Womens psyche

1. WOMEN‟S
PSYCHOLGICAL HEALTH
Emily VandeKieft, Jodie Lindbo, Gwen Collver, Natassia Haas

2. BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
D I S O R D E R A N D WO M E N
Emily VandeKieft

3. WHAT IS BPD?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2XU1adHZI
BPD is defined by the DSM as a pervasive pattern of
instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and
marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a
variety of contexts.

4. BPD AND WOMEN
 Cultural feminist perspective
 75% of diagnoses are women; women are three times more likely
to be diagnosed with BPD than men
 Symptoms of BPD mimic, and subsequently uphold, common
gender stereotypes about women.
 BPD is stigmatized by both society and medical staff, creating a
double bind for women with the disorder.

5. MEDIA ANALYSIS
 Brandon Marshall‟s PSA, although doing good by raising BPD
awareness, still leaves the needs of women with BPD undervalued
and unrecognized.
 Women wrestle not only with their mental health, but also gender
stereotypes and the stigma surrounding BPD. Women have a multi-
faceted gendered experience with BPD that men, like Brandon
Marshall, do not.

6. THE EFFECT OF BODY
IMAGE ON MENTAL HEALTH
 Women and girls are much more likely to develop eating disorders in fact
only 5-15% of cases of eating disorders involve men.
 In a Study done by the American Academy of Pediatrics on a group of 548
5th to 12th grade girls, 47% of girls said they wanted to lose weight because of
images they saw in fashion magazines.
 The British Medical Association said that the epidemic of waif-like models
is fueling an epidemic of anorexia and bulimia. “Many Current Models meet
the weight criteria for anorexia.”(Crawford, p. 67, 2012)

7. ROSIE‟S CHARACTER
SPEECH ON BEAUTIFUL
GIRLS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fbwsh9Iw_w

8. MENTAL BURDEN ON
WOMEN
 “By far, the majority of gender construction in contemporary industrialized cultures takes
place through women‟s appearance.”(Crawford, p. 34, 2012)
 In my Movie Clip Rosie‟s character is burden with the responsibility to explain the
unattainable , fake beauty of the images that her guy friends are judging regular women by.
 Because Rosie is not stereotypically beautiful you can hear her mental stress and torment she
feels by the portrayals of women in magazines and media
 Fashion Magazines have been proven to fuel eating disorders
 In a study done at an eating disorder clinic, 28 women were studied, there was a strong
correlation between exacerbation of and onset of there eating disorders due to reading and
idolization of women in fashion magazines.

9. SELF-OBJECTIFICATION
AND EATING DISORDERS
 Self-Objectification causes women and girls mental tasks to be very divided.
 In eating disorders self-surveillance takes up the majority of women‟s time,
monitoring food intake, what she is eating, controlling her hunger, keeping her
disorder secret and worrying about how she looks.
 Often times women take on eating disorders because of social comparison
process and the low self –esteem it produces.
 Rosie however, exposes the lie‟s behind the idealized standards of beauty
produced by the media as completely unnatural and not the norm.

10. P O S T T R AU M AT I C S L AV E
S Y N D RO M E

11. C U LT U R A L F E M I N I S M
PERSPECTIVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_GZ9FByseo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmByQkq1xNI
“Precious” Mirror Scene “Precious” Daydream VS. Reality

12. WOMANISM
 Difference between men and women emphasized
• Male irresponsibility has no consequences
• Woman „bears the load‟ in life
• Mother is jealous instead of protecting child‟s sexuality
 Qualities and characteristics of women that are devalued, but
should be honored and respected socially
• Size, color of skin, pregnancy, youth, mother of disabled child, youth,
education, female sex, lesbians

13. WOMANISM
 Views such as nurturing is feminine is a gender issue so deeply
rooted to females that it is unlikely to ever change
• Mother as stable, nurturing, supportive and protector to young
children (and grandchildren)
• Compare to great-grandmother
• Common drug use of mothers and consequences
• Lesbians are maternal, relating, wealthy, educated secure relationship
 Understanding importance of unpaid work contributed by women
• Chores vice slavery (and laziness of mothers)

14. WOMEN‟S DIAGNOSIS
AND TREATMENT
Natassia Haas

15. HISTORICALLY
 Women seen as mad, feeble minded, hysterical, and immoral.
 Romanticism gave way to the idea that women may not just be
“mad,” but that mental illness may be scientific.
 Romanticism also brought about a change in feminine ideals.
“Insane Woman” by Theodore Gericault
from Salpêtrière (1822)

16. MODERN DI AGNOSI S AND
RESEARCH
 Women withheld information regarding diagnosis.
 Treatment and research effected by biases.

17. MEDIA ANALYSIS
 Girl Interrupted (1999)
 http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=60000428&trkid=8
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