The document discusses codes and conventions used to portray women in R&B magazines. It notes that the women typically have dramatic makeup, exposed skin showing legs, stomachs and tops, and seductive or slicked back hairstyles. They also wear large, noticeable jewelry and high heels to draw attention and make their legs look longer when wearing short clothes. The purpose is to allow the male audience to desire them and the female audience to envy or idolize them.
1. Codes and
conventions
Make-Up;
Exposed skin;
The females on R&B
magazines tend to have Many women in the R&B
large dramatic make-up industry have a
along with either big minimum amount of
sexy or smooth slicked clothing. Their legs,
back seductive hair. stomachs and top area
The make used on the of their bodies are
women is quite usually exposed and
seductive especially this allows the male
when they use dark audience desire them,
smokey coloured eye while the female
make-up along with red audience envy them or
lipstick. idolise them.
Codes &
Conventions
Jewellery;
Legs & Heels;
Large, noticeable
jewellery are usually Majority of women in
worn on majority of the R&B industry wear
females. This is most heels to allow their
probably used to draw legs to look longer
more attention to especially due to the
them. In the R&B fact they mostly wear
industry, it is short clothes, they
usually the men that would want their legs
wear heavy jewellery to look longer and
to signify their draw attention to
status, but women on them. This point
the other hand wear it however does not
as necessary accessory relate to
or may also wear it to choreographed scenes
signify their status. as the women are then
wearing trainers.