Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women?and Its Impact on Health and Happiness

Renee Engeln, PhD

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, New York, 2018

0062469789 / 9780062469786

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[Beauty Sick] will blow the top off the body image movementprovocative and necessary.Rebellious MagazineAn award-winning psychology professor reveals how the culturalobsession with women's appearanceis an epidemic that harms women's mental health, ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful, eye-opening work in the vein of Peggy Orenstein and Sheryl Sandberg.Todays young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to their body image. They dont want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them,are toldthey must look like them. Theyre angry about the medias treatment of women but hungrily consume the outlets that belittle them. They mock modern cultures absurd beauty ideal and make videos exposing Photoshopping tricks, butfeel pressuredto emulate the same images they criticize by posing with a "skinny arm." They understand that what they see isnt real but still download apps to airbrush their selfies. Yet these same young women are fierce fighters for the issues they care about. They are ready to fight back against their beauty-sick culture and create a different world for themselves, but they need a way forward.In Beauty Sick, Dr. Renee Engeln, whose TEDx talk on beauty sickness has received more than 250,000 views, reveals the shocking consequences of our obsession withgirls appearance on their emotional and physical health, self-esteem, and their wallets and ambitions, including depression, eating disorders, disruptions in cognitive processing, and lost money and time. Combining scientific studies with the voices of real women of all ages, she makes clear that to truly fulfill their potential, we must break free fromcultural forces that feedbody shame, destructive desires, attitudes, and wordsfrom fat-shaming to denigrating commentary about other women. She provides inspiration and workable solutions to helpgirls and womenovercome negative attitudes and embrace their whole selves, to transform their lives, claim the futures they deserve, and, ultimately, change their world.How can women and girls break free from these cultural forces and reclaim the futures they deserve? Based on two decades of research, Beauty Sick provides an urgently needed path forward.Cultural Criticism: An unflinching look at how our society created an epidemic of beauty sickness by teaching girls their primary value is their appearance.The Science of Self-Objectification: Discover the shocking data on how seeing yourself as an object to be looked at steals your time, money, cognitive resources, and happiness.Beyond Media Literacy: Learn why just knowing the images arent real isnt enough to protect you and what practical steps actually build resilience against our beauty-sick culture.A Path to Body Positivity: Find actionable, evidence-based solutions for you and the girls in your life to overcome negative attitudes, embrace your whole selves, and start changing the world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Titel
Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women?and Its Impact on Health and Happiness
Autor
Renee Engeln, PhD
Verlag
HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, New York
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2018
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Very Good
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0062469789
ISBN-13
9780062469786
Artikelgewicht
295 Gramm
Abmessungen
134.0 x 203.0

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