This blog is created by students from Clemson University's spring 2009 course Women's Studies 459 - "Building Bodies: Women's Bodies in Theory and Practice." This class explores the construction of bodies from various methodological perspectives, focusing on five specific areas: theories of bodies; bodies and genders and sexes; “misbehaving” bodies; politics of bodies; and constructing bodies. We welcome comments and contributions to our posts and discussions.

03 May 2009

Boob implants?

So Miss California was offered a boob job by the Miss California pageant and she took it. If she was beautiful enough to win Miss California, then why are they trying to alter (or improve in their case) her body? This really bothers me, I do not know if she already wanted surgery or if they offered it to her. Either way it was obviously done in order to increase her chances of winning Miss USA because it was completed six weeks before the competition. This ties into our essay question with whether or no women should be able to alter their bodies. I see no issue with this alteration, but the reason behind doing it is a bit questionable. Was she doing it for self-satisfaction, to further her career, or some other reason? I see nothing wrong with the implants, but if she did it just for the competition, I think that is a bit shallow.

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