Consider the Contemporary Aesthetics of Female Bodies as Depicted by Media

Essay

Consider the contemporary aesthetics of female bodies as depicted by media of various sorts (e.g., magazines) in American society. Define aesthetics as you understand it, and then think of how important this concept (and reality) is in the social-psychological realities of women and young girls as a means of patriarchal social control. Who constructs these aesthetics? Is it men or women? More importantly, are there contextual and structural factors that influence the powerful men and women who shape these aesthetics?