Many women influenced by the mainstream media in Western
civilization are under the illusion that having a bigger butt
will improve their self esteem and confidence; as well as,
making them more physically appealing and attractive to the
opposite sex. Some women whose ideal body type image have been
molded in the twenty-first-century believe that the media’s
obsession with women with big butts started with Jennifer Lopez
and Kim Kardasian; but it actually began in the 19th century in
Europe with an African slave by the name of Sarah Baartman. The
Europeans referred to her as the Hottentot Venus that is now
considered to be a derogatory term. She was a member of the
Khoisan family also referred to as the Khoi tribe who resided in
eastern South Africa. Sarah Baartman was taken from her homeland
and enslaved by Dutch farmers. Baartman’s slave master gave his
brother, Hendrick Cezar, permission to take her to London,
England in 1810. Sarah’s occupation is listed as a freak show
entertainer. She was paraded around