For this edition I wanted to portray the empowering influence behind being comfortable and confident in gender identity.
Throughout history, male and female traditional roles in the media have distinctly separated the genders. This gender segregation has always been seen as a societal 'norm' but over the past 30 years gender performance has adapted. The rift between evolutionary psychology and the biosocial model of gender relations impedes a fuller understanding of gender roles and gender inequality. In a novel evolutionary account that complements both existing theories, we highlight life history strategies as intermediate mechanism linking distal environmental forces to variations in gender relations.
In recent editions of periodical magazines the shift in gender representation has altered drastically. For example popular musician Harry Styles and actor Timothee Chalamet have featured on Vogue magazine. Vogue magazine initially set out in the early 20th century to exhibit female luxury's in the form of a honorific lifestyle. Where as in the 21st century, almost a hundred years later, we can notice the societal shift playing a positive impact on not only gender representations, but previously underrepresented ethnic minorities, those disadvantaged with disabilities, and a variety of social classes.
In both these editions, we can see the stereotypical ideologies of a white British middle class male being subverted. Here it can be noted that
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