Hypersexualization Of Women

Women within the western culture reflect the hypersexualization of those images within the context of a global market in which the mainstream of sexual objects of women has increasingly been accepted as the norm. In the book Women in Popular Culture: Representation and Meaning, Marian Meyers’ states, hypersexualization is the representation of women as highly sexual objects (p. 6). Hypersexualization among women in the media has affected the way society represents women by portraying them as fragile, passive, vulnerable, less intelligent, and powerless figures, compared to men. This paper will focus on the way women are stereotypically portrayed and will emphasize the pornogrification of women as sexual objects in advertising; and bad effect in reality. Hence, women in the media are represented as hypersexual objects that differ from women in reality. However, people in the society are strongly advocating abolishing the society phenomena that promotes hypersexualization of women. There is scholarly evidence to support the thesis in addition to class discussions on Wesleyan College and Charles University will stand as sources, which includes: the women in popular culture by Marian Meyers, Philosophy

Have you ever noticed walking into a large shopping complex and seeing children as young as 6 years old wearing midriff bearing t-shirts and short skirts? And wondered to yourself why the younger generation of today portray themselves like that and why their parents allow it. It all goes back to the strong impact that sexualization portrayed in media and marketing has on everybody in today’s society especially young children from toddlers to late teens, both girls and boys. They see it everywhere from movies/television shows, magazines, clothing, computer games, toys, the music industry and of course the internet.

“Sex in advertising is more about disconnection and distance than connection and closeness. It is also more often about power than passion, about violence than violins” (491). Media has developed an abusive view on women, particularly on their bodies and their sexuality. Not only does it judge women on their bodies and sexuality, media also undermines women’s intelligence and glorifies rape and violence. Media has made girls and boys think that it is okay to rape and be violent in a relationships. Media has also formed the idea that sex is the most important thing in a relationship, which is ruining relationships. The article, “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence,” by Jean Kilbourne examines how women are portrayed in

The sexualization of women and girls surround Americans and is damaging to females as well as to American society. Females receive the sexualized messages regarding their appearance and how they should act via the media, retailers, and American society’s acceptance of these behaviors. As a mother, Girl Scout Leader, and school paraprofessional I cannot help but to question are these messages inflicting psychological damage on girls? Whom can I hold accountable for sexualizing female youth? What can I do to prevent sexualization from affecting all of the young girls in my life? The sexualization of girls is unacceptable because it is degrading to females, can cause serious life-long psychological damage and sexist attitudes, and may lead to violence against women and girls.

In “Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect,” Stephanie Hanes argues that the portrayal of women in media has proliferated the premature sexualization of young women. The author analyzes the effect of media’s portrayal of women on young girls to raise awareness about over-sexualization and to hopefully convince parents of young women to pay attention to not only the media that their daughters consume but the media they consume as well. Hanes uses various rhetorical strategies to legitimize her argument and address the corruption of girlhood caused by the relentless coverage of sexuality in media.

On a regular basis ,one comes across some form of media, or communicates with one family or friends at least once a day. It is normal; however, who fail to see how much sexualization of young girls have incremented, and still continues to do so in media, and how it affects society. The trend toward the sexualization of girls is increasing in the contemporary culture and can negatively impact girls (Choate and Curry). Awareness on girl sexualization in the United States must be a raised because it negatively affects young girls well-being, hinders their academic potential, and jeopardizes their safety.

Sexual content of any nature was considered devils play in the highly Catholic society that was North America, up until early to middle 20th Century (Noble, 2013). There has been a fast swing in the Pendulum of Life as now today’s society has become extremely sexualized. This has lead to negative affects on both males and females in numerous ways. As various aspects of culture have primarily targeted females over the past several generations, this has been used to expand multiple industries. Males have predominantly contributed to this, but just as very well been negatively affected by this as well. Developing from past generations of media tabloids, advertising and twisting the cultural views on sex taboo and symbols, have

Sexuality in the media has been a topic of debate and discussion over recent years. It has become increasingly controversial as many people believe that there has been an increase in sexualized media over recent years. They believe this is to blame for the increased sexuality exhibited by adolescents. Some may argue that as society and adolescents begin to become more sexualized, the media responds to this by producing more sexualized media be relevant and popular. The media argues that they need to continue to be sexualized to effectively promote their ideas and sell products to a society that has become sexualized over time.

Today’s society is corrupted with misrepresentations of how an intimate relationship should appear. Media often portrays intercourse as something to be taken lightly and that negative consequences are a rare occurrence. What is the effect of the misrepresentation of sex in the media on teenage sexuality? Christina Grant (2003) provides a careful evaluation of this question in “Teens, Sex and the Media: Is there a Connection?” leaning slightly towards the argument that sex in the media has a negative impact on adolescents. In “Teenage Sex and the Media,” Victor Strasburger (2012) adopts an assertive approach to this question, explaining why he believes that media should change the way it presents sexuality. Although both authors are credible, Grant writes for a set audience of potential researchers whereas Strasburger’s audience consists of parents, educators and adolescents. The reader is made aware of the intended audience through the differing format and language used by the authors. While Strasburger targets a wider audience, he is closed-minded in comparison to Grant, who leaves room for interpretation of arguments.

