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  2. Cultural views on the midriff and navel - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the Motion Picture Production Code, or Hays Code, enforced after 1934, banned the exposure of the female navel in Hollywood films. [3] The National Legion of Decency, a Roman Catholic body guarding over American media content, also pressured Hollywood to keep clothing that exposed certain parts of the female body, such as bikinis and low-cut dresses, from being featured ...

  3. Beauty in sports: Why looks shouldn't come first for female ...

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    Of course, just weeks after the celebrations completed and the ticker-tape was tidied up, women's soccer in America was faced with another big challenge, one that female athletes across a variety ...

  4. The Insidious Scrutiny of Female Athletes' Bodies - AOL

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    A big reason why these athletes were so great was because they were built differently. In women’s sport, people are often too busy scrutinizing and questioning stand-out athletes to appreciate them.

  5. Media depictions of body shape - Wikipedia

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    Lovejoy finds in her research—which compares the perceptions of body image and eating disorders in black and white women through a literature review—that the strategies (e.g., resistance to mainstream beauty ideals) that black women use to challenge mainstream depictions of female bodies and develop positive self-valuations are often ...

  6. Physical attractiveness - Wikipedia

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    East Asians have historically preferred women whose bodies had small features. For example, during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history, women in Chinese harems wanted to have a thin body in order to be attractive for the Chinese emperor. Later, during the Tang dynasty, a less thin body type was seen as most attractive for Chinese ...

  7. Olympic athlete Michelle Jenneke sparks controversy over her ...

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    Michelle Jenneke finished in 37th place with a time of 13.26 seconds in the first round of the women's 100-meter hurdles. She did not qualify to move on to the next round, ending her bid for ...

  8. See the Sexiest, Most Sizzling Celebrity Bikini Moments of ...

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    From itty-bitty bottoms to designer tops, stars can't stop showing off their curves in bikinis. Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber kicked off 2024 with sizzling snaps from their tropical getaway ...

  9. Skin gap - Wikipedia

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    The “U.S. Muslim Women and Body Image: Links Among Objectification Theory Constructs and the Hijab” [4] article explains how studies in the United States show that Muslim women wear cover-ups as a way to express their true Muslim identity. Self-expression of a Muslim identity can be social reinforcement towards friends, family and society.