Mirror Mirror OFF the Wall.pptx

Mirror Mirror OFF the Wall

A Look at Body Image and Gender Stereotypes

Presentation by Kaitlin Hurley, Kevin Deruosi, Izabela Kaczynska, and Emily Mercer

Overview8:00AM-8:45 AM- Breakfast

8:45AM-10:30- Body Image- How has the media affected the way we view our own bodies and what we consider to be beautiful? What would Ursula have to say about all of this?

10:30-10:40-Break

10:40-12:10-Body Image-Learn the signs of an unhealthy body image, how we form our own, and the dangers of eating disorders.

12:10-1:10PM -Lunch!

1:10-2:40- Gender Stereotypes-Here we will “THROW” ourselves into the breakdown of gender stereotypes that still exists within society today

2:40-3:00-Break

3:00-4:30-Gender Stereotypes-What messages do our favorite royal couples send to use throughout their journeys to a happily ever after?

4:30-5:00-Final Thoughts and Survey

What IS body image?

• What you believe about your own appearance (including your memories, assumptions, and generalizations).

• How you feel about your body, including your height, shape, and weight.

• How you sense and control your body as you move. How you feel in your body, not just about your body.

IntroductionWhy is this topic important?

Facts About Body Image

Twenty years ago, models weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today they weigh 23% less than the average woman.

Facts About Body Image

The average American woman is 5’4” tall and weighs 140 pounds. The average American model is 5’11” tall and weighs 117 pounds.

Facts About Body Image

If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

Facts About Body Image

About 7% of 12th grade males have used steroids in order to become more muscular

Facts About Body Image

If GI Joe were human, he’d have larger biceps than any bodybuilder in history

Facts About Body Image

1 out of 4 college-aged women has an eating disorder

Facts About Body Image

It is estimated that 40-50% of American women are trying to lose weight at any point in time

Facts About Body Image

Americans spend more than 40 billion dollars a year on dieting and diet-related products. Almost half of all women smokers smoke because they see it as the best way to control their weight. Of these women, 25% will die of a disease caused by smoking

Facts About Body Image

In 2007, there were about 11.7 million cosmetic procedures performed in the US. 91% of them were performed on women.

Facts About Body Image A study found that 53% of 13 year old American girls are unhappy with their bodies. This number jumps to 78% by the time they reach 17.

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Back in the Day...

Fast Forward to Today...

Do you see a difference?

5 Minutes of What the Media Actually Does to Women

It Starts EarlyLet’s Take a Look at Disney

Notice anything?

What the Princesses Would Look Like With Realistic Waistlines

Disney’s Ursula Gets Slimmed Down For The New 'Designer Collection'

The Best Body Image Exercise EVER

Break Time!

Why is a positive body image important?

Body Image Pressures, Looking At Myself & Survival Tips

Discussion Time!

Eating Disorders• As many as 10 million females have an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia.

• Bulimia is more common than anorexia, but anorexia has a higher mortality rate.

• Men and women can both suffer.

• Eating disorders usually begin at a young age.

• They typically peak at 14 and 18 years old

Anorexia Nervosa:• Refusal to maintain weight within a normal range for height and age (less than 85

percent of expected body weight).

• Intense and irrational fear of weight gain despite being underweight.

• Severe body image disturbance in which body image is the predominant measure of self-worth

Anorexia Nervosa:There are two subtypes of anorexia nervosa:

– restricting and binge eating/purging.

• People with the restricting subtype restrict their food intake to lose weight.

• People with the binge/purge Anorexia engage in binge eating or purging behavior (e.g. vomiting, laxatives).

• Either subtype may also use compulsive exercise to reduce their weight.• So, someone with anorexia may induce vomiting and still be considered anorexic

(NOT bulimic) if they are 15 percent below ideal body weight.

Bulimia Nervosa• Recurrent episodes of binge eating accompanied by a feeling of a lack of control.

• Repeated behaviors to make up for eating normal or increased amounts of food to prevent weight gain (vomiting, laxatives, fasting, excessive exercising).

• Intense dissatisfaction with body shape and weight

Bulimia NervosaThere are two subtypes of bulimia nervosa:

- purging and non-purging

• In the purging type, the person regularly engages in self-induced vomiting or misuses laxatives/diuretics.

