Gender Stereotypes In The Film Miss Representation

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Miss Representation is a 2011 documentary movie, which produced by talented director Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Before the movie came out, Miss Representation producers released eight minutes long trailer of a background from the movie content. Different from entertain movie trailers, Miss representation trailer takes the audience to a controversial issue which is happening in our country, but not everyone realizes it. The issue was surrounding media and its behavior toward women. Hence, it makes many concerns about humanity and sexual equality in the modern society. In the beginning, the trailer shows statics and studies about media and their influence on viewers, especially female audiences. Then, there are series senses of women with sexy clothes, face full of makeup, fashion clothes, and sexy action. These senses might not surprise the viewers because they are what people see every day on the internet, magazine, and even television. …show more content…
Although these scenes make the audience uncomfortable to watch it, there is no denying the fact; they are widespread in our society. In additional, the image women in the trailer are divided into two groups. The first group are beautiful women with makeup on, fashion clothes; they are a model, celebrities who get a lot of attention of public. The second group is powerful women, who success by their education, talent, and effort. However, these women were ignored by media, while women with makeup on and sexy clothes are received a lot of attention from media network. Again, the issue was analyzed by participants, who are media professor, educator, and activist. By the influence of media, the image of women become humble that affect significantly to their life. Therefore, the issue should be an alarm, and people need to find a

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