UTS PHYSICAL SELF

PHYSICAL SELF

Refers to the body

The part of us that can be directly seen and observed by everyone.

Body Image

How and what you think and feel about your body. It includes the picture of your body that you have in your mind, which might or might not match your body’s actual shape and size.

Positive Body Image

Feeling happy and satisfied with your body, as well as being comfortable with and accepting the way you look.

Negative Body Image

Feeling unhappy with the way you look. People who feel like this often want to change their body size or shape.

Internal Body Image

How we perceive our bodies visually

How we feel about our physical appearance

External Body Image

View of others about our physical appearance which include strangers, our families, close friends

Stephen Marquardt

The “Golden Ratio”. The Perfect Face

He developed a facial golden mask that contains and includes all of the one-dimensional and two-dimensional geometric golden elements formed from the golden ratio and he claimed that beauty is universal, beautiful faces conforms to the facial golden mask regardless of sex and race.

Myanmar

Long-necked women

known as the "long-neck" or "giraffe" tribe (Padaung group)

The odd practice is a sign of beauty and wealth

Iran

Women showing off their nose jobs

Women are so proud of going under the knife that they will continue to wear their bandages long after they're needed, in order to show off their beauty.

Kenya and Africa

Stretched earlobe and shaved head

Members of the Masai tribe in Africa are known for their practice of wearing heavy jewelry made of stones or elephant tusks to stretch their earlobes over time.

Parts of Africa and South America

Lip stretching

A Mursi or Suri woman in Ethiopia, consider a lip plate as denoting female maturity, signaling that she has reached child-bearing age.

New Zealand

TATTOOS OF MAORI WOMEN

Māori women in New Zealand have traditionally adorned a tattoo on their chin as a means to attract a mate.

Asian Countries

WOMEN WITH PALE SKIN

Women in many Asian countries abhor the sun because pale skin is a sign of beauty and desirability.

Middle east

KAJAL UNDERLINING THE EYES

In the Middle East beauty is not something that reveals, but something that is kept secret from the human eye, enhancing mystery and a specific charm.

Mauritania

WOMEN WITH FULLER FIGURES

In the African country of Mauritania, drought and famine is common, so being overweight has traditionally been a sign of prosperity.

PUBERTY

The process when the body starts to mature

Adolescents experience this at the same time they experience transition from childhood to adulthood.

Tess Holliday

Who’s quote is - “It’s all about accepting yourself the way you are. If you want to work to better, you in whatever regards.... do it. But you’re okay just the way you are today.”