Body Image:女權主義者對美好身材的理解

從時尚雜誌到好萊塢女星都在向女性傳達著一個清晰響亮的信息：「苗條即是時尚」。而在體重與吸引力的關係上，女權主義者持何態度呢？

為了驗證「女權主義者對體重和吸引力的關係持更加寬鬆態度」的理論，研究人員進行了一項對比試驗。相關文章發表在2008年2月的愛思唯爾期刊《體象》(Body Image)在線版上。試驗中，129名女權主義者和132名非女權主義者對一組（10張）體形各不相同的女性圖片進行了吸引力打分。這10張圖片上女性的體重指數各不相同，從消瘦到肥胖均有分布。

打分結果顯示，兩者對「最具有吸引力身材的體重指數」的認識基本一致，大約都是18.45 kg/m2，這個體重指數屬於苗條身材。然而，女權主義者所認為的好身材範圍更廣。在試驗中表現為，女權主義者給體重指數高的女性圖片打出的分數比非女權主義高。

所以說，女權主義者也認為苗條的身材更具吸引力，但他們對迷人身材的標準要寬鬆得多。（科學網 荔濤/編譯）

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(Body Image)，doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2007.10.003，Viren Swami, Martin J. Tovée

The influence of feminist ascription on judgements of women's physical attractiveness

Viren Swamia,  Natalie Salemb, Adrian Furnhamb and Martin J. Tovéec

Abstract

The present study examined the effect of feminist ascription on perceptions of the physical attractiveness of women ranging in body mass index (BMI). One-hundred and twenty-nine women who self-identified as feminists and 132 who self-identified as non-feminists rated a series of 10 images of women that varied in BMI from emaciated to obese. Results showed no significant differences between feminist and non-feminists in the figure they considered to be maximally attractive. However, feminists were more likely to positively perceive a wider range of body sizes than non-feminists. These results are discussed in relation to possible protective factors against the internalisation of the thin ideal and body objectification.