To let hair be, or to not let hair be? Gender and body hair removal practices in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Body Image

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 599-606

  Terry, Gareth ^a   Braun, Virginia ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gendered differences; Hair removal; Mixed methods; Online survey; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDERED DIFFERENCES; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED METHODS; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NORMS; YOUNG ADULT;

GENDERED DIFFERENCES; HAIR REMOVAL; MIXED METHODS; ONLINE SURVEY; SOCIAL NORMS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; NEW ZEALAND; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884534923     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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