Diablog Collective Summary--Section 2, Group 6 (from politics of sex: spring 2011)

Our group focused on how and why female athletes are being sexualized in advertisements. In general, the advertisements display female athletes who are successful in male dominated sports in a feminine, yet independent way. The Carty article focused on how these advertisements were viewed by different feminist perspectives. Radical feminists believe that showing female athletes as feminine and vulnerable stems from a society's patriarchal institutions and adds to the social constructions surrounding females. Postfeminists believe that female athletes are expressing ... Horse House Lab Laboratory Student