Sexualization Of Young Women Analysis

We live in a society surrounded by billboards and magazine advertisements displaying the over sexualisation of women. As a society, people tend to be okay with it. But the depiction of women in this way does not just end there. It may be surprising to hear that every year, approximately 460 000 people in Canada are sexually assaulted. That is over 1260 sexual assaults a day, 1 every minute. Over a third of them will never be reported. The media is one of the most trusted and effective sources of information, conveying society norms. We live in a media based society and everything we do has some impact on the media. Sexual assault victims are represented negatively in the media further promoting a problematic rape culture. This is often done

In the American culture today, women are becoming more sexualized at a younger age due to the influences of the corporate media. Corporate media and society form the perfect idealistic body that women should have and is constantly being promoted making younger girls start to compare themselves to them at a young age. Certain shows and movies, such as Disney, influence young children and teenagers through their characters as to how a woman is supposed to be accepted. The way the corporate media and society make this body image they want women to have starts in a very early stage in a woman's life without them knowing. There are these childhood movies, such as Disney, Barbie and Ken dolls, programs such as Netflix, teen

Movies, magazines, advertisements, television, music videos and even music lyrics are just a handful of media sources where I have noticed an increased focus on women being viewed as sexual objects, instead of women proposing an empowering message. Many people in our society are not aware of the extent in which sexualisation of women in the media is occurring every day of our lives; this is because we live in a culture where sexuality is more accepted; this is is having negative effects on the social aspect of our society. So, has the media and society pushed sexualisation too far? It is believed that women are hyper-sexualised in the media and this is changing the way women are looked at; but what are we actively doing as a society to reduce this issue?

Although modern media has made great strides in terms of female representation, we still have a long way to go. While women show up more often in movies, literature, and the like, their portrayals are steeped in the stereotyped idea that “sex sells”. As a result, the female characters, whatever their capabilities or likability, are undermined by the ridiculous standards given to them.

Topics that really hit home for me were the rampant sexual objectification of women and our over dependence on technology, the new age addiction. Caroline Heldman brings into perspective the world of sexually objectifying women from music videos to TV advertisement and the clear line between objectification and empowerment. I think we are living in a very confused society, if we believe that women are empowering themselves when they are used as objects. We are sending a wrong message to the youth of our generation that it is ok to be objects and not be viewed for your intellect. Women are more that beautiful objects to be viewed for pleasure or eye candy (pop culture term), they should be viewed for their strength, love and kindness and help

The sexualization of the black female body continues with the white European interest of Josephine Baker. Looking to find fame, Baker became a popular performer in Paris. In Phyllis Roses’s biography, Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker In Her Time , Baker’s dance routine concentrated on her butt. She controlled it as if it was an instrument apart from herself that she could shake. She wasn't ashamed of her body. However, her success as an entertainer was highlighted by the exposure of her body. The notion of the black female as animalistic was also exploited in both of their careers. Baartman’s body was used as an exhibit during life and even after her death. Her natural built was seen as “abnormal”, “because it differentiated from the “normal”

Gender roles and their connotations are a huge part of society, and can impact viewers in the way they compare themselves to

Today sexualizing woman is the norm, especially in the fashion industry, but that will not exclude the other industries. Empowering and sexualizing two different terms that are not in necessary have any connections between each other, but unfortunately young women nowadays getting them mixed. The media creates a relationship between them where sexualizing lead to empowering, then put this thought in people’s minds. Big companies who usually set up all the fashion trends are using woman to sell their products, even the ones that made for men. They are creating the sexual image to surround their models. And they are hiding behind some terms that would sell to young ladies, who might not have the enough knowledge to draw the line between what is a really good picture for women, and what is just using their bodies. For example, American Apparel supporters would call their way of advertising a pair of shoes as “empowering woman” and they are trying to give all women the right to use their bodies in the way they want to-which I am not against-but if you would

Following the exploration of the sexualisation of culture in the previous chapter, The current chapter takes the sexualisation of culture as a broad context for its interrogation of contemporary sexualisation claims about pre-teen girls. It focuses on key theoretical conceptualisations of the sexualisation of girls. In particular to discourses which construct the sexualisation of girls as moral panic as it has been conceptualised and vehemently circulated within mainstream and academic literature.

The harmful nature of different media types has been analyzed within the course. In specific, this course has discussed the objectification/sexualization of women throughout media sources. It seems most relevant to draw a correlation between the music industry and the perception of women that continues to be exploited through this media outlet as well.

Throughout the world women are depicted to be oversexualized among forms of media such as video games and comic books. The idea of oversexualization towards female characters is that they have been often drawn and animated in hypersexual ways. Even going as far as viewing them as a sex object, their revealing body images are eye candy through the eyes of men. Hence women found in comic books and video games are frequently emphasized by their excessive physical appearances, objectification, portrayal, and character role.

I do believe that American society has an inappropriate image of promoting young girls. While shopping at the Tacoma Mall during the holidays, I was appalled with the lacy provocative girl’s underwear (to include thongs). Noticing the well-known brands such as Hanes, Candies and the Gap, I could not help but feel overly sensitive over the lack of respect and sexual-exploitation of our American children.

Women are human beings, but they are not treated like one. Women get sexualized every day in different forms such as social media, and in their own sphere. This is an issue that has prevailed for a long time. Not many people notice this, but if one just looks closely at all the magazines, commercials, your classmates in school or co-workers in the office, you will notice, it happens, a lot. Men do not think about the various effects it has on young girls or female adults. An issue that has become very big and has always been very negative should stop, it can stop.

Ever since the airing of the show The Game of Thrones, there have been many negative comments from critics regarding the show’s uncensored images. Although The Game of Thrones tend to illustrate scenes that may seem uncomfortable to some viewers, like the uncensored content in the series, the message of showing law and power at it’s purest roots are brilliantly delivered through the motion pictures. The sexual content is there because the directors want to show the audience the realistic images in that time.

Game of Thrones is currently one of the most popular television shows that airs on HBO. Throughout its seven-season run, Game of Thrones has represented gender and sexuality in ways that often tend to simultaneously propagate popular stereotypes and downplay them at other times. In the drama, the characters can be shown to be representing distinctive characteristics being feminine or masculine and so its society is generally viewed as misogynistic in the way it is structured. As we know, how in our society today’s women are so powerful and successful still they are considered weaker sex and dominated by the men. This drama is a perfect example of the issues women of our society face every day.