first off, the thing that did offend me happened at the beginning of class, when talking about the mizzo magazine. when we were comparing the pictures of the girls to the football player, there was comment made to the effect of "well, the football players are ATHLETES, and the girls aren't." i've been a dancer since i was 4, and dancers are athletes just as much as football players are. college dancers do stand on the sidelines and look pretty and cheer during the games, but most of them also compete nationally.
this is university of tenneesse, who was been in the top 5 at UDA nationals for years. they are a wonderful example of the athleticism needed for college dance.
i really enjoyed the vanity fair article.
i didn't have as many problems with it as some of the other people in our class did. i was kind of shocked by the reactions to the photos that went
along with the article. they were a little bit on the sexy side, but you would've thought they had them in pasties and a thong laying spread eagle on the table based on the way people in class were talking about them.
i think a lot of people were forgetting the source. this was an article for vanity fair, which is a fashion and culture/society magazine. this is also the magazine that had miley cyrus in a bedsheet with smeared lipstick on the cover. (that one i did have problems with, especially since she was 15 when the photos were taken.)
they have a definate, somewhat edgy style for their photography, and the ones in the queen b article fit right in.
overall, i do think there are very specific gender stereotypes in the media, but i think it will be hard for them to be broken. i do think the way you are raised has a lot to do with how susceptible you are to the media. my parents were wonderful, and always pushed for me to get an education, and i could be whatever i wanted to be.
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