Body image
From sexualization to appreciation: Contributions of television content featuring Black or White female characters to diverse body concerns among Black women.
L Monique Ward, Enrica Bridgewater, Miranda Reynaga
Published: 202510.1016/j.bodyim.2025.102028
Abstract
Female TV characters commonly represent a Eurocentric beauty ideal characterized by thinness, light skin, long hair, and a curvaceous body. As this ideal does not apply to many Black women, who are also frequent media consumers, theories might antici…
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