The influence of feminist ascription on judgements of women's physical attractiveness

Body Image

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 224-229

  Swami, Viren ^a   Salem, Natalie ^b   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Tovée, Martin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body objectification; Feminism; Physical attractiveness; Thin ideal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING; THINNESS;

EID: 44249085653     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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