Padrões de beleza e o corpo feminino

Abstract

The theme of this work is beauty standards, the female body and social media, particularly Instagram. Where the objective is to address the different ways in which beauty standards for the female body appear throughout not only the history of different societies, but also to present the standard that currently exists in Brazil. In addition to exemplifying ways in which Instagram is used as a tool. so much to disseminate profiles that are aimed at a healthy and light fitness life, but still seeking to fit into certain standards. as well as profiles that address a topic completely outside established beauty standards, profiles from the body positive movement whose motto is “my body, my rules” which fights against discrimination against bodies called “outside the standards”.