Beautiful Women: Socio-Demographic Analysis of Representation

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Abstract

The article discusses the features of female representations of a beautiful woman with different socio-demographic characteristics. Distinguished performance features of the socio-demographic status of a beautiful woman, but also analyzes the description of the physical components of the external appearance and personality characteristics of a beautiful woman. The results of empirical research are presented.

General Information

Keywords: woman, beauty, socio-demographic status, representation.

Journal rubric: Experimental Research

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Pogontseva D.V. Beautiful Women: Socio-Demographic Analysis of Representation. Sotsial'naya psikhologiya i obshchestvo = Social Psychology and Society, 2011. Vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 73–82. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Darya V. Pogontseva, PhD in Psychology, lecturer at the Social psychology chair of the Southern Federal University, Russia, e-mail: dashapgn@rambler.ru

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