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- Title
Images and Ideals: Counselling Women and Girls in a "Thin-is-in" Culture.
- Authors
Saraceni, Reana; Russell-Mayhew, Shelly
- Abstract
Two well-cited studies (Garner, Garfinkel, Schwartz & Thompson, 1980; Wiseman, Gray, Mosimann, & Ahrens, 1992) examined the changing body shape of Playboy centrelolds from 1959 to 1988 and noted that their body weights were significantly lower than those of the average female. The current study updates and examines changes in body measurements and weight across four decades using a multivariate one-way Analysis of Variance. Chi-square analysis of the models' expected weight and actual body mass index (BMI) indicates that the female body weight standard has become increasingly restrictive. Implications for counselling girls and women are discussed within the feminist therapeutic context.
- Subjects
BODY size; MODELS (Persons); WOMEN'S health; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Counselling / Revue Canadienne de Counseling, 2007, Vol 41, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
0828-3893
- Publication type
Article