Articles for tag: Gender Stereotypes, Male Models

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Gender Stereotypes in Advertising

The slim, sexy young female model, the macho male sports star, the housewife in the kitchen, the mature fatherly authority figure, the cute little girl, the stalwart GI, the dirt-encrusted little boy, the clueless, middle-aged woman driver. Wait just a dang minute! What about that last stereotype? You know, the blue-haired matron whose world consists ...

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Pros and Cons of Steroids For Male Models

Steroids are synthetic derivatives of the male hormone testosterone; this hormone promotes the growth of skeletal muscle and increases a male models lean body mass. Steroids are synthetically produced versions of the naturally occurring male hormone testosterone. While steroids may be legally prescribed, illicit use far exceeds legitimate use. I will discuss the Pros and ...

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The Best Super Funny Quotes from “Zoolander”

Can you believe it’s been 10 years since the first “Zoolander” movie was released? Ben Stiller is currently hard at work on the sequel “Zoolander 2,” which will be a follow-up to the lives of male-models Derek Zoolander (Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson). In the 2001 classic, Derek Zoolander was an aging male-model with the ...

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International Male Model Pageants

There comes a time when changes need to be made to suit the taste of all viewers instead of one. Certainly, the males get a continuous taste of female eye candy since the Baroque, Gothic and Edwardian periods from lowered tops of many fashionable dresses. Moreover, women had little to go on, but a statue ...

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Posers in Hollywood: Models Turned Actors

Hollywood has always been known for having high standards of beauty, so models would seem a natural fit. Many models play themselves in small roles on television or in movies, often referred to as cameos. Others play dumb or vapid characters because that is what models are typically thought to be. Despite the small roles ...