CONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE BODY IMAGE OF BLACK WOMAN BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TERESINA / PI

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze conceptions of high school students about the black woman's body image. The statistical and descriptive methods were employed, with 26 students being surveyed. In the results, it was verified that the majority of the students does not consider any corporal aspect of the black woman as ugly. However, there are opinions that raise stigmas about the notion of beauty focused on Eurocentric standards. It was concluded that the students' body image conception is permeated by fluid and contradictory uncertainties and senses of beauty, built in the absence of a consistent corporal education capable of abolishing prejudiced behaviors and conceptions.