Perceptions of the feminine body: a study about the subjective of students of a physical education graduate course

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze how the images used in the media influence the construction of the subjectivities. The research envolved 25 graduate students, 19 to 24 years old. Nine pictures of women evidenced in the media were used, all of them actresses, models or dancers. Among the results, the data which more came into attention was the presence of concerns about “morals”, “good habits” and the exploration of the body as a consumption object in the graduate students’ speeches. However, in spite of the conscience of these speeches, the students let reveal that they are avid consumers of these corporal models. KEY-WORDS: feminine body – subjectivities – speeches