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142. Women's Bodies Over the Centuries, Girls' Body Image, 'Ideal Female Body' History, History of Sexualization of Women  
… From antiquity through the late 1700s, a one-sex model prevailed, with the female body being seen as a lesser version of the male. For example, reproductive organs were understood as basically the… …  
144. Women's Bodies Over the Centuries, Girls' Body Image, 'Ideal Female Body' History, History of Sexualization of Women  
… Perfect measurements? Is a woman an object to be measured or a person to be valued? Excerpt from "Miss America," a film by Lisa Ades. (Running time 1:29) Used with permission. The complete… …  
145. Women's Bodies Over the Centuries, Girls' Body Image, 'Ideal Female Body' History, History of Sexualization of Women  
… The ideal female body type has also changed dramatically over the centuries, from the plumpness of the seventeenth-century model (voluptuous women are called Rubenesque for a reason) to… …  
146. Women's Bodies Over the Centuries, Girls' Body Image, 'Ideal Female Body' History, History of Sexualization of Women  
… One of the longest-standing prohibitions was against physical activity. Organized sports were seen as especially problematic for women, whose supposedly delicate bodies (especially their tender… …  
147. Women's Bodies Over the Centuries, Girls' Body Image, 'Ideal Female Body' History, History of Sexualization of Women  
… Women’s bodies are also at risk of gender-based violence. Think of the terrible personal and social costs of such acts as rape, the sexual abuse of girls, and domestic violence and spousal abuse.… …  
149. Women's Bodies Over the Centuries, Girls' Body Image, 'Ideal Female Body' History, History of Sexualization of Women  
… Women’s bodies are also sexual bodies, and with sexuality comes both pleasure and danger. Probably no aspect of women’s bodies has been as contested as their sexuality, including the question of… …  
150. Women's Bodies Over the Centuries, Girls' Body Image, 'Ideal Female Body' History, History of Sexualization of Women  
… For most of history, women lacked any real knowledge of their bodies and the workings of their reproductive systems. This wasn’t just a question of medicine and science being slow to map the… …  
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