...Despite the considerable skill possessed by many female artists, many of the ones who rise to prominence often do so through their sexualization. Pop culture as a global complexity is an industry that relies almost entirely on visuals such as video broadcasting, which is where the sexualized images of women come into play. The type of female sexualization present in a society differs regionally, and racially. Black woman for example, are commonly portrayed as fierce, with a sort of untamed sexuality, which mechanically reduces them to something subhuman, and no longer rational beings. This form of sexualization has been consistent since European colonialism of the African continent, when African women were exhibited as foreign exotic objects through Europe. Now it is used as a way to suppress the influence and power of black women. East Asian women on the other hand, are glorified when they are petite, and pale, in essence, a European fetish that has transcended into Japanese culture. For example, the Japanese sex industry is based largely in ideas centered around pedophilia and male supremacy. The idealized Japanese woman from a sexual standpoint is expected to be impossibly childlike features. One of the major...
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...Sexualization of Girls and Women in the United States: A Growing Epidemic Kayla Johnson Chamberlain College of Nursing Sexualization of Girls and Women in the United States: A Growing Epidemic Brittany, a freshman in High School arrives at her home after school and turns on the T.V to watch MTV music videos. She watches the T.V. as half naked girls dance in the background of male singers. She picks up her phone to get on Instagram where she scrolls through images of famous women like Rhianna and Kim Kardashian who post scantily clad images of their bodies. Brittany thinks to herself, “I wish that I looked like these girls, maybe if I looked more like them the boys at school would like me more”. Brittany’s mother gets home from work and puts dinner on the dining room table. Brittany sits down and eats only a portion of her meal because in the back of her mind she is still feeling as though her own body is inadequate, she could probably lose more weight and if only she had bigger boobs and longer legs, maybe then she would feel better about herself. She lies in bed that night and wishes that she had a better body so that she could feel beautiful and happy. If only she knew that thousands of other girls were feeling the same way, maybe she would realize that the issue isn’t her own body- the issue is the cultural emphasis on female sexualization that has become a norm in our society. Unfortunately girls all over the world are struggling with self-confidence related to...
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...Over the course of the years, physical appearance has become one of society’s biggest influencer on societal ideas. Beauty can sell products and ideas. It is a cultural determiner what is pretty or what is not. However for most girls, insecurity comes with growing up. Some grow to love themselves and accept buts others, unfortunately, gain low self esteem. In today’s ideas, sexy sells. To some extents, over sexualizing advertisements is a marketing strategy for young girls thinking it is the perfect persuasion into buying their own products. What are the harms and effects of hyper sexualization? One effect of hyper-sexuality of young girls and/or women is that it distorts our “regular” image of what the everyday adolescent is suppose to look...
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...means of reducing possible risks, and the “the space…that is physically available to the feminine body is frequently of greater radius than the space that she uses and inhabits”. The human body has it limitations and restrictions that are imposed on by the power of society. Due to this, women must be more protective over their body and how they control their movement. Cahill defines this as bodily comportment. The typical male sits with their legs open, leaned back, and are typically not restricted at all....
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...Women in the music industry have become more hyper sexualized than ever before. This is a much more complex idea than I had ever thought. There has always been a huge gray area and divide between sex-positivity and catering to the male gaze. I understand the struggle of female artists, but it is hard to defend some of the new artists. Slut-shaming is another extreme of the conversation because it can become so easy to look at these women as objects instead of real people. They become so much more of a cultural product selling fantasy that you forget that there is a person behind it all. Female artists now have been turned into brands forced to become just an image that can be sold to the public. They are no longer individuals with creative...
