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Over Dinner: Feminism and Adolescent Female Bodies by Michelle Fine & Pat MacPherson - 1993We found that women of all ages, according to this literature, are
allegedly scripted to be "good women," and that they have, in
compliance, smothered their passions, appetites, and outrage. When
sexually harassed, they tell "his stories." To please the lingering
internalized "him," they suffer in body image and indulge in eating
disorders, s And to satisfy social demands for "attractiveness," women
with and without disabilities transform and mutilate their bodies.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below: This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 92, No. 1. |
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- Michelle Fine
City
University of New York E-mail Author MICHELLE FINE is Professor of Psychology at the Graduate Center of the City
University of New York.
- Pat MacPherson
Independent E-mail Author PAT MACPHERSON, a teacher of English at the Germantown
Friends School in Philadelphia for thirteen years, is now a freelance writer.
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