An extensive literature has evolved over the past 30 years that describes how gender portrayals in advertisements mirror gender roles in society.

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Feminist researchers have repeatedly reported on the significant role that the media play in the construction of the "beauty ideal".

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WHO DOESN'T LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING IN BUSINESS FOR YOURSELF? OF RUNNING YOUR OWN SHOP, calling the shots, managing assets (and maybe people), and making money as unlimited as your talents and enterprise?

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He's been called a legend, a hero, a visionary, a pioneer. Some revere him as a business leader, media giant and role model. John H. Johnson was all of these and so much more.

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THE BUZZ: This medically based clinic is a haven for spa aficionados in search of serious skin care. The staff (which includes a good number of African-Americans) is a mix of physicians, laser specialists, aestheticians and nurses.

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From girls

In this article, I examine how young women's sexual subjectivity has been depicted and shaped over two decades in Seventeen.

All for him

In May of 2003, Wal-Mart elected to cease the sale of three popular magazines--Maxim, Stuff, and FHM.

Playing with race

Mollena Williams is gregarious, the kind of woman who makes a point of saying, "How are you today?" to the Walgreens cashier.

Total Sex

The weak of heart, the hypersensitive and the politically correct should not read this real-world-oriented section.

Psychosexual correlates

During the last decade, the amount of sexually explicit programs on both public and commercial Dutch television has increased enormously.