This past week I did the coding for our Content Analysis assignment. Our group is looking at sexual objectification of women in magazines. As I looked through each page of Harper’s Bazaar, one of the top magazines for women, I had an unexpected realization. Of course, many of the pictures and ads were risqué, but I realized something about the ethnicities of each woman. The majority of the women were white, and of those that were sexually objectified, I could count on one hand the number of women that were of a different ethnicity. This makes me wonder, is today’s ideal of beauty still the Caucasian woman? I do believe our country has come a long way in establishing racial equality, however, this assignment made me realize that we still have a ways to go. Of course I do not believe that women SHOULD be sexually objectified, but I hope we can get to the point where we can see the beauty in every woman, no matter her color, shape, or size.
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