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Body image. Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. [1] The concept of body image is used in several disciplines, including neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural and feminist studies; the media also often uses the term.
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, also known as the Our Bodies, Ourselves Collective, is a feminist group that created Our Bodies, Ourselves. The collective formed at the peak of the women's movement in Boston. Twelve women all between the ages of 23 and 39 first attended a workshop entitled "Women and Their Bodies" which allowed the ...
Female body shape or female figure is the cumulative product of a woman's bone structure along with the distribution of muscle and fat on the body. Female figures are typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips. The bust, waist, and hips are called inflection points, and the ratios of their circumferences are used to define basic ...
Menstruation. Women hunting, c. 1407–09. Note the golden hair and long limbs. While male bodies were praised (by other men) for their heat, women were likened to children; smaller, colder, smoother. Where the male body excreted extra heat and four temperaments, the female instead used menstruation. Like the study of the humours, menstruation ...
Presidential Fitness Test. The Presidential Fitness Test was a national physical fitness testing program conducted in United States public middle and high schools from the late 1950s until 2013, when it was replaced with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program. National interest in physical fitness testing existed in the United States since the ...
Postpartum and perimenopausal women can face a lot of pressure about their appearance. Here’s how to start upending negative body images. What moms really need: Less body-shaming, more support
Carla Rice is a Canadian educator, project director, consultant, speaker and author on women's body image issues. [1][2] She is a Tier II Canadian Research Chair in care, gender and relationships in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. [3][4] This role includes the challenging of ...
The goddess has been associated with sexuality, love, and fertility. [5][6][7] Xi Shi (西施), born 506 BC, was one of the Four Great Beauties of ancient China. [8] Physical attractiveness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. The term often implies sexual attractiveness or ...