Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The feminine beauty ideal is \"the socially constructed notion that physical attractiveness is one of women’s most important assets, and something all women should strive to achieve and maintain”. Feminine beauty ideals have always been prevalent, in every culture, in every society, in every time period. Women conform to beauty norms to fit into the crowd and to simultaneously show themselves off as being desirable. The feminine beauty ideals are rooted in heteronormative beliefs, yet they still heavily influence women of all sexual orientation. According to the Adaptationist theory, “human males have evolved psychological mechanisms that selectively detect and respond to certain specific characteristics of a woman's body.” The characteristics that males respond to- young, symmetrical, healthy, fit, child-bearing- are the underlying influences of feminine beauty ideals. These ideals are exposed to children from an early age through fairy tales and Disney princesses. The feminine beauty ideal has become more ingrained and cohesive in recent decades because of the expansion of technology and the relevance of mass media. Research has shown that the pressure to conform to a certain definition of beautiful has had drastic psychological effects. These ideals have been correlated with depression, eating disorders, and low self-esteem starting from an adolescent age and continuing into adulthood."@en }
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- Feminine_beauty_ideal abstract "The feminine beauty ideal is \"the socially constructed notion that physical attractiveness is one of women’s most important assets, and something all women should strive to achieve and maintain”. Feminine beauty ideals have always been prevalent, in every culture, in every society, in every time period. Women conform to beauty norms to fit into the crowd and to simultaneously show themselves off as being desirable. The feminine beauty ideals are rooted in heteronormative beliefs, yet they still heavily influence women of all sexual orientation. According to the Adaptationist theory, “human males have evolved psychological mechanisms that selectively detect and respond to certain specific characteristics of a woman's body.” The characteristics that males respond to- young, symmetrical, healthy, fit, child-bearing- are the underlying influences of feminine beauty ideals. These ideals are exposed to children from an early age through fairy tales and Disney princesses. The feminine beauty ideal has become more ingrained and cohesive in recent decades because of the expansion of technology and the relevance of mass media. Research has shown that the pressure to conform to a certain definition of beautiful has had drastic psychological effects. These ideals have been correlated with depression, eating disorders, and low self-esteem starting from an adolescent age and continuing into adulthood.".