The transformation of youth perception of the body

The author examines the younger generation's perceptions of the body, its functions and transformation practices. Based on the materials of pilot interviews with young people (n = 13), conducted in the spring of 2022 in the city of Yekaterinburg, the rejection of stereotypes about male and female bodies as normatively modeled within the parameters/proportions reproduced for decades is argued. In the course of the research the emotional and sensual attitude of young people to the body as an individual project, which allows feeling comfortable was detected. The body in the assessments of young people should be healthy: the value of the body as an instrument of self-expression, its status and identification characteristics in modern conditions give way to functionality, the ability to perform tasks and functions prescribed by nature. Minor forms of physical training become the practices of care for the body, which are used in everyday life.