Research

1) "Magazines for young women are emphatic in their determination that women must do their own thing, be themselves, and/or be as outrageously sassy and sexy as possible" - Media, Gender and Identity, David Gauntlett (2008)

2) "It sounds as if mens magazines are geared to turning out a stream of identical men" - Media Gender and Identity, David Gauntlett

3) "in contrast with womens 'you can be anything' ethos, the identities promoted to men are relatively constrained." - Media Gender and Identity, David Gauntlett.

4) "archetype of masculine strength and independence" - Media Gender and Identity, David Gauntlett.

5) " 'girl power' are todays most prominent expressions of what Angela McRobbie calls 'popular feminism.' " - Media Gender and Identity, David Gauntlett.

6) "Modern media has little time or respect for tradition" - Media Gender and Identity, David Gauntlett

7) " The media disseminates a huge number of messages about identity and acceptable forms of self-expression, gender, sexuality and lifestyle" - Media Gender and Identity,  David Gaunlett.

8) "These men and their cultures are largely ignored by the problem-centered discourse and masculinity studies. - Media Gender and Identity, David Gauntlett.


13) "In fashion magazines women are much thinner. We have older women, not really old, in their 40s." - Esquire editor: We show 'ornamental' women in same way as cars, Alex Bilmes.
14) "[Esquire] provide pictures of girls in the same way we provide pictures of cool cars," - Esquire editor: We show 'ornamental' women in same way as cars, Alex Bilmes.
15) ."Most women's magazines don't put them [older women] in their magazines." - Esquire editor: We show 'ornamental' women in same way as cars, Alex Bilmes.
16) ""It is ornamental. Women's magazines do the same thing." - Esquire editor: We show 'ornamental' women in same way as cars, Alex Bilmes.
17) "Firstly, many of the images included in Heat are what I like to call ‘red-carpet’ images. These can be described as images of women wearing glamorous, expensive-looking dresses, with their hair and make-up perfectly placed, posing at the camera " - How women are represented in hat magazine, Katie Bradford,
18) women are represented as being glamorous beings, who strive to look perfect in front of a camera. Not only this, but the readers are therefore represented as being interested in the these women when they are looking their best. - How women are represented in heat magazine, Katie Bradford.
19)  "The mass media are generally agreed to be an influential source of images and messages about the idealized body that women and girls are expected to strive for."  - How women are represented in heat magazine, Katie Bradford.
20) "inaccurate stereo types damage women's self perception and limit their social roles" - Women Feminism and media, Sue Thornham (book)