Body Image Campaign

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (14:35): A supplementary question, sir.

The PRESIDENT: Supplementary question, Ms Vincent.

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: Does the body image project also touch on what is a normal body for a woman and, particularly, the unhelpful standards that are sometimes perpetuated by things like Photoshopped magazines and pornography? And does the project specifically touch on issues of beauty in terms of people whose bodies may not always be considered normal, such as people with disabilities or women from ethnic backgrounds?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (14:36): I am not aware of all of the content of the course, but I cannot imagine that the potential to consider those sorts of elements would not occur in an initiative such as this. The issue of what is normal and what is not to me is quite central to body image. So, I can't imagine how you would conduct a course like this without addressing at least some of those issues.