Women in the media

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January 28, 2015

 

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The article states that "women have always been measured against cultural ideas of beauty but advertising has joined forces with sexism to make images of the beauty ideal more pervasive, and more unattainable, than ever before" (Jacobson and Mazur 211). The ideal image of women portrayed by advertisements is unrealistic, yet it sets standards that many women feel they must alter their appearance in order to attain...
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Weight is perhaps the most imperative aspect of the ideal image of women, referred to by Jacobson and Mazur as "The Iron Maiden". The majority of women's magazines feature some sort of weight management article on the front cover. Headlines like "The Easiest Way to Lose Weight" and "Lose 8 lbs. by Thanksgiving!" are common when glancing up and down the grocery store magazine aisle...
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