"Gender, Age, and Gendered Age in Relation to Attitudes to One's Own Appearance and Health (Chosen Aspects)"

Identyfikator Librowy: 191918

Spis treści

Introduction 7

1.1. Examining Attitudes Towards Health and Appearance from the Gender and Gendered Age Perspective Theoretical Concepts and Findings (Ewa Malinowska) 11

1.1.1. Cultural Models of Society, the Genderisation Process 11

Chapter 1. Theoretical and Methodological Introduction 11

1.1.2. Patriarchal Models of Gender 13

1.1.3. Gender in Relation to Health 16

1.1.4. The Concept of Gendered Age 17

1.1.5. The Framework Adopted in the Study of Attitudes 19

1.2. The Purpose, the Issues, and the Methodological Assumptions of the Study (Ewa Malinowska, Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula, Emilia Garncarek, JulitaCzernecka, Joanna Brzezińska) 21

2.1. The Ideas of Young, Middle-Aged, and Old Women and Men (Joanna Brzezińska, Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula) 25

Chapter 2. Age Gendering as an Empirical Phenomenon 25

3.1. Cognitive Component 55

3.1.1. The Manner of Describing One’s Own Physical Appearance in Relation to Gender and Age (Julita Czernecka) 55

Chapter 3. The Attitudes of Women and Men of Different Ages to Their Physical Appearance 55

3.1.2. Reasons for Taking Care of One’s Physical Appearance Given by Women and Men of Various Ages (Ewa Malinowska) 70

3.2. Affective Component 79

3.2.1. The Assessment of One’s Own Physical Appearance in Relation to Sex and Age (Joanna Brzezińska) 79

3.3. Behavioural Component 97

3.3.1. Gender and Gendered Age in Relation to Activities Which Have a Beneficial Influence on One’s Appearance (Ewa Malinowska) 97

3.3.1.1. How Women and Men Take Care of Their Appearance Depending on Their Age 98

3.3.1.2. How Women of Different Ages Take Care of Their Appearance 110

3.3.1.3. How Men of Different Ages Take Care of Their Appearance 123

Chapter 4. The Cultural Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Appearance in the Awareness of Women and Men of Different Ages (Ewa Malinowska) 133

4.1. The Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Appearance in the Awareness of Women of Different Ages 134

4.2. The Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Appearance in the Awareness of Men of Different Ages 145

5.1. Cognitive Component 155

5.1.1. Reasons for Taking Care of One’s Health Given by Men and Women of Various Age (Emilia Garncarek) 155

Chapter 5. Attitudes of Men and Women of Different Age Towards Their Health 155

5.2. Affective Component 169

5.2.1. The Evaluation of One’s Own Health in Relation to Gender and Age (Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula) 169

5.3. Behavioural Component 183

5.3.1. Pro-Health Behaviour and Gender (Emilia Garncarek) 183

Chapter 6. The Cultural Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Health in the Awareness of Women and Men of Different Ages (Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula) 207

6.1. The Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Health in the Awareness of Women of Different Ages 208

6.2. The Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Health in the Awareness of Men of Different Ages 220

Conclusions 243

Bibliography 249