Beauty and the cosmetic secret
- Heggenstaller, Alessandra K., Rau, Asta, Coetzee, Jan K., Ryen, Anne, Smit, Ria
- Authors: Heggenstaller, Alessandra K. , Rau, Asta , Coetzee, Jan K. , Ryen, Anne , Smit, Ria
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Cosmetic Surgery , Secrecy , Femininity
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/284364 , uj:30705 , Citation: Heggenstaller, A.K. et al. 2018. Beauty and the cosmetic secret.
- Description: Abstract: Cosmetic surgery is often linked to the perception that women who resort to cosmetic interventions to alter their physical appearance are vain, superficial, and narcissistic. Few investigations have acknowledged and explored the individual’s personal motivations and experiences of her action and choice with regards to aesthetic surgery. By focusing on the subjective experience, an alternative insight is given to the cosmetic procedure and to how the reshaped body influences an individual’s lifeworld 2 experience. The article explores the perceived benefits and consequences of reshaping, enhancing, and/or reducing a perceived flaw or shortcoming of the body. From this exploration the focus moves to the individual’s subjective and intersubjective perceptions: how she motivates and justifies her physical transformation whilst keeping private, and at times hiding, her surgical intervention. We attempt to understand how a group of women experience cosmetic surgery in terms of their personal sense of self and their everyday social reality.
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- Authors: Heggenstaller, Alessandra K. , Rau, Asta , Coetzee, Jan K. , Ryen, Anne , Smit, Ria
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Cosmetic Surgery , Secrecy , Femininity
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/284364 , uj:30705 , Citation: Heggenstaller, A.K. et al. 2018. Beauty and the cosmetic secret.
- Description: Abstract: Cosmetic surgery is often linked to the perception that women who resort to cosmetic interventions to alter their physical appearance are vain, superficial, and narcissistic. Few investigations have acknowledged and explored the individual’s personal motivations and experiences of her action and choice with regards to aesthetic surgery. By focusing on the subjective experience, an alternative insight is given to the cosmetic procedure and to how the reshaped body influences an individual’s lifeworld 2 experience. The article explores the perceived benefits and consequences of reshaping, enhancing, and/or reducing a perceived flaw or shortcoming of the body. From this exploration the focus moves to the individual’s subjective and intersubjective perceptions: how she motivates and justifies her physical transformation whilst keeping private, and at times hiding, her surgical intervention. We attempt to understand how a group of women experience cosmetic surgery in terms of their personal sense of self and their everyday social reality.
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Reflecting on female beauty : cosmetic surgery and (dis)empowerment
- Heggenstaller, Alessandra K., Rau, Asta, Coetzee, Jan K., Ryen, Anne, Smit, Ria
- Authors: Heggenstaller, Alessandra K. , Rau, Asta , Coetzee, Jan K. , Ryen, Anne , Smit, Ria
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Feminist thinking , Cosmetic surgery , Phenomenology
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/284393 , uj:30713 , Citation: Heggenstaller, A.K., Rau, A., Coetzee, J.K., Ryen, A. & Smit, R. 2018. Reflecting on female beauty : cosmetic surgery and (dis)empowerment.
- Description: Abstract: This project aims to unwrap some of the complexities related to female beauty and the body. It reflects on the second wave radical feminist view that beautifying the female body serves to attract male approval via the male gaze, both of which are deeply entrenched in patriarchal power. This perspective positions cosmetic surgery as a disempowering act for women. In riposte, we turn to third wave liberal feminist ideas to engage with the narratives of ten participants who tell of their personal experiences of, and motivations for, undergoing a cosmetic intervention. We 2 undertake an in‐depth exploration of these lifeworld experiences and the interplay of subjectivity and inter‐subjectivity in the women’s encounters...
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- Authors: Heggenstaller, Alessandra K. , Rau, Asta , Coetzee, Jan K. , Ryen, Anne , Smit, Ria
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Feminist thinking , Cosmetic surgery , Phenomenology
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/284393 , uj:30713 , Citation: Heggenstaller, A.K., Rau, A., Coetzee, J.K., Ryen, A. & Smit, R. 2018. Reflecting on female beauty : cosmetic surgery and (dis)empowerment.
