| Appearance | Feelings | Feelings Stem From:
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Theories
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| Hair | My hair is Straight/curly
It changes color. In Winter it gets darker and, in the Summer, it lightens up more.
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People says that I have good hair.
People have told me that longer hair looks better on me.
But, I love my short hair,
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Biological determinism theory
Psychoanalytical theory
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| Face | Love my face
I can change it appearance by growing my beard or shaving it
It shows emotions
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People have told me that I have an oval face.
Some people have told me I have a weird chin
I don’t like my chin
I don’t like my eyebrows |
Biological determinism theory
Psychoanalytical theory
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| Legs | Takes me everywhere
I don’t have to shave it
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People always said that men don’t have to shave
My parents says that only women shave their legs |
Biological determinism theory.
Psychoanalytical theory |
I choose my hair, face, legs. Those are a few of the body parts that people tend to have a lot of stereotypes relate to being masculine or feminine, depending on their appearance. I choose my hair because everybody should love their natural hair, and we should embrace the differences between each hairstyle no matter what your sex is. Men should be allowed to have long hair or vice versa; women should be allowed short hair. My face because it represents me; it can show my emotions is my identity. I can decide whether I want to shave or not. Finally, my legs because they take me everywhere and I don’t have to shave it. Even though women have to shave according to society, I believe it should be a choice. I feel like the body part that I listed is what people always comment on relate to sexual standards.
Furthermore, all these bodies part that I have explained more relatable to: Biological determinism theory and Psychoanalytical theory. Sometimes we tend to view our identity through a biological or even phycological perspective. I was born with whatever biological features that sometimes creates the impression that it is unchangeable, and the Psychoanalytical aspect is based on the identity developed through your life experience.
From my embodied communication, the conduct was because of the longing to fit in with my sexual orientation character. I refuse to act in a certain way because of social norms. However, I would say my embodied communication can stem from psychological theories. For example, in society, we expect that men should be bold. Ladies then again should be uninvolved and compliant. That is why I believe that psychological theories, for the most part, have a hung impact on people, including myself, physical appearances, and the way we perceive ourselves.
Hi Jhulio, you made a great point about your hair. Just because you are a man doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to wear or grow it out long. That doesn’t make you any less of a man. Same for women , usually if a women cuts her hair extremely short, people may think shes into woman or portray her as masculine. When that isn’t the case all times.
Hello Jhulio,
I love the fact, how you admire your body parts.
And then my eyes caught into the fact about shaving leg for women but not men, I find it very stereotype concept that our society has. I remember last year when I was on a trip with my school friends, where this particular topic came, because one of my male friends, told us that he does not like the girls not shaving their legs. I had that question at that time too and now also why? why our society has given these all activities, shaving legs or getting rid of body hair only by girls? Because sometimes I feel like I could walk in the streets not shaving my legs and I would not get any judgmental look from people in the street like boys in our society does not.
I wonder, if we can make any changes to this stereotype concept of society in the future.
Hello Jhulio,
First and foremost, I think the most important factor in your post is that you love your face. As you mentioned, it is who you are and shows how you feel. I think that type of confidence should be admired. As a woman, I definitely understand the pressure of having to have long hair on your head and none else where. Although, that is my personal preference, I support women who feel and do otherwise. I also believe that it should be normalized as well.
Hi Jhulio,
I completely loved your post, especially the hair part. I can relate to that because I have curly hair and I used to have them straight all the time and a few years ago I decided to keep my natural hair by not straightening them anymore. I agree with you when you say we are allowed to keep part of our body how they are and not think about how society might think about your decision. For example; I do have long hair and when I used to have them straight they will say that it looks nice like that, but since I started to stop that and let my hair be curly people be asking me why I’m not straightening my hair anymore because for them that is how I look “better”.
Hi Jhulio! Thanks for sharing. I definitely agree that men could and should be able to wear their hair as long they want and vice versa. Who made a standard hair length for the sexes? My sons go through phases with the lengths of their hair never once equating their long hair to being feminine. They just like wearing it how they want and that’s just about it.
Hi Jhulio. I wanted to respond to your assignment because I can relate to people telling me I have “good hair”. Growing up, I would always avoid the question “what are you mixed with”. I identify as African American and a lot of people would challenge me when I said I am African American just because of my hair texture. Even though I love my hair just because, it was hard and still is to completely love it when people separate me because of it. Even if they think its a compliment, to me its ignorant.
Hey Jhulio, thank you for shedding light on the sensitive and controversial matters. I included my legs in my post as well but I shared how proud of how long and hairy they were. I remember when I was with my friends and I told them how concerned I was about my hairy legs how I need to shave them. Their response really blew me away, one friend asked me why? and for what? My other one said hair is body hair is beautiful/natural. I was really grateful for that moment because it removed the shame/concern from the way I perceived my “hairy” legs.