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Physically attractive individuals are often viewed more favourably than unattractive people on dimensions that are weakly related or unrelated to physical looks, glamorized such as intelligence, sociability, and morality (Smith, McIntosh and Bazzini, 1999). The fact that Hollywood culture is predominantly white, Caucasian and that it has such power over people, shows how it is considered to be the mainstream standard of beauty. Celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Ritchie, both nothing short of looks, are very skinny and rumoured to have eating disorders. Pervasive billboards and Hollywood ideals often contribute to feelings of physical inadequacy (James, 2003). They are part of the Hollywood culture and what they have to be what every female should look like. This, on a whole, makes up what we term "white beauty".
Because the media portrays Hollywood culture as "divine" and the fact that the media is so powerful and influential in telling people what to think, "white beauty" is what most females look up to and want to be. As Asians possess features that are far from the Caucasian white features, they think that they do not look as good or that they cannot be as "beautiful" as the whites. Some members of stigmatized groups, such as Asian women, may be more likely to experience negative self-evaluations after exposure to a mainstream beauty standard than
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It is no surprise that the biggest influence has always been the Hollywood culture, which dates way back to the early 1900s when print and broadcast were just getting started.
In February 1903, when the Journal (a popular newspaper magazine) became the first magazine to hit the one million circulation mark, "Mr. Gibson's American Girl" was on its cover. The "Gibson Girl" sometimes an entire person and sometimes just the head as on February 1903 Journal cover looked quite similar from one drawing to the next, and this consistency made her the first visual stereotype of women in America.
As a result, the "Gibson Girl" quickly progressed from the pages of magazines to many other kinds of American material culture. Her "chiselled face and aristocratic bearing" were reproduced on china including collectors' plates advertised in Life itself as well as silverware and pillow covers, chairs, tabletops, matchbox, ashtrays, scarves, and wallpaper. She appeared on the covers of sheet music and advertising posters for songs and plays that were
Universal Beauty Ideals 7 written about her. 1Her figure and garb inspired the manufacture and sale of Gibson Girl skirtwaists, skirts, corsets, shoes, and
Because the media portrays Hollywood culture as "divine" and the fact that the media is so powerful and influential in telling people what to think, "white beauty" is what most females look up to and want to be. As Asians possess features that are far from the Caucasian white features, they think that they do not look as good or that they cannot be as "beautiful" as the whites. Some members of stigmatized groups, such as Asian women, may be more likely to experience negative self-evaluations after exposure to a mainstream beauty standard than
Universal Beauty Ideals …show more content…
Indeed, the media has fast kneaded the Euro American beauty ideal into the society by various mediums like magazines and Hollywood figures, causing an imbalance in beauty standards among …show more content…
It is no surprise that the biggest influence has always been the Hollywood culture, which dates way back to the early 1900s when print and broadcast were just getting started.
In February 1903, when the Journal (a popular newspaper magazine) became the first magazine to hit the one million circulation mark, "Mr. Gibson's American Girl" was on its cover. The "Gibson Girl" sometimes an entire person and sometimes just the head as on February 1903 Journal cover looked quite similar from one drawing to the next, and this consistency made her the first visual stereotype of women in America.
As a result, the "Gibson Girl" quickly progressed from the pages of magazines to many other kinds of American material culture. Her "chiselled face and aristocratic bearing" were reproduced on china including collectors' plates advertised in Life itself as well as silverware and pillow covers, chairs, tabletops, matchbox, ashtrays, scarves, and wallpaper. She appeared on the covers of sheet music and advertising posters for songs and plays that were
Universal Beauty Ideals 7 written about her. 1Her figure and garb inspired the manufacture and sale of Gibson Girl skirtwaists, skirts, corsets, shoes, and