- Description: Abstract: This project aims to unwrap some of the complexities related to female beauty and the body. It reflects on the second wave radical feminist view that beautifying the female body serves to attract male approval via the male gaze, both of which are deeply entrenched in patriarchal power. This perspective positions cosmetic surgery as a disempowering act for women. In riposte, we turn to third wave liberal feminist ideas to engage with the narratives of ten participants who tell of their personal experiences of, and motivations for, undergoing a cosmetic intervention. We 2 undertake an in‐depth exploration of these lifeworld experiences and the interplay of subjectivity and inter‐subjectivity in the women’s encounters...
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Resilience and whistleblowers : coping with the consequences
- Authors: Uys, Tina , Smit, Ria
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Whistleblowing , Resilience (Personality trait)
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/218743 , uj:21814 , Citation: Uys, T. & Smit, R. 2016. Resilience and whistleblowers : coping with the consequences.
- Description: Abstract: Understanding the whistleblower’s ability to cope with the repercussions of showing ‘ethical resistance’ in the workplace is a neglected area of research. Drawing on qualitative data from narrative interviews with whistleblowers in South Africa, this article analyses the ways in which whistleblowers deal with the hostile responses from employers that tend to follow their disclosures. Most of the participants employed successful coping mechanisms showing that they remained hopeful that justice would prevail, even amidst emotions of distress and fear due to organizational reprisal. This study shows that the resilience perspective is an important frame for understanding whistleblowers’ responses to the challenging consequences of their actions. Practitioners should consider ways to enhance individual resilience to ensure a positive outcome of disclosures of organizational wrongdoing.
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- Authors: Uys, Tina , Smit, Ria
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Whistleblowing , Resilience (Personality trait)
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/218743 , uj:21814 , Citation: Uys, T. & Smit, R. 2016. Resilience and whistleblowers : coping with the consequences.
- Description: Abstract: Understanding the whistleblower’s ability to cope with the repercussions of showing ‘ethical resistance’ in the workplace is a neglected area of research. Drawing on qualitative data from narrative interviews with whistleblowers in South Africa, this article analyses the ways in which whistleblowers deal with the hostile responses from employers that tend to follow their disclosures. Most of the participants employed successful coping mechanisms showing that they remained hopeful that justice would prevail, even amidst emotions of distress and fear due to organizational reprisal. This study shows that the resilience perspective is an important frame for understanding whistleblowers’ responses to the challenging consequences of their actions. Practitioners should consider ways to enhance individual resilience to ensure a positive outcome of disclosures of organizational wrongdoing.
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Transnational forced migration and negotiating emotional well-being : the case of women refugees in South Africa
- Smit, Ria, Rugunanan, Pragna
- Authors: Smit, Ria , Rugunanan, Pragna
- Date: 2015-05-07
- Subjects: Emotional well-being , Women refugees , Transnational forced migration
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5587 , ISSN 02533952 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14256
- Description: This study seeks to gain a better understanding of how a group of women refugees perceives their emotional well-being and how they make sense of their emotions. The discussion is based on a comparative qualitative study done in South Africa among Congolese, Burundian and Zimbabwean refugees. Attention is paid to intrapersonal emotional ambivalence and how the emotional well-being of refugees relates to their socio-economic context and more specifically their challenging life experiences. Reference is made to the role children and religion play in respondents perceived emotional well-being and hope for the future. In addition, all the respondents had to manage emotions related to transnational familial ties. On the one hand, an acute sense of family separation was experienced. On the other, respondents felt a sense of financial responsibility towards their kin who were left behind. Yet, few respondents had the means to provide family members with any form of financial assistance. This in turn had repercussions for their emotional well-being.
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- Authors: Smit, Ria , Rugunanan, Pragna
- Date: 2015-05-07
- Subjects: Emotional well-being , Women refugees , Transnational forced migration
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5587 , ISSN 02533952 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14256
- Description: This study seeks to gain a better understanding of how a group of women refugees perceives their emotional well-being and how they make sense of their emotions. The discussion is based on a comparative qualitative study done in South Africa among Congolese, Burundian and Zimbabwean refugees. Attention is paid to intrapersonal emotional ambivalence and how the emotional well-being of refugees relates to their socio-economic context and more specifically their challenging life experiences. Reference is made to the role children and religion play in respondents perceived emotional well-being and hope for the future. In addition, all the respondents had to manage emotions related to transnational familial ties. On the one hand, an acute sense of family separation was experienced. On the other, respondents felt a sense of financial responsibility towards their kin who were left behind. Yet, few respondents had the means to provide family members with any form of financial assistance. This in turn had repercussions for their emotional well-being.
