Ronda Rousey Positive Role Model

Ronda Rousey is a positive role model, demonstrating how hard work merits success. It is through her achievements and body positivity that she has empowered other women, defying all odds within a “mans” sport and making a name for herself as a professional rather than being objectified as an attractive cover girl for the sport. Gracing the cover of Men’s Fitness was a milestone for female athletes everywhere; being on that cover made Rouseys’ presence as a fighter only more dominant for she is not objectified as having a perfect body or an attractive face but instead she is respected as an athlete by all. Rousey emerged onto the martial arts scene at a very young age, joining the Olympic judoka team in Athens during the 2004 Olympic games. Since her young start in the sport her career has skyrocketed on the basis of meritocracy, now at the age of 28 she is considered the number 1 “pound-for-pound” female MMA fighter in the world, and ranked second in her weight class within the UFC …show more content…
Objectification is sets of “attitudes and behaviors by which people are treated as if they were “things” (Okazawa-Rey, Kirk G-4).” Caroline Heldman wrote a four-part series about sexual objectification and the media, women in advertising in particular. According to Heldman there is a “Sex Object Test (SOT)” which consist of yes or no questions that gauge whether sexual objectification is present within the ad. Example questions are, “Does the image show only part(s) of a sexualized person’s body (Heldman)?” and “Does the image show sexualized persons as interchangeable Heldman)?” Rouseys’ cover for Men’s Fitness was different than that of her cover shoots for say Sports Illustrated, for she was not showing off her body but instead she was fully clothed among headlines referencing her abilities rather than appearance or sexual