Breast Cancer Power vs. Prosthesis Kathleen Shelton 11/4/2008 Breast Cancer: Power vs. Prosthesis examines society’s views of cosmetic cures/appearances vs. individuality.   Breast Cancer-Power vs. Prosthesis What honestly defines a woman in today’s society? Is it her physical appearance or her individuality? As I read this journal entry by Lorde, I can feel the same sense of loss and anger that she had to endure and overcome. Lorde did express her feelings clearly stating that, “Prosthesis offers that empty comfort of “Nobody will know the difference”.
Adalynn Couch Mrs. Williamson W131 23 September 2014 Critique of “Fat and Happy?” The article “Fat and Happy?”, written by Hillel Schwartz, discusses how society mimics people who are overweight. Schwartz claims living in a fat society would exhort self-acceptance. He also believes the fear of weight is more dangerous to one than the weight itself (180). Schwartz proposes becoming an obese society to eliminate the obese minorities and better society as a whole. Although Schwartz attempts to provoke a strong message, he neglects the use of logical support and credibility throughout the article.
Bordo’s argument is effective because her sources support her reasons and strengthen her ethos, her word choice, and she’s also able to refute a potential counterargument to prove her claim that the media has influenced body image. Bordo uses credible sources about body image. Women for the most part argued with Bordo about not having done enough research on other races and gender with growing eating disorders in 1993 in her book Unbearable Weight. When in fact, the number of eating and body image problems among Hispanic, African Americans,
Through Introduction to Women’s Studies, I've come to learn about and better value women’s lives. Specifically, perspectives on women’s lives before feminism came into play, the historical development of feminism, how it relates to the politics of work and family, health and sexuality, and feminist visions and strategies. I have an opportunity as a young woman. In this memoir I share a moment of excitement and engagement that will always remain important to me. I tell the story of my tattoo - what it means to me, what it means to be a woman with a tattoo and the history of tattoos.
The hair should also be properly maintained with the proper products to give you the celebrity look. (Harris & Lester, 2002) The influence of advertising such a physic can be evidently seen in the lives of people. The number of anorexic individuals is rising because people want to attain this ideal slender body. The nutrition sector blames the media for causing people to starve themselves in order to be perfect like the women who feature in
Jennifer Grossman and Laura Meade who work in health industry, mention “Far Acceptance Movement” (FAM) and its effects on people on Web and some newspapers. According to Wikipedia, “The Fat Acceptance Movement, is also known as the size acceptance movement, fat liberation movement or fat power, is grassroots effort to change societal attitudes towards individuals who are fat”. Morever, wikipedia defends that people may be fat and they may gain weight but it’s mean can not that they do not their job easily and being fat may not affect them negatively in their social and business life. Although lots of people think that Fat Acceptance Movement is not problem in fat people’s life since 1960’s plenty of articles show that FAM affects not only people’s body but also their relationships, health and psychology directly. Especially in recent times, lots of people are exposed to effects of FAM.
Foster 1 Khaiah Foster Carlson Advance Composition 27 August 2014 Summary of Mary Worley’s “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance” In her summary, “Fat and Happy”, Worley’s explains her contempt for the way society today frowns upon being “fat”. She argues that those who are fat do not have any true medical reason to lose the weight they are scrutinized and alienated for, that they should also be allowed to learn how to live happily in the body they were meant to be in. Also, that most of those who lose their extra weight tend to gain it back, proving her point that body compositions differ. This is why some people tend to be thinner, while others are naturally larger. She opens with her own account of an experience she had when she attended the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance in San Diego.
Whatever they argue or use to explain obesity, functionalists would say that it is valid and important to society and is better for society as a whole. Conflict theory is based entirely in power and how those in power do all they can to hold the majority of the population down and to keep them from gaining power, so as to secure their own position. Conflict theorists would say that obesity is a product of the living conditions, stress and poor quality of food and health education that those in power choose and enforce for those that aren't in power. Conflict theorists might say that those that are in power (those that make laws, those that own companies, etc) willingly set up society so that the cheaper the good is, the more unhealthy it is, and so the poor might only be able to afford cheap, unhealthy bulk food and become susceptible to obesity. Conflict theorists might say that food education might be controlled by larger government forces (like the Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, American Diatetics Association, etc), who look out for their own bottom line and corporate interests from sponsors and lobbyists.
These stories are reflections of the roles social pressure plays in today's culture. George Orwell and John Updike both explain how social pressure affects individuals and their choices in varying positions of authority. In today’s culture more individuals suffers from obesity and are bullied whether knowingly or not. As a culture, American individuals grow more insensitive to one’s emotional capacity. As more derogatory terms are used when describing another being, social choice is inevitable.
The reason why I say this is because the country is in debt and if fat people keep WASTING our FOOD then we would run out of it and be in GREATER DEBT causing WAR. Another reason is because it’s bad for your health to be fat. The fatter you are the harder it is to move around and do stuff (unless it’s doing something solitary), thus burning less calories and inducing a lazy habit. The last and most important reason is that forcing someone to exercise is a good way to improve in mental issues because scientists have proven that exercise produced endorphins improved mental and physical health. I write this essay because I CARE ABOUT OUR HEALTH.