Sexualization

Barbie. Just the word brings back memories from my childhood, but Barbie has been getting some negative press in the past few years. Lately, feminists have critiqued Barbie for her unrealistic body shape and even call her “hyper-sexualized.” According to a recent CNN article, “In October, Mattel reported that worldwide Barbie sales fell 4% in the third quarter of 2015. And the company's stock price was down nearly 43% from its 2013 peak.” In order to improve the loss of revenue and their…

Introduction: Women have been the muse of artists since time immemorial. In the recent times too, things haven’t changed as women have been continued to be artistically represented. I have chosen the topic of sexualization of women superheroes in comics, mainly focusing on the Marvel universe. Marvel has been in the eye of the storm for some time now as several controversial female characters entered it. Due to the rise in female readership, Marvel claims to have introduced several characters.…

Sexualization of Breasts and Confidence Another cultural consideration is the sexualization of breasts, affecting personal body image, attitudes of public breastfeeding, and internal measures of the confidence of infant feeding decisions. Breasts specifically play a role in being part of a woman’s idealized view of her sexual body, and it is this sexualized view of breasts that can undermine breastfeeding (Johnston-Robledo et al., 2007). Objectification theory “postulates that, in a culture that…

such as Derek Jeter, David Beckam, and Rafael Nadal have all been part of the pretty boys in sports image. With respect to Wimbleton female tennis players have been playing in small colorful outfits that make them stand out in the courts. The sexualization of these athletes has added more pressure to fit into a specific mold. Implementing what is considered the female athlete triad. The female athlete triad includes eating disorders,…

their misconduct of almost wrecking a vehicle with the women inside the vehicle. During the disguise as two white women, women are misrepresented as stereotypical white american women by portraying them in a certain appearance and denoting the sexualization of women. To begin, White Chicks denotes women as the basic “stereotypical white American women” meaning all women are the same in appearance. At the beginning of the movie, two black men have to dress as two white women because of an…

In "The Sexualization of Reconstruction Politics: White Women and Black Men in the South after the Civil War," the author, Martha Hodes examines white southerner 's toleration of sexual relationships between white females and black males, post-Civil War. Hodes explores the entwined relationship between black male sexuality and political power and demonstrates a timeline of decreasing toleration whites had of sexual liaisons between black males and white females. The author examines the…

Social media has evolved tremendously since Facebook became a hit in 2007. Its use of innovative and interactive ways to communicate with other people around the world using photos, videos and words has everyone young, old and alike hooked and wanting more. Although social media has been very successful one question remains: Are women using these outlets appropriately? “Princess Chantelle” uses Twitter and Facebook to encourage male ‘slaves’ to buy her gifts, posting pictures of herself and of…

Sexualization of Younger Girls Let me ask you a question. Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought something negative about yourself? That should not be the case but there are many others struggling with the same thing; because of the sexualization of young girls and women in the media. The sexualization of younger girls’ even women has been going on for as long as I can remember. It’s all over the media. Did you know that eighty percent of 10-year old girls in the U.S. report that they…

The sexualization of women is a big issue that affects how women and men perceive women. Everywhere, you see pictures of women in ads or shows. They seem to look normal, but they are almost always explicitly portrayed sexually, childlike, or submissive. Advertisements for cars or even sandwiches, they are hypersexualized, a term meaning that “a person’s value only comes from his or her sexual appeal or behavior to the exclusion of other characteristics” The APA Task Force on the Sexualisation of…

There is no argument that women in the mainstream media have been portrayed as sexualized objects for decades in an attempt for advertisement; sexualizing women has been a successful business tactic that guarantees attention and profit. As technology develops over time, it also creates more opportunities to exploit women for personal gain. In this day and age, nobody accessing the media more than today’s adolescents. A 2013 study reported that 81% of American teenagers use social media sites,…