Tokens of body image in the consumer behavior of a specific female subculture

My Master's thesis deals with "Tokens of body image in the consumer behavior of a specific female subculture", which stands for lesbian community. The aim of my thesis is to capture tokens of body image of gay women in context of their specific community, particularly in the areas of body perception, grooming and adoration of a certain female beauty ideal. The thesis is divided into five main parts. The first part deals with the theoretical background, starting with basic terminology of body image, through an outline of the historical development of ideals of female beauty, to lighting the characteristics of the lesbian subculture, not only in terms of body image. Attention was also paid to the influence of media on perception of lesbians' own body image and to the media portrayal of lesbian women. The second part describes the method that were used for obtaining primary data (CAWI). It also provides an overview of the hypothetical claims, which were primarily designed to compare body image of lesbians with heterosexual women. The third, analytical part focuses on the evaluation of the collected data to verify the hypothesis, or to justify the probable cause why some of the original assumptions were not empirically proved. In the fourth charter marketing recommendations are formulated on the basis of the survey results. The conclusions highlight the most interesting points of the thesis and suggest their potential for use in business practice.