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Category Archives: Beauty and Self Image
Bought and Sold: The Exploitation of Female Sexuality in a Market-Driven Society
by Stephanie M. Crumpton Special to the YWCA Recently I’ve watched the sexual assault case against an extremely affluent international businessman unravel due to efforts to render the victim uncredible. The case kept coming up in the back of my … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty and Self Image, Sexual Assault
Tagged Abercrombie & Fitch, beauty, Botox, criticism IMF, Dominique Strauss-Khan, DSK, female sexuality, girls, Kim Kardashian, Logan Levkoff, marketing to children, marketing to girls, rape, self esteem, self image, sexual assault, sexuality, sexualizatioin of girls, Skechers, Skechers Shape-Ups, Stephanie Crumpton, Stephanie M. Crumpton, women
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Recap: Beauty and the Beholder Webcast
by Nova B. Rutherford Special to YWCA USA Last week, the YWCA turned tension into a teachable moment by creating a forum for positive thought leaders in the aftermath of the hurtful Psychology Today article by Satoshi Kanazawa titled “Why … Continue reading
The Costs of Beauty: Way Too High a Price to Pay
by Stephanie M. Crumpton Special to YWCA USA What is the cost of beauty? I’m not sure that there’s an actual dollar amount, but what I am certain of is that women are paying for it with their careers, health … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty and Self Image
Tagged beauty, beauty bias, culture, deborah rhode, media, self image, stabdards of beauty, Stephanie Crumpton, susan l. taylor
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YWCA to Host Live Webcast on “The Politics of Beauty” on June 20, 2011
YWCA USA will host a free, live webinar entitled “Beauty and the Beholder: The Politics of Beauty and Image” to address the issue of Appearance-Based Discrimination. The webinar will explore the impact of discrimination based on looks for all women … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty and Self Image, Empowering Women, Upcoming Events
Tagged appearance-based discrimination, beauty, black women, colorism, deborah rhode, discrimination, gender dsicrimination, gloria lau, politics, psychology today, racism, Satoshi Kanazawa, sexism, susan l. taylor, webcast, webinar, women, ywca, ywca usa
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