptions and adopted a deafest attitude. So when will this stop? TERM 4 Intro (2) DEFINITION 4 oEach and every day women are being oppressed by society's standards to look, behave and feel a certain way. oSociety, and especially parts of the Internet, love to think of girls as vapid and superficial, but they never realise that it's a product of society, and not some inherent flaw on our part. TERM 5 Intro (3) DEFINITION 5 So let me just start by pointing out that fighting for womens rights has too often become associated with man-hating.If there is one thing I know for certain is that this has to stop.For the record, feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.It is the theory of political, economic and social equality of the sexes. TERM 6 Stats (1) DEFINITION 6 As a result of this portrayed body image, women have adopted a defeatist attitude. After all of these consequences of negative self-imagery presented in our society, it is clearly evident that it is crucial to raise awareness about this issue. TERM 7 Tweet (1) DEFINITION 7 According to Elizabeth Warren,the senior United States senator from Massachusetts,when the vote was taken on September 15th, 2014, every single Republican in the U.S. Senate voted against equal pay for equal work for women(Pasulka). TERM 8 Work Payment (Scale) DEFINITION 8 Furthermore, IMAGE . This is only ONE example, among many, in our system that demonstrates that women are degraded based on their appearance, despite their work performance. The pay differenceisn'tthe only issue women face,however. The media attacks women everyday solely based upon their appearance. TERM 9 Tabloids (1.2.3) DEFINITION 9 1.For example, media tabloids say: Where as in actuality, this is a woman leaving the gym wearing comfortable clothing.2., 3.<Image> When in reality, it was probably just mildly breezy outside. TERM 10 Tabloid (4) DEFINITION 10 4.Women are continually bombarded with these images on a daily basis. AS A RESULT Many people, especially young women have been conditioned to believe their self-worth is deemed under these mentioned factors.
