Media has always constructed the images of
men and women. The image of men is strong and muscular. The women is slim and
beautiful. We can find many local advertisements and magazines are showing the ideal
image of them nowadays.
The media in western and
eastern also constructed same ideal image of woman. Media always define “Slim
is beautiful”. Woman should have a slim and perfect body. It is important image
of woman. All of them are affected by media and then pursue the beautiful body.
However, there are some differences of woman beauty in western and eastern because of the different cultural. A
Germany-based artist, Yang Liu created some truthful graphics which explain the
difference of beauty image.
Most of the western women pursue the
healthy skin which is a tan skin. They always bask on the beach, they like
their skin bronzed. But the women in eastern pursue a white skin. They always
use sunscreen and whitening products. We maybe difficult to find a girl with tan
skin in Hong Kong. Because of the cultural difference, Western women think the
tan skin represent the healthy. Eastern have a proverb, “a white complexion is
powerful enough to hide seven faults". White skin is important. Therefore, the
image of woman body is slim and beautiful but there are some different images
because they have distinct culture.
Student name: Tam Yi Ki
Dear Yi Ki, The discussion of gender representation is nice. The last point about the differences between Hong Kong and Western women is interesting. In your forthcoming ethnographic interview, you can integrate the arguments here and make reference to the idea that identity is a process, which is more about discursive construction rather than biological given.
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