WGS 2894 - Gender, Body Image and Social Activism

What is the relationship between body image and identity? How does one affect, constrain, and inform the other? The development of body image is a complex process influenced by messages we receive from family, friends, peers, health care practitioners, teachers, and mass media to name a few. Messages are also constructed and interpreted differently depending on one’s gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and ableism.

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