Miss Representation directed and written by Jennifer Siebel, illustrates the medias warped perception of females and more specifically females in power. It provides numerous testimonials of high profile females working in the media, Hollywood and political sector. The females shown in the film share their thoughts and frustration towards the female depiction in politics, advertising, and movies. A point is made that the media has created a superficial archetype of women.
The Hollywood archetype of a woman can be defined as a young, sexy, thin, beautiful woman, whom is most likely dependent on a man one way or another. The characterization of the female archetype can easily be a description of an object rather than a person. The objectification of the female image and or body degrades their worth into something that is highly sexualized. Advertisers uses the iconic catch phrase, “Sex sells”, to justify their raunchy marketing campaigns. One may argue if the phrase is wright or wrong but only the naive can not see that the demoralization it causes to the female image. …show more content…
Dozens of fortune 500 companies have women CEOs, although only make up 5.2%. Women still feel unwelcomed in the work place because of men and the media. The media nitpicks at women portraying them as “bitches” or neglecting their family because of their carrier. Men who are in the exact same positions are never subjected to this type of scrutiny and see women in the workplace as their nagging wife or
The Hollywood archetype of a woman can be defined as a young, sexy, thin, beautiful woman, whom is most likely dependent on a man one way or another. The characterization of the female archetype can easily be a description of an object rather than a person. The objectification of the female image and or body degrades their worth into something that is highly sexualized. Advertisers uses the iconic catch phrase, “Sex sells”, to justify their raunchy marketing campaigns. One may argue if the phrase is wright or wrong but only the naive can not see that the demoralization it causes to the female image. …show more content…
Dozens of fortune 500 companies have women CEOs, although only make up 5.2%. Women still feel unwelcomed in the work place because of men and the media. The media nitpicks at women portraying them as “bitches” or neglecting their family because of their carrier. Men who are in the exact same positions are never subjected to this type of scrutiny and see women in the workplace as their nagging wife or