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'Trying to make South Africa my home’ : integration into the host society and the well-being of refugee families
- Authors: Smit, Ria
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Forced migration , Refugees - South Africa
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5596 , ISSN 00472328 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14309
- Description: During the past two decades South Africa has increasingly become a host society for many forcibly displaced families from across the sub-Saharan region. This article draws on some of the findings of a qualitative study with the aim to investigate the impact of forced migration on the daily lives of refugee women and their families as well as their experiences in trying to integrate into the host society. The research population constitutes refugees from the conflict ridden countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe who reside in the inner-city areas of Tshwane and Johannesburg. Ager and Strang's (2008) conceptual framework, which uses indicators of integration experiences, proved useful as an analytical lens. In discussing the findings specific reference is made to (a) markers and means of integration, (b) processes of social connection, and (c) facilitators of integration. The data revealed that Zimbabwean respondents and their families were slightly better off than the Congolese and Burundian participants in terms of social connection and means to achieve integration into the South African host society.
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- Authors: Smit, Ria
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Forced migration , Refugees - South Africa
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5596 , ISSN 00472328 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14309
- Description: During the past two decades South Africa has increasingly become a host society for many forcibly displaced families from across the sub-Saharan region. This article draws on some of the findings of a qualitative study with the aim to investigate the impact of forced migration on the daily lives of refugee women and their families as well as their experiences in trying to integrate into the host society. The research population constitutes refugees from the conflict ridden countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe who reside in the inner-city areas of Tshwane and Johannesburg. Ager and Strang's (2008) conceptual framework, which uses indicators of integration experiences, proved useful as an analytical lens. In discussing the findings specific reference is made to (a) markers and means of integration, (b) processes of social connection, and (c) facilitators of integration. The data revealed that Zimbabwean respondents and their families were slightly better off than the Congolese and Burundian participants in terms of social connection and means to achieve integration into the South African host society.
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Die veranderende rol van die man in die dubbelinkomstegesin
- Authors: Smit, Ria
- Date: 2012-09-12
- Subjects: Work and family - Social aspects - Research - South Africa , Dual-career families - Influence - Research - South Africa , Married people - Employment - Social aspects - Research - South Africa , Husband and wife - Social aspects - Research - South Africa , Husbands - Effect of stress on - Research - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10099 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7483
- Description: D.Litt. et Phil. , In recent research studies that have been done within the cadre of family sociology, researchers have emphasised the fact that the role of the man in the family is an important topic. This interest in the role of the husband/father has been facilitated by significant trends and changes of our time, manifesting world-wide, as well as in South Africa. These trends, such as the continuous rise in the rate of married women entering the labour market and the accompanying issues raised by changes in terms of the spouses' participation in household and childcare responsibilities, affect family life extensively. More researchers and theorists are now focussing on the shift from the man's role in the family as sole breadwinner to that of the active nurturant father within the context of a marital relationship characterised by companionship and an equal partnership between the spouses. For several decades the focus in South Africa, as in the case of other countries, fell on the increasing interface between work and family life, within the work/family spillover model, as experienced by the working married woman and how her marital and familial relationships are influenced by it. While it is clear from these research results, especially from those studies conducted in South Africa, that most men are no longer the sole or primary breadwinner in the family, it is less clear what new patterns of commitment and involvement these men are developing with regard to their family life. A related methodological shortcoming of sociological research on the husband/father role to date is that much of these research projects have relied on the wife/mother's report on her husband's attitude towards domestic responsibilities, his spousal and paternal conduct and the quality of the father-child relationship. As a result of this perspective on the changing role of the husband/father, the question arose as to what the situation in South Africa might be. The aim of this research was to shed light on the man's perception of his roles as husband and father in the dual-earner family and to what extent this perception may or may not stand in relationship to his experience of marital integration. In this quantitative research project the respondents were selected from the Gauteng area by means of purposive and snowball sampling.
