Sexual Exploitation Of Women In The Media

It seems that the media’s portrayal of women has negatively affected the body image of The Wykeham Collegiate senior school girls. The media has a negative effect on the youth of today, primarily amongst the female population when it comes to how young girls and women regard

Women’s Body Image (www.wellesley.edu/Health/BodyImage) helped demonstrates the young influence of magazines. Those days when girls strive to be something they weren’t, were probably the most crucial days in body imaging. They succumbed into the pressure of looking how everyone else wants them to look. Such teeny bopper magazines sell to many young girls the idea of beauty. Teen Magazine is the princess of that royal court. In every young woman, or man’s mind, there is this longing to be desired. To be desired, you must be attractive. To be attractive, you have to look like that girl on page seventy-one in the latest Teen Magazine (Women’s Body Image).

Teenage girls are at an impressionable time in their lives. Mass Media is a key idea in one of the factors of socialization that become important to teenagers. Teenagers look to the media for a sense of entertainment. Whether it is movies, magazines, or even some aspects of social media, teenagers get a lot of influence from the media’s message. The problem with this is the media has a specific way of doing things and can be negative to a susceptible teenage girl. Media’s way of portraying a woman can be skewed and unrealistic way from what reality is. Teenage girls then have a desire for this look or way. In this essay the three ways I will describe as to why the media can negatively affect a teenage girls body image is by showing

In the article, “The Negative Effects of the Media on Body Image” by Esther Vargas, there were several issues discussed about the negative effects that media has on body image in society. Many girls

In todays society media has many different represtionations of womens body ideals and they are portrayed in many different ways. The majority of body images are female and represented with negative connotations. Women are plasteted on billboards magazine covers and play an very important role in the way young women are viewed and how they feel they should look. Through out this essay I will look how media has such a massive impact on our lives and the power it has to control the ideals of young women and how the industries with in the use of media are exploting women of today and how they are benifitting from it to make multibillion companys with out the a second thought to the explotation and harm it is causing to our socity and health with in the new generorations. I will also explore how some organistions are fighting against this ideal and how this is creating a more healthy view of women and challenging what we have had drummed into since an early age.

(Heubeck 2006) For many young people, especially girls, the ideal continues to chase them as they grow into young women. Young girls begin to internalize the stereotypes and judge themselves by media’s impossible standards. The power that the media holds in impacting the lives of young girls is detrimental and eventually affects their body image, their satisfaction of their own body, and portrayal of their body as an object.

This source is a book that provides an opinion on the lack of spotlight on media poorly portraying the body image of women. The book addresses gender studies and psychology and brings together new empirical work on both media and audience presentations. This book provided various information on the media’s impact on body image and facts to back up their

The media, today, continues to falsely portray the image of the ideal woman. This misrepresentation adversely affects the self-esteem of women and young girls. After evaluating their physical appearances and comparing them to edited pictures, females develop unrealistic expectations of how they should appear physically to others. This misconception can cause great concern about their bodies and very low self-esteem. Young girls will abuse their bodies by starving themselves to be thinner and properly proportioned according to society’s expectations. Body Dysphoria has become a growing concern in very young girls because of unrealistic images of women. The media also seems to have no concern of the images they are displaying of men. In magazines

In “Low-Cut Shirts and High-Heeled Shoes: Increased Sexualization Across Time in Magazine Depictions of Girls”, Kaitlin Graff, Sarah Murnen, and Anna Krause cite a report stating that “women were underrepresented compared to men, and when they were depicted it was often in a sexualized manner.” (xxxxxx). In a study conducted by the researchers, it was discovered that hypersexualization of young girls was becoming more and more present:

Mass media imposes how adolescent girls are supposed to act through advertisements in teen magazines, such as the thin body type representation and being feminine. Teen magazines reinforce stereotypes and gender prescriptions directly to adolescent girls into womanhood and negotiate their roles of being feminine, being fashionistas, and focusing on enhancing their appearance (Currie, 1997). In Decoding Femininity, Currie (1997) explains that during the 1980s “feminist sociologist characterized the advertisements, feature articles, and stories appealing to women’s magazines as vehicles of women socialization into subordinate roles” (p. 456). “Research on adolescent girl magazines has been done, and these magazines promote socialization of

The theory of Objectification (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) is a structure for comprehending the experience identifying as the female gender in a sociocultural connection that sexually objectifies the female body. Although women have progressed through history by gaining equal rights and the opportunities to work in the same field as men, these accomplishments are overlooked to encompass the idea that women’s own personality comes second place compared to the ideals and fantasies of men in the patriarchal society we live in. Media fragmentation has led to women being increasingly objectified in the media. In magazines, billboards, television,

The effects of the use of heavily edited images in magazines geared towards young women have been observed occurring globally. Some young women however, are affected differently. Those who hold the magazines as important resources when gathering information on beauty and fitness are impacted more by the use of these images than those who do not (Morrison and Kalin 573). In a study published in the Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter, 69% of the girls said that the pictures affected their idea of the perfect body shape (“Brown” 1). Forty-seven percent disclosed that they wanted to lose weight due to the images (“Brown” 1). From this, the young women develop the perception that their happiness and success is directly correlated

Many teenagers rely on women’s magazines to inform them about beauty and fashion. They value magazines’ advice just as much as they value their peers’ advice. Models in magazines have a tremendous impact on a woman’s body image. According to

What are the dangers for the companies to use such types of ads? What are the different reactions of men and women to this kind of ads ?

Women are sexually exploited in the media. In today’s society if people watch television programs such as Chingy featuring Snoop & Ludacris – Holidae; Charlie's Angels; the Z100 commercial with Britney Spears; or Baywatch they will see that the feminine image is presented differently than the masculine. In these programs men are typically placed in sexual situations fully clothed, while women are presented in provocative clothing or less. The camera will frequently zoom in on body parts to focus on the woman’s buttocks, midriff, and legs. Society is still dominated by men who control what people see. As a result women are increasingly portrayed as sex symbols as a way for a media company to turn