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Color Me Beautiful: MakeUp, Fact & Fiction.
So, there’s this thing that I put on my face in the evenings these days, before I go out to shake my thang or down some burrs. The fact that many women feel dependent on this stuff – I have heard countless women explain that they feel incomplete or “naked” without their lipstickeyeshadowmascarafoundationconcealerblush while most [...]
Posted: August 11th, 2007 under Ma$e, Mase, Pippi Longstocking, Pornography, Puff Daddy, abuse, active, airbrushing, alcohol, bitch, blush, concealer, costume, culture, cupcake, disempowerment, dove, drinking, erotica, evolution, eyeshadow, fafi, film, foundation, gender, gender theory, hair removal, high, hippie, hot, identity, inner, lipstick, make up, makeup, marijuana, mascara, masturbation, men, money, movie, murder, naked, objectification, objectification of women, objects, oppression, outer, party, passive, pedicure, pimp, porn, retro, self, self-esteem, sex, sex differences, sex research, sexual abuse, sexual difference, sexual marketplace, sexual objectification, sexuality, shallow, standard of beauty, theory, video, violence, women.
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Depression, Oppression, Gender Socialization, Other Pressing Things
It has come to my attention that about twice as many women are depressed as men. So let’s read about it. Here’s an excerpt from an essay by Marwan M. Kazimi on the link between gender and depression (or you can read the whole essay). Personality attributes of girls and boys have been linked to [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Research, Western, achievement, adolescent, anxiety, biological, child, children, cultural lens, dependence, depression, eating disorder, emotionality, fear, gender, gender differences, gender socialization, helplessness, hormone, intelligence, mental health, parental, passivity, peer, personality, psychology, rejection, risk, self-esteem, sex difference, sexual abuse, social, social stigma, societal factors, stereotype, stereotypes, symptom, women, women's studies.
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