Representation of men/women in my chosen genre: Pop

Women are presented as attractive and sophisticated on front covers of pop magazines. This is because young people look up to artists/bands who are 'hot' and want to be like them, so by having a young hot artist on the front makes the reader want to buy this magazine. Also by having women looking attractive attracts male attention as men cant resist a hot body on the front of the magazine.

Women mostly wear revealing clothing or pretty dresses, this also makes females look up to them as they desire for the 'perfect body' or want to be trendy like a famous artist. For example; Beyonce is wearing a metal dress with skin showing to show off her figure. Her hair is big and crinkled and she is smiling with her white teeth. This attracts male and female attention as they see a stunning artist on the front cover. 

Men are presented as hot and good looking on front covers of pop magazines. This is to attract young girls, as they are have crushes on their favourite artist. Men are shown to be smiley as they want to show their soft gentle side.They also usually have their body showing or wear a t-shirt to show of their abs. This makes young teens excited to read the magazine.

Men artists enjoy being the centre of the magazine as they like to present themselves as being an alpha-male figure. This represents them as being 'perfect' however can also sometimes be seen to be big headed but they have to be to get their fans attention.