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- Authors: Smit, Ria
- Date: 2012-09-12
- Subjects: Work and family - Social aspects - Research - South Africa , Dual-career families - Influence - Research - South Africa , Married people - Employment - Social aspects - Research - South Africa , Husband and wife - Social aspects - Research - South Africa , Husbands - Effect of stress on - Research - South Africa
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:10099 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7483
- Description: D.Litt. et Phil. , In recent research studies that have been done within the cadre of family sociology, researchers have emphasised the fact that the role of the man in the family is an important topic. This interest in the role of the husband/father has been facilitated by significant trends and changes of our time, manifesting world-wide, as well as in South Africa. These trends, such as the continuous rise in the rate of married women entering the labour market and the accompanying issues raised by changes in terms of the spouses' participation in household and childcare responsibilities, affect family life extensively. More researchers and theorists are now focussing on the shift from the man's role in the family as sole breadwinner to that of the active nurturant father within the context of a marital relationship characterised by companionship and an equal partnership between the spouses. For several decades the focus in South Africa, as in the case of other countries, fell on the increasing interface between work and family life, within the work/family spillover model, as experienced by the working married woman and how her marital and familial relationships are influenced by it. While it is clear from these research results, especially from those studies conducted in South Africa, that most men are no longer the sole or primary breadwinner in the family, it is less clear what new patterns of commitment and involvement these men are developing with regard to their family life. A related methodological shortcoming of sociological research on the husband/father role to date is that much of these research projects have relied on the wife/mother's report on her husband's attitude towards domestic responsibilities, his spousal and paternal conduct and the quality of the father-child relationship. As a result of this perspective on the changing role of the husband/father, the question arose as to what the situation in South Africa might be. The aim of this research was to shed light on the man's perception of his roles as husband and father in the dual-earner family and to what extent this perception may or may not stand in relationship to his experience of marital integration. In this quantitative research project the respondents were selected from the Gauteng area by means of purposive and snowball sampling.
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Huweliksintegrasie en beroepsatisfaksie van die blanke werkende getroude vrou
- Authors: Smit, Ria
- Date: 2012-08-30
- Subjects: Married women - Employment - Social aspects , Women - Employment - Case studies. , Role expectation. , Women in the professions - South Africa - Family relationships.
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:3429 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6825
- Description: M.A. , One of the most significant trends of our time, manifesting world wide as well as in South Africa and affecting family life extensively, is the continuous rise in the rate of married women entering the labour market. The increasing interface between work and family life, within the work/ family spillover model, has led to the conventional belief that female employment, due to the stress within the work-situation, and marital dissolution are causally related. In more recent studies however, researchers are no longer concentrating only on the detrimental effects of the dual-earner family lifestyle, but are increasingly investigating intervening variables which alleviate stress in dual-earner families and which could actually contribute to higher experience of marital integration and quality. As a result of this perspective on family life of the working married woman, the question arose as to what the situation in this regard in South Africa may be. The aim with this research was to determine the nature of the mediating influence of intervening variables on the correlation between the woman's participation in the labour market and her experience of marital integration. Respondents from Johannesburg, East Rand, West Rand and Pretoria were selected by means of purposive and snowball sampling. A total of 300 respondents completed a questionnaire, which included items on biographical information and Likert type questions regarding the respondents' experiences of both family and work related aspects. In order to measure these aspects, eight scales were developed by means of factor analysis and item analysis, namely the respondent's experience of her husband's performance of domestic obligations; her husband's care-taking of the children; her husband's performance of emotion work; her commitment to growth in the marriage; her experience of marital integration; her involvement in her work; her experience of occupational stress; and occupational satisfaction. An analysis was made to determine the differences between groups that can be divided into more numerous discreet categories, by making use of multivariate and one-way analysis of variance and Scheffe's paired comparisons, as well as Hotelling T 2 and t-tests and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficients. Three regression models were developed in order to determine the predictors of marital integration, involvement in work and occupational satisfaction. The following results regarding the family related scales were found: Respondents experience their husbands' performance of emotion work to a greater degree, than their husbands' performance of domestic obligations and care-taking of the children. In comparison with the other scales, the respondent's experience of her husband's performance of emotion work indicated the highest statistical significant correlation with her experience of marital integration. Therefore the husband's performance of emotion work may be considered as a very important variable in predicting the working wife's experience of marital integration. In the case of the correlation between the family related and the work related scales, it was found that, unlike the respondent's experience of occupational stress, both the respondent's commitment to work and her experience of occupational satisfaction indicated a statistical significant correlation with her experience of marital integration. By means of path analysis, it was possible to determine that in both the models for path analysis in the case of marital integration (endogenous variable) and involvement in work (exogenous variable), -and in—the case—of marital—integration (endogenous variable) and occupational satisfaction (exogenous variable),, in the event of controlling for the family related variables, the partial correlations between marital integration and involvement in work, as well as between marital integration and occupational satisfaction, declined. Therefore it may be said that the family related variables, namely the respondent's commitment to growth in the marriage; her experience of her husband's performance of emotion work; her experience of her husband's care-taking of the children; and her experience of her husband's performance of domestic obligations, may lead to an enhancement of the working married woman's experience of marital integration. Knowledge of these intervening variables may not only help the dual-earner family in coping with the strenuous dilemmas, but may actually contribute to a better marital and familial relationship.
