Relationship between Stereotypical Beauty Standards and Secondary Social Status ..
There is no doubt about the fact that women throughout the world are discriminated against and hold a secondary status in every sphere of life. They are stereotyped when it comes to their roles in family/social life. There are even stereotypical beauty standards in every culture to dictate, how a woman should look like.Women are expected to attain those unattainable beauty standards in order to be considered acceptable to the society. This stereotyping plays a central role in shaping women's behaviors in everyday life and determining their status in the society, which is secondary to the men folk. The purpose of this study is to study the variables (the stereotypical beauty standards about women and their (women's) secondary social status) to discover the relationship between the two. Also this study aims to evaluate the impact of the stereotyping on the lives of women so that some guidelines could be developed to avoid the negative impacts of stereotypical beauty standards on women. Furthermore, it could be helpful for the policy-making process to assist the states to achieve the sustainable development goals 2030. Since it is not possible to attain these goals without including the 51 Percent of the world's population, i-e women, into the process of policy making at the state level..
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Stereotypical Beauty Standards, Secondary Social Status, Gender Discrimination
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(1) Roheena Sajid
MPhill Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agricultue University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Shagufta Hamid Ali
Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agricultue University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agricultue University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Sajid, R., Ali, S. H., & Chaudhry, A. G. (2021). Relationship between Stereotypical Beauty Standards and Secondary Social Status ... Global Digital & Print Media Review, IV(III), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2021(IV-III).06
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CHICAGO : Sajid, Roheena, Shagufta Hamid Ali, and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. 2021. "Relationship between Stereotypical Beauty Standards and Secondary Social Status ..." Global Digital & Print Media Review, IV (III): 60-67 doi: 10.31703/gdpmr.2021(IV-III).06
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HARVARD : SAJID, R., ALI, S. H. & CHAUDHRY, A. G. 2021. Relationship between Stereotypical Beauty Standards and Secondary Social Status ... Global Digital & Print Media Review, IV, 60-67.
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MHRA : Sajid, Roheena, Shagufta Hamid Ali, and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. 2021. "Relationship between Stereotypical Beauty Standards and Secondary Social Status ..." Global Digital & Print Media Review, IV: 60-67
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MLA : Sajid, Roheena, Shagufta Hamid Ali, and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. "Relationship between Stereotypical Beauty Standards and Secondary Social Status ..." Global Digital & Print Media Review, IV.III (2021): 60-67 Print.
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OXFORD : Sajid, Roheena, Ali, Shagufta Hamid, and Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor (2021), "Relationship between Stereotypical Beauty Standards and Secondary Social Status ..", Global Digital & Print Media Review, IV (III), 60-67
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TURABIAN : Sajid, Roheena, Shagufta Hamid Ali, and Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry. "Relationship between Stereotypical Beauty Standards and Secondary Social Status ..." Global Digital & Print Media Review IV, no. III (2021): 60-67. https://doi.org/10.31703/gdpmr.2021(IV-III).06