Women And Beauty In The Film Of Snow White And The Seven Dwarf

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Above is the famous catchphrase from Disney classic movie of Snow White and the Seven Dwarf (1937) which indicate that women and beauty are inseparable. The concept of beauty is well discussed and have been highlighted across different culture. Even there are numbers of well-known Malay proverb such as “rambut ikal mayang”, “pipi pauh dilayang” and “hidung mancung bak seludang” does describe the physical characteristic of the ideal and attractive women. Previously, mass media are mainly focused on women’s beauty and physical appearance yet with the emergence of advance technology nowadays, the concept of muscularity appearance is being promoted globally. Specifically, the movie does portray the actors and actresses who are very good looking …show more content…

As for this current study, there is 5 classifications of BMI which are 11% as underweight, 58% as normal, 20% as overweight, 8% as obese and 3% as extremely obese. It was found that BAS-2 also was negatively correlated with BMI (-.234) which similar to past studies with a correlation of -.27 (Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015) and -.24 (Swami & Chamorro-Premuzic, 2008). This issue is elaborate extensively by Dr. Tylka which mentioned “BMI’s association with body appreciation is mediated by how we view others’ acceptance of our bodies. So if women are heavy, they can have a good body image if they don’t perceive that important others are trying to change their body shape or weight and instead accept them as who they are” (Research News, n.d.). Thus, one’s body image does rely on our perception towards ourselves as well as approval from other people around us especially our significant others. A negative thought, for example, may indirectly produce unhealthy behavior which can influence one’s physical and mental health. As for muscularity concept, men reported higher score on The Drive for Muscularity Scale (M = 3.06, SD = .93) as compared to women (M = 1.99, SD = .89). Dr. Tylka further explained this issue whereby “they start to believe that the only attractive male body is a muscular one. And when they internalize that belief, they judge themselves on that ideal and probably come up short, because it is not a realistic portrayal of men” (Research News,

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