Body awareness is a term that refers to a person´s perception and knowledge about his or her Body. It includes proportion, size, weight, contour and image of ones Body. The Ben- Tovim Walker Body Attitudes Questionnaire (BAQ) contains 44 questions concerning the different aspects of Body awareness: Feeling fat, Body disparagement, Strength and fitness, Salience of weight, Attractiveness and Lower Body fatness. The purpose of this study was to investigate Body awareness among men in military recruit training. BAQ was distributed to fifty recruits for military service in Boden.

The foundation for this thesis lies in whether or not, and how, the Body representation in printed commercials, specific products directed to the Body (shampoo, Body lotion etc.), has changed during the last fifty years. Four years have been chosen because of the changes in society that we believe might have had an impact. The commercials that have been picked out are the ones that best represent the general view of the Body. We have found that the changes when it comes to Body presentation has followed the social development to a certain degree, but it is difficult to say how much the society has had an affect on the Body ideal in advertising. Representations of the male Body is something that has escalated since the early 70?s, fifteen years earlier few commercials was made with male models, and the few there were, never showed more than the face.

Body image is a term that refers to a person?s feelings and attitudes toward his or her Body. There are many different factors that influence a person?s Body image: historical, cultural, social, biological and individual. The purpose of this study was to investigate young Indian women?s Body image in India from a cultural perspective.

The foundation for this thesis lies in whether or not, and how, the Body representation in printed commercials, specific products directed to the Body (shampoo, Body lotion etc.), has changed during the last fifty years. Four years have been chosen because of the changes in society that we believe might have had an impact. The commercials that have been picked out are the ones that best represent the general view of the Body. We have found that the changes when it comes to Body presentation has followed the social development to a certain degree, but it is difficult to say how much the society has had an affect on the Body ideal in advertising. Representations of the male Body is something that has escalated since the early 70?s, fifteen years earlier few commercials was made with male models, and the few there were, never showed more than the face.

How is the fat Body constructed in public spaces? This essay deals with the experiances of five participants, being fat in public spaces. The fat Body is often constructed as "matter out of place", more or less expected to be invisiable in public spaces. But living with a fat Body isnt all about assimilation, wearing black clothes to fit in or staying at home in fear of facing comments of your Body. More than being a Body constructed as improperiate in public spaces, the participants view can be described as "revolting".

Body esteem is the affective aspect of Body image, which is shaped by social experience. Compared with men, women have a more negative Body image, which is more frequently correlated with depression and dysfunctional thoughts, especially in the case of eating disorders. The purpose of the present study was to examine gender differences in Body esteem and its subcategories, and to find out whether there exists a stronger link between negative Body esteem and higher levels of dysfunctional thoughts in women. The relationship between Body esteem, dysfunctional thoughts and mental illness was examined. Participants were 73 college students doing social sciences and sports training educations.

The foundation for this thesis lies in whether or not, and how, the Body representation in printed commercials, specific products directed to the Body (shampoo, Body lotion etc.), has changed during the last fifty years. Four years have been chosen because of the changes in society that we believe might have had an impact. The commercials that have been picked out are the ones that best represent the general view of the Body. We have found that the changes when it comes to Body presentation has followed the social development to a certain degree, but it is difficult to say how much the society has had an affect on the Body ideal in advertising. Representations of the male Body is something that has escalated since the early 70?s, fifteen years earlier few commercials was made with male models, and the few there were, never showed more than the face.

Mainstream contemporary phenomenology understands the phenomenology of movement and dance through ?the lived Body? of Merleau-Ponty. This paper rather suggests a phenomenology of movement and dance based on an understanding through ?the danced Body? with ability to meta-feeling. It is here argued that we need to use a phenomenology of dance to understand the phenomenon of movement whatsoever.

Body esteem is the affective aspect of Body image, which is shaped by social experience. Compared with men, women have a more negative Body image, which is more frequently correlated with depression and dysfunctional thoughts, especially in the case of eating disorders. The purpose of the present study was to examine gender differences in Body esteem and its subcategories, and to find out whether there exists a stronger link between negative Body esteem and higher levels of dysfunctional thoughts in women. The relationship between Body esteem, dysfunctional thoughts and mental illness was examined. Participants were 73 college students doing social sciences and sports training educations.

According to the core contents in the curriculum for the compulsory school 2011 for the subject Physical Education grades 7-9, teachers of the subjects shall give their students knowledge about Body ideals within sports, and the society as a whole. The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the attitude toward Body ideals of the students soon to leave secondary school. The study was based on a quantitative survey with 70 participating students from three different schools. The results show that the schools, according to the students, do not inform the students about Body ideals. However, the result shows that the students consider Body ideals as an important topic that needs to be dealt with in school, since they consider the adolescences of today are living with a pressure telling them what to look like.

Mainstream contemporary phenomenology understands the phenomenology of movement and dance through ?the lived Body? of Merleau-Ponty. This paper rather suggests a phenomenology of movement and dance based on an understanding through ?the danced Body? with ability to meta-feeling. It is here argued that we need to use a phenomenology of dance to understand the phenomenon of movement whatsoever.

This study examines counselors understanding of Body fixation (alt: Body image fixation) as a social problem among young women aged 15-25 years. Earlier research on this subject highlights the standards and ideals placed on the female Body where happiness is associated with a slim Body figure. Research has shown that young women that compare their own bodies with others are at higher risk at developing an unhealthy relationship with their Body, which can lead to eating disorders. The data for this study was collected through semi-structured interviews with nine counselors from youth clinics, schools and primary healthcare. The results were interpreted and analysed in the light of social constructionist perspective as developed by Berger & Luckmann and Loseke's social constructionist definition of social problems.

This essay examine the meaning produced around bodies and Body fat in the queer community, but also in the surrounding straight community. The author has interviewed fat activists, and are using queertehory, to examine and analyze the relationship between Body fat and the understanding and construction of sexuality and gender. The author concludes that even if norms around Body shape and Body fat are overlapping between the two contexts to some degree, they also differ. In the straight community, people with larger Body shapes and sizes are punished, and encouraged to stay, or become, slim. However, in the queer community, ?fat? or bigger Body sizes are not frowned upon in the same degree.

Urination is a biological need but the routines surrounding urination are culturally specific and ever changing. This makes the organization of public space an important part in deciding what actions are made possible for the people in it. This paper considers women?s public urination and the possibilities to merge the need to urinate and the construction of the female Body as feminine.A number of texts that describe the construction of the female Body and identity as both gendered and socially produced are analysed in relation to women?s experiences of incontinence. Incontinence as a medical diagnosis is by this becoming possible to question, and may be seen as one of several strategies used to manage both the organization of the public space and the expectations of the female Body to be a docile Body.The conclusion is that a woman who wants to enter public space has the following options when it comes to the need to urinate:To strive for the feminine ideal.

Urination is a biological need but the routines surrounding urination are culturally specific and ever changing. This makes the organization of public space an important part in deciding what actions are made possible for the people in it. This paper considers women?s public urination and the possibilities to merge the need to urinate and the construction of the female Body as feminine.A number of texts that describe the construction of the female Body and identity as both gendered and socially produced are analysed in relation to women?s experiences of incontinence. Incontinence as a medical diagnosis is by this becoming possible to question, and may be seen as one of several strategies used to manage both the organization of the public space and the expectations of the female Body to be a docile Body.The conclusion is that a woman who wants to enter public space has the following options when it comes to the need to urinate:To strive for the feminine ideal.