Sexualization Of Women Essay

It is a common social custom in western civilization to sexualize, and oversexualize, women. Sexualization is when people are treated like sexual objects and their value depends on their appearance and appeal. Women are unnecessarily depicted in sexual situations and/or wearing overly revealing clothes to perpetuate that sex is the only (or main) thing they have to offer. Appearance is treated like everything and, can very well be the deciding factor in what life outcome certain people will have. There is an unrealistic expectation of what women should look like and specific features: slim waist, medium bust, thin build, etc., that are fetishized for which women are supposed to emulate and aspire to become, but is ultimately unrealistic for most women. Corsetes were worn to make waists smaller and push up breasts even though they caused immense discomfort, and high heels were invented by a man to enhance a woman's natural appearance, because they are viewed as objects and treated as such. Women are expected to present their best, prettiest, and least clothed, selves to please men and society, but when it comes to …show more content…
No matter how discreet women are, there is a taboo surrounding women breastfeeding in public that even causes random people to verbally attack women for completing a biological process, that has to do with human reproduction,wherever she feels comfortable. A woman in Tennessee who was asked to stop breastfeeding in the lingerie section of Dillard's Department store, and countless others are either covered up, asked to move, or asked to stop all together. There are forty-seven states, DC, and the Virgin Islands, in which there are specific laws that ensure that mothers can breastfeed whenever they want, wherever they want and South Dakota and Virginia exempt breastfeeding moms from public indecency or nudity