Women 's Objectification Of Women

The mass media has become a big part of our society and its counterparts. In a time span of 50 years this medium has influenced society to an extent where it has created wonders. This immaculate tool can control almost every action we perform, from speaking to the actions that every human being performs in society. The mass media has brought upon a new era of idea's and changes in the world we live in. As we analysis media in depth we will find many aspects of media which overlap and some of the smallest factors and aspects of media, which create the biggest impact on society.

The evolution of mass media has affected our social institutions: family, religion, morality and education, on an unprecedented scale. For most of us in the American culture, the new forms of mass media are entwined with both of our personal and professional lifestyles. Understanding how the development of these forms of mass media has been and continues to influence our American culture is vital. It will help us appreciate the role media plays in our life and will also help us to be more informed as citizens, consumers, and employees. Barnett, 2004 noted that “The Internet is the decisive technology of the Information Age, and with the explosion of wireless communication in the early

But I can’t help but believe there is something deeper than that – an issue of desensitization. If females of her generation are desensitized to that kind of material now (as research suggests), what does it mean for their understanding of sexuality? Perhaps more importantly, what does their intrinsic (although, perhaps, involuntary) acceptance of sexual behavior mean for men?

Being female has affected my life in many ways, both positive and negative. However, when I compare them the negatives outweigh the positives. Almost all the negatives on my list seem to lead to double standards. A double standard defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary is “a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another; especially a code of morals that applies more severe standards of sexual behaviour to women than to men.” I feel this is very fitting as even in the definition itself it refers to gender double standards that apply to women more than men. I have experienced double standards from sexual objectifications to social pressures and stereotypes.

Recently there has been a lot of buzz about catcalling that is directed towards women which are done by men. In one video, which captures the experience of one woman as she walks through the streets of a big city, dress in Western style clothing and later on when she is wearing the traditional Muslim outfit, the Hijab. Through this one video, one can notice how objectification, intersectionality and gender is at play.

The highlight on the latter raises a larger question about the radicalized sexual images of women today. It is most likely the society that is bombarded by the media’s usage of advertisements, television, billboards, magazines and internet. We are surrounded by the images that most people don’t have. Reality shows and entertainment are emulated and are the common choices for teens today. They may seem like harmless amusing entertainment but take a closer look, and you’ll see that the way women are portrayed is far from the truth. This may seems to be a successful marketing tool for several sources but its ways of showing malicious actions.

line they notice magazines near the cash register. They then proceed to look through the

How has sexual objectification of women helped sustain the social control of women and their sexualities?

One may ask why does any of this matter? Why should I care about sexy prostitutes in video games? What’s the real harm in sexually objectifying women? When men use female NPCs as tools or commodities, their actions of doing so actually make them powerful. So these interactive actions highlights male heterosexual dominance, which simultaneously reinforcing the view that women’s primary role is to satisfy the desires of men.In fact, the negative impacts of sexual objectification have been studied extensively for years and the effects on people of all genders are quite astonishing and fearsome. Researchers found exposing to these negative portray of women would impact players’ perceptions and beliefs about real world women and encourage them to

Adolescence is a time where an individual’s sense of identity starts to emerge and a majority of their social norms are perceived. In this day and age, adolescents live in a world heavily submerged around media, which plays an important and habitual part of an adolescents' life. In a national survey conducted in 2009, adolescents on average spend more than 7.5 hours using some sort of media a day (Rideout, Foehr, Roberts, 2010). With this unprecedented access to the world, individuals are learning and connecting with many different people and ideas through the media (Brown & Bobkowsi, 2011). With different forms of media playing an influential part in an adolescents’ life, their perceived social norms may be seriously influenced.

Women are prone to objectification with the constant vulgar advertisements and sex industries. In a social perspective, objectification means to treat a human as if he or she was a thing, or an object, without any regards of their emotions or dignity. Objectification can also include treating someone as a belonging to another person (usually belonging to a man), used as a tool for self-fulfillment or needs, and also permissible to use, abuse, damage, and destroy. Furthermore, sexual objectification is a culturally masculine perspective aimed towards women being solely objects for sexual pleasure and disregarding the intelligence capabilities of a woman. Sexual objectification derives from feminist theories and is said to be the cause of gender

When starting this ePhoto project, I thought it was going to be really hard to find pictures for each week’s topics. However, I found that it was very easy to connect class topics to social media. Most of my photos came from Facebook, and Buzzfeed, a YouTube channel that posts videos on social change. In this paper, I will be analysis my photos over the semester by discussing overarching themes, in particular, gender stereotypes and objectification of women. Then I will analyze the photos from an intersectionality perspective and its importance. In addition, I will self-reflect about how gender, sex, and sexuality influence my life and how my beliefs have been challenged over the semester. Finally, I will conclude my paper with ways, in which, we can make social change, so we can reduce gender stereotypes.

On all platforms of media, women and even young girls are oversexualized; thus leading to men viewing women as no more than breasts, vaginas, legs, or any other body part they prefer. Even in current television shows, movies, comic books, and advertisements, women are still depicted as sexual objects, which can damage a woman’s confidence. The oversexualization of women 's bodies can degrade a young woman’s confidence, and when girls try to boost confidence by dressing or acting like the women they see in the media, they are reprimanded for it. Girls cannot be blamed for their sexualization; they are just emulating what they see in the media.

Since the advent of modern media, gender stereotypes have been an issue in the society. Advertising agencies spend billions creating marketing strategies to attract the right consumers. When is the time to advertise products and services, some companies use the female’s presence as a marketable object to increase sales and encourage trial and usage of products. Nowadays, the objectification of females in sexist ways is increasingly demanding and competitive in advertising.

Beginning in 1848, women have wanted to have the same opportunities and rights men do. Since then, women have made great strides to reach that goal; however there is still so much to do! Women Against Feminism (WAF) is a page created on Facebook that eventually ended up on the major social media pages. This page makes it evident of how much further we still have to go as women. The title alone makes you believe the page is about women disagreeing with all feminist ideals; however, after actually scrolling through the page it is clear most of the women posting have not truly grasped what exactly they are claiming to be against. If women are going to chastise feminism they should at least understand it. If they do not, what is the point?