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“Feminism”

Jan
3
2010

Male vs. Female Fashion

I was recently discussing what people consider the most fashionable male image. The first thought that came to my mind is GQ Magazine. The magazine’s cover often displays images of the most “fashionable” people of the time. For further research, I decided to take a look at the GQ website. I was immediately shocked by what I saw.

On the front page of the website, they displayed promotional images for their special New Years topics. The first two were articles on the top male and female fashions of past years. I had learned once that male figures tend to be displayed with close-ups of their faces while women’s whole bodies are shown. Women, even in professional and business settings, are usually unable to avoid being represented by their bodies. This is evidence of our society’s obsession with the female body image. Read More…

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Oct
31
2009

Men Can Be Feminists

Men can be feminists. I hope you all new this already; however, if you didn’t, now you do. They can. And many are. A lot of people have the wrong idea about what a feminist is and what they stand for. Although, I don’t want to try to make any argument about that here. Instead, I wanted to vent a little frustration I have built up about life as a woman today. Read More…

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