Person 1 Before introducing myself/the project, pass out evaluation sheets and tell audience to anonymously evaluate me on the various categories.

Person 2 Just as before, show a picture of this person and ask audience to fill out evaluation sheet without any introduction or explanation.

Person 3 Just as before, show a picture of this person and ask audience to fill out evaluation sheet without any introduction or explanation.

Body-Policing: Any attempt made to make a person feel as if their body/sexuality is not their own to control. “This can include anything from criticism and gossip to street harassment and reinforced expectations projected onto certain groups.”

The overwhelming presence of body-policing in our culture places women under constant evaluation. This leads to generalizations about other aspects of their personalities.

Person 2: Angelina Jolie Celebrated actress and humanitarian Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Has built schools and created wildlife reserves in Cambodia, Kenya, and Afghanistan Advocates against sexual violence in military conflict zones Talk about her accomplishments and say that commentary on her appearance often undermines her humanitarian efforts.

Person 3: Malala Yousafzai Began anonymously blogging for BBC about life under Taliban rule at age 11 Advocate for women’s education Continued activism even after assassination attempt Youngest person ever to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize Talk about her accomplishments and how the stigma that Muslim women and women who wear the hijab are oppressed limit their perceived potential.

Some Bodies/Somebody’s: Body-Policing’s Impact on the Roles of Women Maddie Hardy Howard High School Talk about myself here!!

Overview Hypersexualization/Objectification Hyper-Purification Asymmetries in Power between Genders Power and Oppression Internalized Misogyny Rape Culture Body-Policing’s Relationships Changing Culture Somebody’s/Some Bodies

A Culture of Body-Policing for Women 58% of movies include comments on women’s and girls’ appearances compared to the 24% with comments on men’s and boys’ appearances http://depts.washington.edu

Hypersexualization and Objectification Sexuality applied to women without their consent The male gaze Portrays women as submissive and limited Generates an “idealized body” for women to live up to. Talk about how in this commercial, the women are not doing anything inherently sexual, but they’re being placed in a sexual http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMjavRu4v5c

Hyper-Purification: Application of Moralizing Standards Slut-shaming: A form of body-policing that shames women for expressing their sexuality through dress or behavior In response to sexualization, strict moralizing standards are applied Abstinence-only education and school dress codes Explain that this is the flip side of body-policing.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever… Called someone or been called fat or ugly Called someone or been called a slut Criticized a woman’s clothing or make-up choices Commented on a woman’s presence or lack of body hair Been reprimanded for breaking a school dress code. If you raised your hand for any of these, you’ve experienced this culture of body-policing. I kind of want to add more to this.

Purpose To explore body-policing’s relationship with asymmetries in power between genders, internalized misogyny, and rape culture. There’s no doubt that body-policing exists, the purpose of this project is to investigate how it influences other underlying aspects of gender interactions

Asymmetries in Power Between Genders Body-policing limits to stereotypes Subject/Object Dichotomy This mentality enables sexual assault and intimate partner violence towards women as well as other marginalized groups Talk about how ad represents subject object dichotomy

Power and Oppression

Internalized Misogyny People internalize and reflect misogynistic ideals that may oppress them. Self-Objectification Theory: Living in an objectifying environment causes people to begin objectifying themselves and others Mean Girls (2004)

Rape Culture “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”—Officer Sanguinetti Victim-blaming: When victims of sexual assault are held responsible for provoking their attacks

Rape Culture “They said she dressed older than her age, wearing makeup and fashions more appropriate to a woman in her 20s. She would hang out with teenage boys at a playground, some said.” – New York Times article, “Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town” A rape culture sympathizes with rapists and punishes victims. Body-policing’s role: Women are shamed for their sexual choices; the myth is perpetuated that female sexuality provokes male violence.

Body-Policing’s Relationships Asymmetries in Power Subject/Object Dichotomy Privileged groups possess power over oppressed groups Objectification, Stereotyping Body-Policing Internalized Misogyny Self-Objectification Women shaming women Unrealistic expectations, Evaluation Rape Culture Victim-blaming Sympathy for rapists Slut-shaming

Slut Walk, protest against slut-shaming and rape victim stigma Changing Culture Awareness Internalized misogyny causes people to see body-policing as normal– this perspective must be altered to recognize problematic behavior. Slut Walk, protest against slut-shaming and rape victim stigma

Some Bodies/Somebody’s Vanita Leatherwood, HopeWorks Shawna Potter & Melanie Keller, Hollaback! Baltimore Anna Munsey-Kano, blogger queerguesscode Hannah Brancato, FORCE Rebecca Adelman, UMBC

Some Bodies/Somebody’s

After Viewing: Comments/questions? Was there anything that surprised you? Has this presentation made you more aware of body-policing than you were before?

Recap Hypersexualization/hyper-purification Asymmetries in power between genders Internalized Misogyny Rape Culture Perpetuated by both men and women Change through awareness and change in culture

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