The film Miss Representation is a documentary directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom about media and how the media portrays and influences the image of women in the United States. The film begins by describing how the media negatively influences young girls drastically (Newsom 2011). This often leads many young girls to become self-conscious about they way they look, causing many to fall into a depression. The film also states that only 17% of congress is made up of women (Newsom 2011). The United States is not a good world leader when it comes to having women in leadership positions. That is mainly due to the idea that politics and leadership are considered for men as the film by Newsom states (2011). Women tend to harsher on other women, which creates …show more content…
There is a certain expectation for how women should look and how they should preform in the bedroom. Women in media are often put in catty competitions against each other. When it comes to women in leadership positions, the more power they hold the more hate they will often receive. There is also almost always more coverage on a women’s appearance than actual policy ideas from the politician as the film states (Newsom 2011). The film also states that if male and female politicians are cited in an article the woman will get the negative verb and the male will get a simple “states” as their verb (Newsom 2011). Women are also not taken serious in the film making industry. During the 1980’s media targeted the women’s movement and feminist for threatening the social order of things. The film states that TV was made for men 18-34 years old and that is why women’s bodies are shown selling products (Newsom 2011). The film ended by concluding that no policies have been made to hold the media liable because politicians need those networks to broadcast them when they are running for office (Newsom 2011). Women hold great consumer power and the consumer voice is very