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...Sexy Too Soon: The Media’s Sexualization of Our Daughters English 101-B13 Abstract This paper explores the ways media productions have become the main culprit in the sexualization of children. The Bratz Doll itself is a device of the media and all the media images posted on her demonstrates the extent of influence that media hype has on children. Kids are inundated with marketing to sell sex products, including but not limited to provocative clothing which interferes with the healthy development of kids. Harmful images embedded with media misconceptions objectify girls and woman. Children are being transformed into miniature adults with the Media assuming the role of guidance counselor. With both parent’s working in the majority of households, the Media also serves as a substitute parent. A lost childhood is a formula for disaster and long-term issues on all levels of functioning in society. Education, communication, and setting boundaries are essential in creating a reality mindset regarding media ploys. Teaching girls and women that they are not mere vessels of sexual pleasure; rather daughters of God designed to project intelligence and virtue (Proverbs 31:10). Understanding technology, including social media is imperative; however, it is a matter of discernment and balance. Sexy Too Soon: The Medias’ Sexualization of Our Daughters One of the epidemics in the world is the Medias ’sexualization of children. Women and teenage girls are sexualized and objectified...
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...‘Equal Opportunity Objectification? The Sexualization of Men and Women on the Cover of Rolling Stone’ (2011) examines and analyzes the changes on how the male and the female are sexually represented. This review will critically look at the arguments of the authors and the research discipline. Also, it will examine the previous literature related to the research topic. Further, the paper will examine the methodology used by the authors to analyses the study. Finally, it will discuss its findings and the contribution of the research to the study field. The study by Hatton and Trautner is an interdisciplinary study about sexuality and gender as well as the media. The above disciplines deals with the representation of sexuality and gender in the media. Also, it looks at how other issues regarding gender and sexuality affect individuals’ and the society. By examination of Braithwaite et al. (2015), it is evident that pornography influences friends and the society. Also, Hall, West and Hill (2012) shows implication of song lyrics on sexuality educators. The authors of the article have several...
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...Nauert, R. (2011). Media’s Growing Sexualization of Women. Psych Central. Retrieved from http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/08/11/medias-growing-sexualization-of-women/28539.html In this article, Rick Nauert, a senior news editor for Psych Central, explains the observations he and his colleagues had made while analyzing Rolling Stone Magazine’s covers and contents from the 1960’s to relatively recent. They created their own “Scale of Sexualization” where they different covers were awarded points for the different elements deemed sexually charged. Their findings were that although men were increasingly being sexualized throughout the cover timeline, overall, women were experiencing more, 10x more to be exact. Nauert concluded that the problems created by the over sexualization allow for more opportunities of violence towards women because women have been given the status of sexual object and submissive. Sexual harassment in the workplace and in the community has also elevated. It also gives unrealistic expectations for females and therefore women and men are open for disappointment. Rolling Stone was chosen as it is a founded publication that analyzes music, politics, film and top news stories. Clymer, C. (2013). ‘Woman’ Should Not Be Another Word For Sex. Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-clymer/woman-should-not-be-another-word-for-sex_b_3307013.html Clymer, a blogger for the Huffington Post and army veteran, wrote this article about...
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...Are elite female athletes recognised for their ability or sexuality? Women have traditionally been considered as fragile and unable to perform the tasks that a man could. Understanding this, women were never considered to be apart of sports or activities that may involve the two qualities strength, stamina. A number of studies (Harris, 2005; Messner, Duncan & Jenson, 1993; Vincent, 2004; Rowe and Brown, 1994) discovered that in relation to female athletes most media coverage was for their looks rather than their athletic ability and skills. However the men were evaluated on the skill of the sport while women became the object to observe. Compared to the pictures taken of men and women, the men’s pose’s were more athletic were as the women’s...
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...3 4 5 6 End the Sexualization of Girls and Young Women in Mainstream Media Children are exposed to a barrage of sexual and violent images through mainstream and other media. As children gain more access to media through technology such as phones and computers, the time per day that children are exposed to images is increasing. The average high school student spends as much as 8-10 hours a day with some type of media, according to recent findings from the Geena Davis Institute. Studies estimate that counting all ads, logos, labels, and announcements a child is exposed to 16,000 images in one day. (Youth Media Reporter 2009). Media and Violence Against Women Often, media such as TV, commercials, movies, music lyrics, and even Halloween costumes, sexually exploits girls and young women; and it perpetuates unhealthy and unrealistic stereotypical portrayals of both young men and women. Sexually violent material can contribute to a social climate in which violence against women is more accepted. According to several studies by the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (2007), men and women exposed to sexually objectifying and violent images of women from mainstream media were more accepting of rape myths, sexual harassment, sex role stereotypes, and interpersonal violence. Such structures of violence allow violence against women to exist and persist. This handout and activity will analyze the impact of media on the rights of girls and young women from an international...
