Issues of Representation P5(b)

Females are represented more dominantly in Elle magazine than males because this is a women's magazine. They represent women as independent and strong figures for a readers. For example, on the cover below there is a picture of Cheryl Cole who says that she will never dress for men. That means that she is independent and won't do anything for men. However, men feature rarely in the magazine. Males features as a models or as a sort of sex symbol to sell some products such as perfume. There are pictures of men in the Elle magazine to attract women to read them. The fact that men are portrayed as a sex symbols and in contrast females are portrayed as independent and fashionable is very conflicting. The reason of this is because women are seem in society as lesser of their male counterpart.
Another issue is that in magazines such as Elle there are photos of models who are very slim. This affect the behaviour of young women who want to be like them. They begin to use diets and sometimes they may get health problems which affect whole body. This is a potential problem for our society therefore there have to be beauty idols with achievable beauty so the audience won't be jealous.