• In the non-purging type, the person uses other strategies such as excessive exercise or fasting.

Complications of Eating Disorders• Bone Thinning (resulting in easy or multiple fractures)• Slowed growth• Heart problems (slow heart rate, low blood pressure, heart beat irregularities)• Abdominal problems (nausea, bloating, constipation)• Dry skin, brittle hair and nails• Growth of fine hair all over body• Abnormal salts in the body• Dental erosion and enlarged salivary glands• Inflammation and possible rupture of the esophagus from frequent vomiting• Infertility with amenorrhea (no period) (seen with anorexia)• Liver and kidney problems• Low body temperature• Seizures• Early death

As Peer Advisor, you may be able to play a role in helping a student who has, or is developing, an eating disorder.

Always Remember: If you have concerns about a student’s behavior, mental or physical health:

Talk about those concerns with your supervisor IMMEDIATELY

WARNING SIGNS:The following are possible warning signs of anorexia and bulimia:

• Unnatural concern about body weight (even if the person is not overweight)• Dramatic weight loss in a relatively short amount of time (anorexia)• Obsession with calories, fat grams and food• Use of any medicines to keep from gaining weight (diet pills, laxatives, water pills)• Consistent excuses to avoid mealtimes or situations involving food.• Excessive, rigid exercise regimen--despite weather, fatigue, illness, or injury, the need to “burn off” calories.• Withdrawal from usual friends and activities• Evidence of binge eating (disappearance of large amounts of food, empty wrappers and containers)• Evidence of purging behaviors, including frequent trips to the bathroom after meals, signs and/or smells of

vomiting, presence of wrappers or packages of laxatives or diuretics• Calluses on the back of the hands and knuckles from self-induced vomiting• Discoloration or staining of the teeth

Quick RecapEating and Body Dysmorphic Disorders: Crash Course Psychology

For More Information & ResourcesOn Campus:

● Counseling and Health Services Ellison Campus Center 978.542.6410

Off Campus:

• North Shore Medical Center - Salem Hospital (978.741.121581 Highland Avenue Salem, MA 01970

• Walden Behavioral Care 978.531.2904 2 Corporation Way, Suite 260 Peabody, MA 01960

Information:

National Eating Disorders Associationwww.nationaleatingdisorders.org

The National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)www.nedic.ca

Eating Disorders Hopewww.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/anorexia/college-university-students

That was a bit heavy… lets take a break

Breathe....

Gender Stereotypes

Definition• Gender stereotypes are simplistic generalizations about the

gender attributes, differences, and roles of individuals and/or groups. Stereotypes can be positive or negative, but they rarely communicate accurate information about others. When people automatically apply gender assumptions to others regardless of evidence to the contrary, they are perpetuating gender stereotyping

Female Stereotypes• Traditionally, the female stereotypic

role is to marry and have children. She is also to put her family's welfare before her own; be loving, compassionate, caring, nurturing, and sympathetic; and find time to be sexy and feel beautiful.

Male Stereotypes• The male stereotypic role is to be the

financial provider. He is also to be assertive, competitive, independent, courageous, and career focused; hold ‐his emotions in check; and always initiate sex.

In the advertisements

In the media

“Act like a man/Be ladylike” Activity

Discussion• What happens when a woman behaves in ways traditionally

thought of as “male”? What about a man who behaves in ways traditionally thought of as “females”?

• What message would you give to young girl about being female today. To a young boy?

GENDER STEREOTYPES

AS TOLD BY PRINCE CHARMING AND HIS PRINCESSES…

DISNEY FAIRYTALES…

Think back to the stories of Ariel, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, etc.

What impressions did those stories leave on you?

Do you feel that the stories of those characters represent real life to a certain degree?

If YOU could be any Disney Character, which would you

choose, and why?

Group 1: Sleeping Beauty

Group 2: Aladdin

Group 3: Snow White

Group 4: Cinderella

Group 5: The Little Mermaid

BREAK INTO GROUPS (GROUPS OF 5)

COMMON THEMES OF THE STORIES?

GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

WHAT DISNEY MOVIES REALLY TEACH US

And They Lived Happily Ever After