week 4

Question 1

list some consumption stereotypes

Answer 1

• you are what you eat
• women show more “virtuous” pattern of eating and food choice than men
• they are aware and willing to act in terms of ethical and nutritional principles

Question 2

feminist debates dealing with the relationship between food and body point out that:

Answer 2

• women seek emotional heights, intensity, love and thrills from food
• restriction of food and denial of hunger serve as central features of the construction of femininity

Question 3

role of media in constructing ideal body images:

Answer 3

they build images of the this and well toned body and also promotes consumer products that help people, especially women

Question 4

social networks effects on food

Answer 4

• eating disorders
• the want to thin
• anorexia
• societal pressures for thin body

Question 5

critical fat studies effects

Answer 5

• the public health concern about fatness may appear to be caring but it can also be moralizing and lead to marginalization
• dominant discourse on body as racist and classist

Question 6

what are food work activities ?

Answer 6

• planning activities
• travelling to food stores
• selecting and purchasing products
• growing food
• preparing raw ingredients
• cooking/baking
• cleaning up
• disposing of waste
• etc

Question 7

what pragmatic strategies?

Answer 7

• relative resources theory

- time constraints theory

Question 8

what are patriarchal dynamics?

Answer 8

• gender ideology theory

- gender construction theory

Question 9

what is neophilia?

Answer 9

love of preference for or great interest in what is new a love of novelty

Question 10

what is neophobia?

Answer 10

extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new or unfamiliar