Iris, age 11, stated that “consumption [is] not an act of personal power or even pleasure but an act of submission to power – the power of the market to influence all girls’ clothing practices” (Jackson et al., 2013, p.152) In regards to sexualization, fashion marketing can be a negative influence on girls and their journey to becoming teenagers and then adults. But this negative influence can be averted because every girl has their own opinion, despite what media and marketing present. They have the power to deem what is desirable and appropriate in their own eyes, with or without the influence of media. In Jackson et al.’s study, girls gave their opinions on certain styles and clothing items seen in their video diaries. Many of the girls had negative comments regarding clothing they considered “inappropriate” for their age group and how certain items can draw attention to the body. Nikita, age 12, discussed after buying a sheer, white tunic, she had to wear something underneath, and stated how other girls will wear it differently in saying, “sometimes it’s a bit inappropriate if some girls, you know, wear them with nothing underneath, it looks really disgusting” (Jackson et al., 2013, p.154). Elodie, age 12, was critical of media’s influence and claimed that “a lot of girls at [her] school are influenced by the whole Playboy Mansion

According to the Levine, “sexualization is the inappropriate imposition of sexuality upon a person, whether through objectification, overvaluing,or emphasizing the person’s appearance and/or sexual behavior”. Over several decades,women have been transformed into developing a pornified culture: “Social media has stimulated the sexualization rates of women and girls from 44% of women in the 1960s to 83% of women in the 2000s due to the several overwhelming media techniques such as advertisements, magazines, movies, television, and films” (USA Today 1). These images illustrate the beauty

Girls get exposure to sexualized messages through, TV, ads, song lyrics, videos, and movies. Television shows and movies depict the attractive, sexy girls as being associated with the popular crowd (APA 6). The APA has noted that advertisements use a blurred framework known as “trickle up” and “trickle down” with the sole purpose of making girls appear to be more adult like, and women to appear more child-like. For example, network TV aired a Victoria Secret’s Christmas themed fashion starring models dressed up to look like children. They strutted across the runway in baby doll lingerie as they dragged stuffed animals behind them (APA 12). Music is overflowing with songs that sexualize and degrade women (APA 6). Research has shown that children and teenagers on average listen to more than 2 hours of music a day (Parker-Pope). The message that young people are receiving from both female and male artists reinforce that sexualization of females is normal and accepted. For example, coming in at number 3, on September’s 2015 Billboard’s Top 100 is male artist OMI with the song Cheerleader (“Music: Top 100”). The artist describes his perfect woman to be someone who is submissive and knows her place. She is gorgeous and thin and does what he requests. A little further, down on the list coming in at number 7, is artist Selena Gomez with the song Good for You (“Music: Top 100”). The female artist sings about wanting to look good for a man. She does this by putting on a dress

In our society, gender roles have always played a major role in our lives. But the objectification of women is more widespread than ever. It's popularity is fueled by the media using things such as music, music videos, movies, and TV to promote female weakness and portray women as sex symbols. This is unfavorable to society in light of the fact that the media is making social generalizations for both men and ladies that can bring about undesirable social and physical propensities. The issue is particularly common on the grounds that the more the media utilizes sexual substance in regards to ladies, the more viewers appear to become tied up with them. Consequently, the media can shape the way of life's feeling of dating, sentiment, sex, and

Hypersexual means exhibiting unusual or excessive concern with or indulgence in sexual activity. Playboy, The Bachelor, Toddlers & Tiaras, and The Bad Girls Club are few of the many media outlets that involve or are solely based on hyper-sexualized and degrading images of females. According to the media a person’s values comes from their appearance and availability for sex. Women are being sexually exposed more so then men. In a recent study of Rolling Stone Magazine covers over time it found that 17 percent of men were sexualized (an increase of 55 percent from the ‘60s), and 83 percent of women were sexualized (an increase of 89 percent) (Donovan, “Study Finds Marked Rise…”). Since we hit the 2000s there are 10 times more hyper sexualized images of females than males, and 11 times more non-sexualized images of males than females. Women in the media are not being portrayed as respectable, powerful, equals. They are being portrayed as available objects of a male’s sexual pleasure. Studies have shown that these ideas being produced and encouraged by the media has altered the male population’s perception on the value of females and has led to an increase in incidents of sexual violence.

Conjointly, teen magazines have gained much popularity amongst youngsters by providing them with a plethora of information about romantic relationships, fashion trends, friendships and sex-related topics (Joshi, 2012). Explicit details on sexual activities and the losing of virginity were often discussed in such magazines (Kopacz, 2006). An analysis of the top four teen magazines has established that dating and sex were prominent features of the articles published (Kaiser Family Foundation cited in Johnson, 2015). For example, sexual wanting occurred in magazines like Seventeen, CosmoGirl!, United States Edition and Teen and encouraged girls to look more sexually attractive for boys (Joshi, 2012). On the other hand, male youths were found to be actively looking for sexual contents from magazines like Playgirl or Playboy, Men’s Health and Men’s Fitness which subsequently had an increased influence on their romantic and pre-coital sexual behaviours (Bleakley et al. 2011). Thus, adolescents’