Imagine living in a world where you feel insecure, depressed, and suicidal because of the influence from the media. According to TheOddysseyOnline.com, fifty-three percent of 12 year old girls feel unhappy with their bodies, 78 percent of 17 year old girls feel unhappy with their bodies and 65% of women and girls have an eating disorder. In today’s tech savvy world, the media is an integral part of everybody’s lives yet it is also a devastating tool that can ruin many women’s lives. For example, in the media, women rarely take lead roles and the idea of an ideal body is often emphasized in many advertisements. In a way, the media eliminates the importance of diversity because it causes many girls to feel the need to change their bodies just
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However, does this apply in all cases? Isn’t this a way for women to express their rising concerns about the ways that media are negatively affecting them? In fact, if women didn’t buy and write these magazines there wouldn’t be any awareness of these issues. We bring girls into a world so image-obsessed that, by the age of five, they are already worrying about their bodies and, by age seven, one quarter have tried to lose weight (TheGuardian.com). By changing the way women are treated in the media, we can prevent this structural oppression. Therefore, women should be able to buy and write these magazines so that it spreads the awareness of their mistreatment in the …show more content…
Normally, sexual harassment occurs because of the male’s superiority over the woman in the relationship. In the article, “Sex Crimes and the Media”, the author writes, “Similar examples can be found in Fifty Shades of Grey, the most popular romance novel ever, including scenes in which the heroine, Anastasia, explicitly says ‘no’ to sex before being ignored by the hero, Christian Grey, and then going on to have ‘earth-shattering’ sex” (Serisier). This quote shows that the media promotes sexual harassment by implying that rape is acceptable, therefore leading to the normalization of such behaviors in the real world. The author also uses the phrase “explicitly says ‘no’ to sex before being ignored by the hero” to show the audience that although females attempt to reject sexual advancements from males, they are still forced into these uncomfortable situations. Unfortunately, most females do not report these actions because of their fear of consequences, such as losing their jobs or being labeled. However, this situation is gradually changing over time as an increasing amount of women are speaking up about their experiences. In the article, “#MeToo in medicine: Women, harassed in hospitals and operating rooms, await reckoning”, the author writes, “Nonetheless, 2014 surveys show women were more likely to report having personally experienced sexual harassment. 30 percent
However, does this apply in all cases? Isn’t this a way for women to express their rising concerns about the ways that media are negatively affecting them? In fact, if women didn’t buy and write these magazines there wouldn’t be any awareness of these issues. We bring girls into a world so image-obsessed that, by the age of five, they are already worrying about their bodies and, by age seven, one quarter have tried to lose weight (TheGuardian.com). By changing the way women are treated in the media, we can prevent this structural oppression. Therefore, women should be able to buy and write these magazines so that it spreads the awareness of their mistreatment in the …show more content…
Normally, sexual harassment occurs because of the male’s superiority over the woman in the relationship. In the article, “Sex Crimes and the Media”, the author writes, “Similar examples can be found in Fifty Shades of Grey, the most popular romance novel ever, including scenes in which the heroine, Anastasia, explicitly says ‘no’ to sex before being ignored by the hero, Christian Grey, and then going on to have ‘earth-shattering’ sex” (Serisier). This quote shows that the media promotes sexual harassment by implying that rape is acceptable, therefore leading to the normalization of such behaviors in the real world. The author also uses the phrase “explicitly says ‘no’ to sex before being ignored by the hero” to show the audience that although females attempt to reject sexual advancements from males, they are still forced into these uncomfortable situations. Unfortunately, most females do not report these actions because of their fear of consequences, such as losing their jobs or being labeled. However, this situation is gradually changing over time as an increasing amount of women are speaking up about their experiences. In the article, “#MeToo in medicine: Women, harassed in hospitals and operating rooms, await reckoning”, the author writes, “Nonetheless, 2014 surveys show women were more likely to report having personally experienced sexual harassment. 30 percent