The Politics of Protection: Body Image, Social Pressures, and the Misrepresentation of Young Black Women

By M. Poran. 2006

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Erratum to: Beyond Thinness: The Influence of a Curvaceous Body Ideal on Body Dissatisfaction in Black and White Women (2010, background): “Although there are some studies that contest this assertion, they exist few and far between and mostly consist of qualitative experiences of women’s bodies (e.g., Poran 2006 ).”
Are All Minority Women Equally Buffered from Negative Body Image? Intra-Ethnic Moderators of the Buffering Hypothesis 1 (2010, background): “Second, African American women tend not to compare themselves to women of other ethnic groups, despite their prevalence in idealized media portrayals (Frisby, 2004; Poran, 2006).”
Contingencies of Self-Worth and Appearance Concerns (2012, background): “Although appearance concerns have largely been considered more of an issue for White women than Black women, research suggests that this view is problematic because it promotes the idea that women of color are buffered from body image concerns (Grabe & Hyde, 2006; Poran, 2006).”
Comparing Sexual Harassment Subtypes Among Black and White Women by Military Rank: Double Jeopardy, the Jezebel, and the Cult of True Womanhood (2008, background): “This archetype is present in the depiction of Black women in many forms of popular culture, such as television, film, advertisements, and the news (Bryant-Davis, 2005; Poran, 2006; Sanches-Hucles, Hudgins, & Gamble, 2005; Wilcox, 2005).”