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documentary is eye opening and angering at the same timeThe narrator
mentions her worry about having a daughter in the world today, and I
can not blame her. Today we live in a society where it seems like
women are doing well for themselves, making advances in politics and
some higher positions but look around. This documentary makes it very
clear that although some steps forward are being made many women are
still just sex symbols and nothing more. The media plays a huge role
in this in how they frame women to the public. Women who are
'noticed' are those that are 'sexy', and what is to be considered
societies messed up version of 'beautiful' or normal. The media could
very well focus in on women that are doing great things for this
country and around the worlds but instead they choose to write
articles about Kim Kardashian's butt, and all these other
'attractive' ladies bodies. No one even cares about the work they are
doing, just how they look. This is infuriating. The media frames
these women as perfect and if you do not resemble that you are not.
One of the saddest things to me is that this documentary made me
think of all of the campaigns that have come out in the past year or
so telling females that they should love themselves and the bodies
they are in. This is sad to me because campaigns like this should not
need to exist. If the media would frame things in a realistic manner
and not focus on making women seem like nothing but sexual objects we
would not have no make women feel better because they would not feel
bad about themselves in the first place.
I have always found it sad when I look on the internet and half the post are about what new workout/clothes/car a celebrity has. Why not post an article about a woman who made a scientific breakthrough? It makes women look like this "sex image" rather than a person with a brain. Very infuriating indeed.
ReplyDeleteWe (women) also need to take a good look at what messages we ourselves are sending out into the world. If we are to curtail this hype it must start with US. We have an obligation to uphold if this is to ever change. One peek into our Facebook,tinder,or any other form of social media platform will makes us cringe I think.
ReplyDeleteI think you are right when you say that such documentaries shouldn't exist. They only exist because the media portrays women a certain way. To make a change, we need to not only make documentaries to show the effects but to change how the media objectifies women. We need less "sex sells" and more women in major lead roles.
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