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The Gender Politics of Physical Beauty and Racial Integration: Comments on D. C. Matthew's “Racial Integration and the Problem of Relational Devaluation”

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Abstract In response to D. C. Matthew's article “Racial Integration and the Problem of Relational Devaluation,” I assess the politics of physical beauty in the intersection between the categories of… Click to show full abstract

Abstract In response to D. C. Matthew's article “Racial Integration and the Problem of Relational Devaluation,” I assess the politics of physical beauty in the intersection between the categories of race and gender. I scrutinize Matthew's contention that being perceived to be physically attractive reliably results in either good treatment or high self-esteem. I argue that, on the contrary, gender can function as a means of social control, in which the appraisal of women's bodies yields neither good treatment nor improves their self-esteem. This problem can persist among self-segregated intra-group racial communities.

Keywords: problem relational; integration; racial integration; gender; integration problem

Journal Title: Dialogue
Year Published: 2023

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