Empowerment Series: Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment 10th Edition by Charles Zastrow ,Karen Kirst Ashman

Exercise 1

Is it right or fair to place so much importance on external physical appearance, especially when this emphasis concerns weight? Is it equitable that the burden of weight control rests more heavily on women than on men? How have these concerns about weight and physical appearance affected you and aspects of your own biological, psychological, and social development?