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- Authors: Smit, Ria
- Date: 2012-08-30
- Subjects: Married women - Employment - Social aspects , Women - Employment - Case studies. , Role expectation. , Women in the professions - South Africa - Family relationships.
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:3429 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6825
- Description: M.A. , One of the most significant trends of our time, manifesting world wide as well as in South Africa and affecting family life extensively, is the continuous rise in the rate of married women entering the labour market. The increasing interface between work and family life, within the work/ family spillover model, has led to the conventional belief that female employment, due to the stress within the work-situation, and marital dissolution are causally related. In more recent studies however, researchers are no longer concentrating only on the detrimental effects of the dual-earner family lifestyle, but are increasingly investigating intervening variables which alleviate stress in dual-earner families and which could actually contribute to higher experience of marital integration and quality. As a result of this perspective on family life of the working married woman, the question arose as to what the situation in this regard in South Africa may be. The aim with this research was to determine the nature of the mediating influence of intervening variables on the correlation between the woman's participation in the labour market and her experience of marital integration. Respondents from Johannesburg, East Rand, West Rand and Pretoria were selected by means of purposive and snowball sampling. A total of 300 respondents completed a questionnaire, which included items on biographical information and Likert type questions regarding the respondents' experiences of both family and work related aspects. In order to measure these aspects, eight scales were developed by means of factor analysis and item analysis, namely the respondent's experience of her husband's performance of domestic obligations; her husband's care-taking of the children; her husband's performance of emotion work; her commitment to growth in the marriage; her experience of marital integration; her involvement in her work; her experience of occupational stress; and occupational satisfaction. An analysis was made to determine the differences between groups that can be divided into more numerous discreet categories, by making use of multivariate and one-way analysis of variance and Scheffe's paired comparisons, as well as Hotelling T 2 and t-tests and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficients. Three regression models were developed in order to determine the predictors of marital integration, involvement in work and occupational satisfaction. The following results regarding the family related scales were found: Respondents experience their husbands' performance of emotion work to a greater degree, than their husbands' performance of domestic obligations and care-taking of the children. In comparison with the other scales, the respondent's experience of her husband's performance of emotion work indicated the highest statistical significant correlation with her experience of marital integration. Therefore the husband's performance of emotion work may be considered as a very important variable in predicting the working wife's experience of marital integration. In the case of the correlation between the family related and the work related scales, it was found that, unlike the respondent's experience of occupational stress, both the respondent's commitment to work and her experience of occupational satisfaction indicated a statistical significant correlation with her experience of marital integration. By means of path analysis, it was possible to determine that in both the models for path analysis in the case of marital integration (endogenous variable) and involvement in work (exogenous variable), -and in—the case—of marital—integration (endogenous variable) and occupational satisfaction (exogenous variable),, in the event of controlling for the family related variables, the partial correlations between marital integration and involvement in work, as well as between marital integration and occupational satisfaction, declined. Therefore it may be said that the family related variables, namely the respondent's commitment to growth in the marriage; her experience of her husband's performance of emotion work; her experience of her husband's care-taking of the children; and her experience of her husband's performance of domestic obligations, may lead to an enhancement of the working married woman's experience of marital integration. Knowledge of these intervening variables may not only help the dual-earner family in coping with the strenuous dilemmas, but may actually contribute to a better marital and familial relationship.
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