The Female Body, the Media, an
In today's society it seems that a woman's body is the main focal point in the media. We see the female body being portrayed as one of a model with unattainable measurements such as 36-24-36. All of this can be attributed to how our TV shows, movies, music videos, magazines, etc. portray the perfect female body. America and its' media need to begin portraying women with all types of figures. This would help greatly to widen our thoughts and definition of what beauty really is, not to mention greatly lessen the different types of health problems American citizens have as a result of today's unattainable beauty standards. The first such example can be taken from the video Dreamworlds II. In this particular source, it explained the media's effect, particularly in music videos, on the way society views how the female body should look and be treated. Deamworlds II continuously displayed many different types of music videos throughout the video to give the viewer a harsh look at reality. The video made the viewer take a look at how these music videos are normally the creation of males and will most always show the female as being the weaker sex that is around for only one reason, which is to satisfy the man. By showing the
All of this bombardment by the media to be thin also has a frightening affect on children especially young girls. Almost half of American elementary school students between the first and third grades want to be thinner. Another alarming statistics is that four out of five children at the age of ten are afraid of being classified as fat. Also, half of nine and ten-year-old girls feel better about themselves if they are on a diet. These young children should not have to worry about these types of problems at their age but today's society has forced our youth to be overwhelmed with these issues. (www.edap.org) Dreamworlds II also displayed how videos can also send out some messages that can be very dangerous such as even though women may say no to sexual advances they really mean yes. The images that are shown in these videos have had an affect on the real world. According to Dreamworlds II, sixty percent of men that were polled said that women provoke their own rape. A statistic that is even more alarming is that forty percent of women agreed that rape is provoked. Another frightening statistic that shows how today's society has been influenced by the sexual dreamland is that thirty percent of men believe that it would do some women good to get raped. (Dreamworlds II) All of these images in the media have cultivated many different stereotypes about the way women should act and the way they should look. It should be no surprise that because of constantly being bombarded with thin, tall, and beautiful young women that there has been a rise in eating disorders among girls and women in the United States. In our country, five to ten million adolescent girls and women struggle with eating disorders and borderline conditions. Women today constantly feel as if they need to lose weight in order to look better or look like the celebrities and models we see in advertisements, movies, or on TV. Al
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