PSY 1A - Module 7:
PHYSICAL SELF
1. Body and self-esteem
PHYSICAL connection
SELF: 2. Cultural concepts and
TOPICS TO standards of beauty
DISCUSS 3. Physical self vs Inner
self
“MAGIC, MIRROR
ON THE WALL,
WHO’S THE
FAIREST OF
THEM ALL?”
• Refers to the body
PHYSICAL SELF • The part of us that can
be directly seen and
observed by everyone.
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.
BODY IMAGE
A positive or healthy
body image is feeling
happy and satisfied with
your body, as well as
being comfortable with
and accepting the way
you look.
POSITIVE BODY IMAGE
A negative or unhealthy
body image is feeling
unhappy with the way you
look. People who feel like
this often want to change
their body size or shape.
NEGATIVE BODY IMAGE
BODY IMAGE IS BOTH
INTERNAL & EXTERNAL
• How we perceive our
bodies visually
INTERNAL
• How we feel about
(PERSONAL) our physical
appearance
View of others about
EXTERNAL our physical
appearance which
(SOCIETAL) include strangers, our
families, close friends
VIEW OF OTHER We learn from other
people, particularly those
PEOPLE ABOUT closest to us about the
OUR PHYSICAL things that are
APPEARANCE considered important.
STANDARDS • CULTURE
OF BEAUTY • MEDIA
The “Golden
Ratio”
The Perfect Face
Stephen
Marquardt
STANDARD OF
BEAUTY
Every culture have its own
gauge to ‘beauty’
The long-necked
women
(Myanmar)
known as the "long-neck"
or "giraffe" tribe (Padaung
group)
The odd practice is a sign
of beauty and wealth.
WOMEN SHOWING
OFF THEIR NOSE
JOBS (IRAN)
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.
Stretched earlobe
and shaved head
(Kenya & Africa)
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.
LIP STRETCHING
(PARTS OF AFRICA
& South america)
A Mursi or Suri woman in
Ethiopia, consider a lip
plate as denoting female
maturity, signaling that
she has reached child-
bearing age.
TATTOOS OF
MAORI WOMEN
(NEW ZEALAND)
Māori women in New
Zealand have traditionally
adorned a tattoo on their
chin as a means to attract a
mate.
WOMEN WITH
PALE SKIN
(Asian countries)
Women in many Asian
countries abhor the sun
because pale skin is a sign
of beauty and desirability.
KAJAL
UNDERLINING THE
EYES
(middle east)
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.
WOMEN WITH
FULLER FIGURES
(MAURITANIA)
In the African country of
Mauritania, drought and
famine is common, so being
overweight has traditionally
been a sign of prosperity.
➢ Journalist Esther Honig used
HOW DO the online marketplace Fiverr
to send out a photo of herself to
PEOPLE graphic designers in more than
20 countries.
DEFINE ➢Their task: to edit the photo
BEAUTY? to make Honig look "beautiful"
— however the designer
defined the term.
➢As long as the fashion industry
is the one dictating what is
supposed to be “beautiful”, be it
STANDARDS OF for men or women, adolescents
will never be comfortable and
BEAUTY please with their bodies.
ACCORDING TO ➢The media can cause body
dissatisfaction, low self-
MEDIA esteem, and disordered eating.
This is most applicable especially
to young girls.
Focus group with Mexican
American adolescent females
2015 STUDY to discuss their views on body
image and the media. Most of
BY the girls said they were aware
that being thin is the
LAURA ROMO standard of beauty as shown
by white women in movies,
television shows,
advertisements, and so forth.
There are people
who give bigger
value TO their faces,
appearance and
shape of the Body.
Most especially
Adolescents.
➢The process when the
body starts to mature
➢Adolescents experience
PUBERTY puberty at the same time
they experience
transition from childhood
to adulthood.
Research It's widely believed that
beauty and self-esteem go
indicates that together, but this may not
good looks do actually be the case for teens,
according to a study
not boost teen published in The Journal of
Clinical Child and
confidence Adolescent Psychology.
There are only few
people who
become happy
with the shape of
their body.
A healthy body image is
important. When you feel
good about your body,
you are more likely to
have good self-esteem
and mental health as
well as a balanced
attitude to eating and
physical activity.
HOW CAN WE
BUILD A STRONG
AND POSITIVE
BODY IMAGE?
1. Appreciate all that your body
can do.
2. Keep a list of what you like
about yourself.
3. Remind yourself that “true
beauty” is not simply skin-
deep.
4. Look at yourself as a whole
person.
5. Surround Yourself with
Positive People
6. Shut down those voices in
your head that tell you your
body is not “right” or that you
are a “bad” person.
7. Wear clothes that are
comfortable and that make you
feel good about your body.
8. Become a critical viewer of
social and media messages.
9. Do something nice for
yourself.
10. Use the time and energy
that you might have spent
worrying about food, calories,
and your weight to do
something to help others.
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.
TESS HOLLIDAY