Research @ Flintridge Sacred Heart

Jenny Wang 20' (eBook) Across many societies across the world, women are considerably made self-aware about their bodies. Such assertions are made through media like magazines. There a few exceptions such as Japan where for a time, women are not valued for their physical appearance but rather their personalities. There has been a considerable shift from them being viewed as social foundations and more of sex symbols. Such shifts may point towards possible shifts in attitudes and values within societies. Over one hundred years ago, local criteria was utilized to decide and set a benchmark for physical beauty. In one explanation brought forward was through the theory of sexual imprinting. There are some arguments that some perspectives are established inherently through biology. Others like clear unblemished skin are quite standard across cultures. A number of these so-called prejudices have come up through a number of beauty contests. Many of the ideas of beau...

by Georgia Kisob '20 (journal) “Playing Princess: Preschool Girls’ Interpretations of Gender Stereotypes in Disney Princess Media” by Julia Golden and Jennifer Wallace speaks to the messages involving gender portrayed among the Disney princess media sector. The purpose of the study was to examine the recurring behavior and demeanor of young girls to fully assess their assimilation to the gender norms presented in media. The main four themes or focuses of the study are “beauty, focus on clothing and accessories, princess body movements, and exclusion of boys.” (Golden and Wallace 1)  This study relates to my research because it takes a deeper look at the social cognitive theory of gender development, which is my main point of research. It details how specifically these stereotypes form the female brain at such a young age. It specifically concentrates on the idea of “one-dimensional femininity” which can be harmful in the early stages of forming one’s gender i...