Novas formas de sofrer do contemporâneo : a busca pelo corpo ideal.

Abstract

The pursuit of beauty is becoming, each day, more uncontrolled. Most people determine targets that go beyond the limit of what is healthy. These people, increasingly, they are valuing the opinion of others than their own because they are not satisfied with their body while not follow the standards set by society, including a lean and muscular body. Due to this fact, it has recently emerged a new generation called "fitness generation" which includes people who do exercise often at least three times a week, which have healthier eating habits and seeking for a more muscular body. So, this study sought to understand the reasons that lead people to seek a so-called body "ideal" at contemporary. Interviewed up ten women 20 to 30 years old and attending a certain academy in the city of Venâncio Aires / RS. With this research we observed at the same time bring issues good health, they talk about an aesthetic standard of beauty imposed by society (default this considered as a synonym for health). And so have some increase in the feeling of discomfort relative to the body and body image.