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The Evolution Of Women's Opportunities In The Workplace: A Look At The Past To Interpret The Present, Emily Milich
The Evolution Of Women's Opportunities In The Workplace: A Look At The Past To Interpret The Present, Emily Milich
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Transgender Identity And Dress Behavior, Lauryn Devine
Transgender Identity And Dress Behavior, Lauryn Devine
Senior Honors Projects
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine how transgender individuals experience their bodies (e.g. body dissatisfaction) and how their body experience affects their shopping and clothing experiences. Clothing is often used as a way to define and express oneself. Therefore, if transgender individuals have a negative shopping experience and a negative outlook on clothing, it could make it more difficult to express their true identity. Society places extremely high expectations on individuals regarding appearance, which can be psychologically and emotionally difficult for cisgender individuals, but even more egregious for those individuals who do not fit society’s conventional gender …