Author Question: Which of the following describes how models learn to manage their bodily capital effectively? a. ... (Read 49 times)

Pineappleeh · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Which of the following describes how models learn to manage their bodily capital effectively?

a. She has to learn how to take criticism and rejection AND she must learn how to maintain her bodily capital as she gets older and heavier.
b. She must learn how to diet so as to keep her figure AND she has to learn how to fend off the advances of men.
c. She must learn how to handle her financial responsibilities on her own AND she must take direction from mostly male photographers and agents.
d. Mears and Finlay effectively show that most models do not ever learn how to manage their bodily capital effectively.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a reason cited by the authors for why models are an important group to study sociologically?

a. Modeling is similar to and different from other occupations in which people make their living by displaying their bodies.
b. Modeling provides a good example of how workers learn to manage their bodily capital, a concern for anyone employed in the business of using their bodies for work.
c. Models are a good example of people who have to do solitary activity, without coaching and away from their work sites.
d. Models are important to study because they are usually women who the society sees as beautiful and this is a good avenue to study sexism in American culture.