"You Are Beautiful, No Matter What They Say": Applying An Evidence-Based Approach To Body Image Law.

Journal

Issues in law & medicine
ISSN: 8756-8160
Titre abrégé: Issues Law Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8511295

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
entrez: 5 5 2021
pubmed: 1 10 2019
medline: 1 10 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Israeli and French Governments passed Body Image Laws that require models to have a minimum BMI or be of a healthy weight and if an image was modified to make the model appear thinner, it must have a warning. Are these laws merely symbolic, to focus a spotlight on this issue, or can they too have an impact? This article analyses some of the criticisms of the Body Image Laws by applying existing evidence from health research. Ultimately, it argues that there are many flaws with the Body Image Laws and that such a law should not be passed in Australia.

Identifiants

PMID: 33950606
pubmed: 33950606

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

183-205

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 by the National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled, Inc.

Auteurs

Marilyn Bromberg (M)

Dr Marilyn Bromberg is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Western Australia Law School. She researches in the areas of Body Image Law, Health Law and Social Media and the Law and teaches Procedure, Social Media and the Law and Professional Practice. She has a PhD (Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia), LLB (Dist) (The University of Western Australia), BBA (Hon) (The Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada) and a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia). The article title is derived from the song "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera, published by Sony and RCA.

Madeleine Hay (M)

Madeleine Hay is a lawyer at Ashurst in Perth, Western Australia. She has a BComm and a Juris Doctor from The University of Western Australia in Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.

Tomas Fitzgerald (T)

Tomas Fitzgerald is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Notre Dame Law School in Fremantle, Western Australia. He has a BA and LLB from The University of Notre Dame Australia in Fremantle, Western Australia. His main research interest is Legal Philosophy, which he applies to various contentious legal issues, such as the GST and performance enhancing drugs in sport. He teaches Legal Philosophy and Advocacy and is the staff editor of The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review.

Catarina de Freitas (C)

Catarina de Freitas is the Student Awards Officer at The University of Melbourne. She has a Master of Public Health from The University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, a Bachelor of Public Health from the Universidad La Salle, A.C. in Mexico, and a Bachelor of Science from The University of Melbourne.

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