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Intimate norms of beauty by women. Depilation and modification of body hair on the example of Czech women.
Greňová, Martina ; Korecká, Zuzana (advisor) ; Štěpánová, Irena (referee)
Martina Greňová: Ženské intimní normy krásy. Depilace a úprava tělesného porostu na příkladu českých žen. FF UK 2011 The author searches for reasons for the body hair removal and its modifications. As the base she uses an analyse of the media and literature and her research among Czech women. The paper emanates, that certain subjects try to define norms of body hair removal. These norms are presented in medical and cosmetical literature, in magazines, internet articles, films, adverts, in the language and in the folklore. Accordingly the normative subjects are doctores, cosmeticians, editors and authors of magazines, participants of internet discussions, film makers and producers of cosmetic products. Nevertheles women participate on the creation of norms too. The author postulates some attitudes, how the hair removal is perceived and presented: as hygienical and medical, as dichotomy of human and animal (nature vs. culture), as dichotomy of feminity and masculinity, as an attribute of maturity, as an esthetic aspect. Most of the women remove hair from their bodies. Young women "shave" more , but the difference between the generations is not that big. Yet a vast difference exists between the age of todays teenagers when they started removing (on an averge of 12 years) and the older generations (at 24 years)...
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Human fur patterns and their evolution
Fischer, Jan ; Tureček, Petr (advisor) ; Hora, Martin (referee)
Human fur, although absent on the first sight, is one of human unique features. But the question is, what influences shaped it into its current state. First part ergo the loss of dense fur coat stands on two main hypothesis. The first one being increasing effectivity of sweating for active diurnal lifestyle and the second one being parasite avoidance. There are other hypothesis, although not as reputable. These are aquatic ape hypothesis and importance of fire use hypothesis. The second part are the remaining parts of human fur patterns, some of which even expanded, scalp hair, beards, eyebrows, pubic and axillary hair. Most of these are explained thru hypothesis regarding the importance of communication in expanding human societies but there are also some talking about typical mammalian hair function - environment protection. Scalp hair are mostly explained as health, beauty and individuality signal but it also probably had protective function. Beards as extremely sexually specific trade helped in competition between men although in more of a demonstrative way. They also played role in sexual selection. Eyebrows are irreplaceable in face recognition, emotion expression and they also protect an eye from sweat. Axillary hair preserves armpits and hosts an axillary organ useful in chemical communication....
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Intimate norms of beauty by women. Depilation and modification of body hair on the example of Czech women.
Greňová, Martina ; Korecká, Zuzana (advisor) ; Štěpánová, Irena (referee)
Martina Greňová: Ženské intimní normy krásy. Depilace a úprava tělesného porostu na příkladu českých žen. FF UK 2011 The author searches for reasons for the body hair removal and its modifications. As the base she uses an analyse of the media and literature and her research among Czech women. The paper emanates, that certain subjects try to define norms of body hair removal. These norms are presented in medical and cosmetical literature, in magazines, internet articles, films, adverts, in the language and in the folklore. Accordingly the normative subjects are doctores, cosmeticians, editors and authors of magazines, participants of internet discussions, film makers and producers of cosmetic products. Nevertheles women participate on the creation of norms too. The author postulates some attitudes, how the hair removal is perceived and presented: as hygienical and medical, as dichotomy of human and animal (nature vs. culture), as dichotomy of feminity and masculinity, as an attribute of maturity, as an esthetic aspect. Most of the women remove hair from their bodies. Young women "shave" more , but the difference between the generations is not that big. Yet a vast difference exists between the age of todays teenagers when they started removing (on an averge of 12 years) and the older generations (at 24 years)...
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