Throughout American history, women were always seen as inferior to men and incapable of doing much with their lives. It was not until the 1900s when women were presented the right to vote. Even then, President John F. Kennedy’s election was assumed to be based off of women’s attraction towards him, rather than because he presented himself as a good leader. The irony in that is women have always been objectified, just like the accusation towards them, and that objectification never ceased. Women are still seen as a minority group, inferior to men, and incapable of producing intelligent lives for themselves. Despite social advancements for women in the past 100 years, women are still sexually objectified in American society. The United States’ society essentially began training women from a young age to uphold its opinion of women. Document 8 shows a picture comparing 7th graders from around 2010 and present day 7th graders. The older 7th graders were smiling, appropriately covered, and were awkward when that picture was taken. The present 7th graders were making duck faces, wore revealing clothing, and were attempting to be sexually appealing. If 12 and 13 year old …show more content…
Document 9 is a video of Ellen Degeneres humorously criticizing Bic’s line of pens called “For Her.” These pens are, “designed to fit a woman’s hand.” Degeneres also says, “they’re pink so they cost twice as much,” for the same quality as a generic pen made by the same company. Essentially, women are these delicate creatures that need special writing utensils to fit their “small and frail” hands and that colors that “match” their gender. Women are being put in their own category and within that category is the requirement that they must be delicate and need special treatment through special writing utensils with “gender appropriate”