I read Shape Magazine and Self Magazine. Shape is a women's health magazine
which has a lot of helpful information, nutrition tips, exercise ideas,
etc. However the magazines pictures of women are all models or at least
they look like them. So if I were a young teenage girl looking at this
magazine, I would be given the notion that I am not healthy unless I look
like these models.
The magazines I did read while growing up, Teen, Seventeen, etc. were even
worse! I think those mags are very bad for young women. They take their
idea of beauty, of wellness and of what is the "norm" for teen girls and
apply that to their readers, many of whom do not look like those models. So
you have thousands of healthy beautiful young girls who are walking around
with this image of who they should be, what they should look like, how they
should act to "get that boy" and being very unhappy with who they really
are. And as far as I have read or know about, these mags do not feel
responsible for the images they create for young teens. I heard one
magazine person-Vogue or Glamour I think-state that teens should know the
difference between what they see in mags and what they see in reality. Of
course, it's not the mag's fault, it's just those silly impressionable
teenagers. Oh please.
Just my opinion,
kimberly
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> From: MISS APRIL D CLINE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Study: Magazines hurt girls' images
> Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 10:04 PM
>
> Hi, I have never replied to this list but when I read the message
> about magazine article's that hurt young women, it sparked my memeory.
> Right now I am in a Women's Studies class at NAU, Flagstaff, AZ.
> We just finished discussing how all types of advertisements disploit
> women. Either by sexual reference or by making the younger
> generations seem older which induces the child molestation rate. In
> class we watched a Video called "Killing us Softly". I never
> realized how women are reduced down to objects. We also discussed
> the Barbie Doll effect and how the all generations of women are
> affected by this. Disploitation of women are seen everywhere (videos,
> books, ads, etc..) and so many people don't even recognize it
> because it seems normal to the majority of the population.
>
> Teri
