Sexualization In Media

Oversexualization of men, women, and even children in America has become of great controversy, some might even call it an epidemic. Sex has infiltrated our media and advertising so broadly, and causes mental and/or emotional harm to women and children more so than men. Not only do movies and television shows exploit one of mankind’s most innate needs, but advertisements and video games also utilize this character weakness in our society. The reason that this is such a huge concern is due to the impact it is leaving on today’s children, the influence it has on our society’s adolescents and young adults and the way is has molded today’s youth and adults through mass media.
Sexualization is to be expected in adult films or television shows targeted towards mature audiences, but today, it is featured in children’s and young adult television shows and movies and hardly even raises an eyebrow because we have become so desensitized to it. This is an issue of grave importance, seeing as we are allowing our children to degrade themselves and the actors or cartoon characters on …show more content…
Many gaming industries use sex as a primary selling point in their games. There are sparse games where any sexualization at all is actually necessary to the plot or storyline, leading into the question of why can’t the video game industry focus less on the player 's’ sexual appetites and focus more on the development of the plot and gameplay? What makes this issue such a large one is the fact that many children start playing video games before they are even of school age, meaning that they are exposed to degrading images of the human body, such as that from Overwatch or Grand Theft Auto, before they even know how to read and write. This feeds the notion that our society is accepting of our children being exposed to these sexual images, creating sexual expectations and standards for their future with sexual