WGS.101 | Spring 2023 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

Class 16: Representation of Gender in Advertising and Popular Visual Media

Read/View

  • Debra Gimlin, “Cosmetic Surgery: Beauty as Commodity.”
  • Josee Johnston and Judy Taylor, “Feminist Consumerism and Fat Activists: Grassroots Activism and the Dove ‘Real Beauty’ Campaign.”
  • Onishi Norimitsu, “Globalization of Beauty Makes Slimness Trendy.”
  • View: Gillette ad: “We Believe: The Best That Men Can Be”: Critique of Toxic Masculinity?
  • Lean-In Collection, Getty Images. 

Homework #12

Gender in TV (PDF) (DOC)

Course Info

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Spring 2023
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