Essay Research!

DEADLINE: 14TH MAY 2021 (4PM) 

6) Gender & Style magazines: Choose one popular male and female orientated style magazine. Compare and contrast i) the front covers of each and ii) the editorial content (range and scope of articles - with select quotes from each magazine). What can you observe about representations of men and women depicted in the magazines, key differences in the construction of male and female identities, and how they may or may not reflect cultural norms? Make appropriate reference to academic material (gender studies) to support your arguments.

Some useful articles: 

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/21/a-typical-mens-magazine-vs-the-average-womens-magazine_n_9037554.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mens-magazine-womens-cosmo-gq-esquire-gendered-a8422761.html

https://medium.com/@caitlen.diab.417/women-vs-men-in-health-fitness-magazines-1dc7c4f310eb

​https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/03/womens-magazines-objectify-women-just-as-much-as-mens-magazines-do/274330/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1740144505000033

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5759967_Do_representations_of_male_muscularity_differ_in_men's_and_women's_magazines#:~:text=We%20introduce%20the%20Physical%20Trait,personal%20aspirations%20of%20the%20other.

https://ethicsoffashionadvertising.wordpress.com/tag/mens-magazine/