Using Genital Self‐Image, Body Image, and Sexual Behaviors to Predict Gynecological Exam Behaviors of College Women

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 2484-2492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L. DeMaria ◽  
Ariane V. Hollub ◽  
Debby Herbenick
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
College Women ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Gynecological Exam

Effect of body image and self-image on women's sexual behaviors

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diann M. Ackard ◽  
Ann Kearney-Cooke ◽  
Carol B. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Self Image

The Complex Links Between Depression and Body Image in College Women

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Sarigiani ◽  
Phame M. Camarena ◽  
Brittany R. Noble
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
College Women

Forms of Direct Linguistic Violence against Women in Secondary Schools in Tanzania: A Case of Dar Es Salaam Region

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Dr. Zelda Sam Elisifa
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
Continuous Use ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Excretory Organs

The present study sought to make a descriptive account of how forms language use is violence against young women. It specifically sought to identify various forms of linguistics violence against women and assess the diversity of such linguistics violence on the women’s self image. The study involved 107 students of different levels of secondary education out of whom 71 were females and 35 males. Data were gathered through questionnaire and observation. The findings revealed that linguistics violence is plural as it involved different forms and strategies which were captured under six themes: pejorizing, sexualizing, animalizing, feminizing, masculining and stupidizing. I was also noted that of the six forms of linguistics violence, pejorizing was the most prevalent and most diverse. However, it was sexualizing which was the most pervasive and the most offensive since the women’s sexual and excretory organs and processes are used as disgusting and sickening sight. Further, the continuous use of female-related body parts and psycho-sexual behaviors and processes has resulted in women being adversely affected so much that they are not only the source of linguistic repository from which insults are mined and served to male and female victims, but also the perpetrators of the same.

scholarly journals Coping with Body Image Threats among College Women: The Swimsuit Problem

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Alysse Bailey ◽  
Larkin Lamarche ◽  
Kimberley L. Gammage
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
College Women

Attitudes about Antidepressants: Influence of Information about Weight-Related Side Effects

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Cash ◽  
Melissa A. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
College Women ◽  
Antidepressant Drugs ◽  
Antidepressant Medications ◽  
Body Image Ideals ◽  
Clinical Populations

Antidepressant drugs are frequently prescribed for women and have various side effects, including potential effects on body weight. This experiment examined the effects of information about the weight-related side effects of antidepressants on women's attitudes toward the drugs. 60 college women were randomly assigned to read about one of two drugs, fluoxetine (Prozac) or Imipramine (Tofranil). Participants were either told or not told about veridical weight-related side effects, namely, weight loss for Prozac and weight gain for Tofranil. As hypothesized, weight-gain information lowered the personal acceptability of Tofranil, and weight-loss information enhanced the acceptability of Prozac. Although research with clinical populations is required, undergraduate women's decisions about the use of antidepressant medications may be influenced by societal body-image ideals.

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