Ageism in Playboy

Ageism in Playboy Definitions: 1) Content analysis is the process of picking apart and closely observing a subject matter. 2) Ageism is the discrimination of people based on their age. Hypothesis: That I will find no women over the age 30 pictured in an issue of Playboy Magazine. In this paper I plan to prove that the hypothesis stated above is true because in society youth is considered a both beautiful and desirable quality to posses. Because Playboy …

…ageism exists in Playboy Magazines, because the ratio of women under the age of 30 to the women over the age of 30 was 12 to one (see table), thus making it very clear that Playboy discriminates against women over 30 because they are not young and desirable to men. Table Name Age Jami Ferrell 22 Lisa Winters 19 Jennifer Allan 22 Shauna Sand 23 Gillan Bonner 22 Victoria Fuller 23 Kona Carmack 20 Angel Boris 22 Nadine Chanz 24 Ulrika Ericsson 26 Karin Taylor 25 Priscilla Taylor22 Whoopi Goldberg 41