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...of any other women on his personal website. His failure to do so would result in the propagation of a culture condoning misogyny, the causation of a cycle of female disenfranchisement, the establishment of a norm of objectifying women. Joe should only be hastened in his action by Jane’s request, they should be based on the ethical and social implications thereof. In this scenario, Jane’s faculties were impaired as a result of her intoxication, and her sexually explicit behavior following the prodding of males was not made in a state of sound mind. Joe’s decision to take pictures of her and other women in sexually compromised positions was made as a result of the freedom Joe had....
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...Since the early 1800’s women have struggled and strived to obtain equal rights of the average man. It was not up until 1920 when women were even granted the right to vote and it was not until 1981 when the United States finally appointed a woman Supreme Justice (Weinbaum). It has been a long and tedious process to acquire equal rights for women and fairness in politics. After over two centuries, women have almost completely overcome the gender barrier and established an equal dominant role in society as men. However, the recent provocative portrayals of women in the media have questioned the idea that, if in fact, the years spent overcoming this gender hardship was to ultimately come back to square one. With television programs such as “The Bachelor” presenting a dozen women competing for the attention of one man and television commercials highlighting a woman's thigh to sell sneakers, it is difficult for society and especially the youth to not to be influenced by the overpowering message to objectify women (Coleman). Television shows portraying woman in explicit dogmatic behaviors like “Flavor of Love” or “The Bachelor” make it difficult for the everyday women to process exactly why the media allows such depictions of women to be viewed and accepted around the world. According to author Breanna Coleman, “Television programs show slender, unrealistically curvaceous, and vulnerable young women, who are dependent on male figures for strength and survival, not their own sense...
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...and extent of being sexualized — not just one or two elements, but much more— that we are seeing increase in the portrayals of women.” -Erin Hatton, sociology dept. university at buffalo One rising trend is sexualized clothing for women and young girls. Based on a study done by social psychologist, Sarah Murnen, a trend that has been rising in the last 25 years is shorter skirts, tighter bottoms and lower necklines. By analyzing different copies of the popular magazine Seventeen from various years, Murnen was able to conclude that the average for sexualized images shown in the magazine has tripped in the last three decades (Melker). These results however, do not mirror the results...
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...For the most part tween fashion is too sexy for these young ladies ages 8 to 12 to wear. Reid-Severance told ParentDish that “dresses were skinny straps, lower cut and fabric had many sequins as I would have worn on New Year’s Eve,” but that it was “not age appropriate” (as cited in Sammons, 2011). Girls are being bombarded from the media, fashion world, peers, as well as pop culture icons as to what is hip and fashion trendy, but the issue is often these hip and trendy fashions are doing more harm than good. I read an article “Battling with Your Teen over Sexy Clothes?” which talked about the sexualization of girls tends to come from three sources: 1. Cultural: clothes seen in malls, media sources, as well as clothing stores (Abercrombie...
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...On the good side, TV commercials display positive behaviors and role models that young girls and adolescent girls can aspire to be. In contrast, many of these TV commercials have a negative influence on the life of young girls and adolescent girls. TV commercials targets young girls and adolescent girls through the use of different outlets that glorify unrealistic expectations, distorted body image and sexualization in which leads them on a path of self-destruction. TV commercials can promote positive behavior. Dove is the first “beauty” company to promote to young girls and adolescent girls that they should be comfortable with their own body. Their marketing campaign helps to establish self-esteem and a good body image. It shows “real women” as role models who are happy with themselves even though their body may not be what is typically thought of as beautiful. According to the article, “The Dove® Campaign for Real Beauty”, Dove states, “Dove® kicked off the second and most iconic phase of the Campaign for Real Beauty in June 2005, with advertising featuring six real women with real bodies and real curves. The phase of the campaign was created to debunk the stereotype that only thin is beautiful” (Dove, 2014). Dove’s campaign helps to educate these girls with knowledge they need to deal with their perception of beauty....
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