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Self-love – not bans – will bring an end to Africa’s bleaching syndrome

Posted on December 12, 2019November 27, 2019 by thesociologicalmail

Continue reading Self-love – not bans – will bring an end to Africa’s bleaching syndrome

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Posted in Beauty, Sex, social change, Social Norms, Social Progress, WomenTagged african beauty standards, beauty standards, bleaching, bleaching in south africa, social norms, social standards, the sociology of beautyLeave a comment

Barbie at 60: instrument of female oppression or positive influence?

Posted on August 28, 2019June 17, 2019 by thesociologicalmail

Continue reading Barbie at 60: instrument of female oppression or positive influence?

Posted in Advertising, Beauty, Capitalism, Children, culture, Ethnicity, Popular Culture, Race, Racism, research, social change, UncategorizedTagged barbie, beauty standards, history of barbie, sociology of beautyLeave a comment

Black America’s ‘bleaching syndrome’

Posted on February 28, 2018February 19, 2018 by thesociologicalmail

Continue reading Black America’s ‘bleaching syndrome’

Posted in Advertising, Beauty, Colonialism, culture, Ethnicity, Feminism, Health, Race, WomenTagged african americans, asia, Beauty, beauty standards, black americans, black identity, black is beautiful, bleaching syndrome, britain, fair skin, feminine ideals, japan, Lil Kim, mixed race, rejection of black identity, self loathing, skin bleaching, skin colour, skin whitening, somatic norm image, united states, untouchables, W.E.B. Du BoisLeave a comment

On whether sexual liberty has in reality liberated women

Posted on February 20, 2018February 26, 2018 by thesociologicalmail

Continue reading On whether sexual liberty has in reality liberated women

Posted in culture, Feminism, Sexuality, social change, WomenTagged andrea dworkin, beauty standards, domination, female sexuality, Feminism, heterosexual relationships, mainstreaming of pornography, misogyny, money and sex, patriachal social structures, patriachy, porn, prostitution, second wave feminism, sex industry, sexual liberty for women, sexual revolution, sexually liberated, Women2 Comments

If ‘Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder’ it must be Culturally Constructed

Posted on February 17, 2018February 26, 2018 by thesociologicalmail

Continue reading If ‘Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder’ it must be Culturally Constructed

Posted in Beauty, culture, Feminism, Myths, Patriachy, WomenTagged Beauty, beauty standards, body hair, colleagues, culturally conditioned, culturally constructed, culture, feminiity, feminine ideal, Feminism, i fell over, ideologies of westernised society, one is not born a woman, partiachal system, patriachal society, patriachy, self-policing, shaving, Simone de beauvoir, skin bleaching, social constructs, womanhoodLeave a comment

The pressure to conform to body standards

Posted on August 7, 2017October 19, 2017 by thesociologicalmail

Continue reading The pressure to conform to body standards

Posted in Beauty, Fitness, Health, WomenTagged beauty standards, photoshopped images, plastic surgery, pressure, self-doubt, the pressure to conform to body standards, thigh gapLeave a comment

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