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"Beauty Is Skin Deep

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"Beauty is skin deep." While this is a common and seemingly innocent expression,it is a notion that underlines the billion-dollar beauty and fashion industry.It has profound and prolonged effects upon girls' and women's self-image.According to Foucault,the wide acceptance of this expression has become part of what social phenomenon?


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Self-Schema

Cognitive structures that represent one's beliefs and feelings about oneself, guiding the processing of self-related information.

Narcissistic

Pertaining to narcissism, which is characterized by an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory during which the focus of the libido is on the genital area.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that child development occurs through a series of stages focused on different pleasure areas of the body.

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