Media and the Female Body Image The media has become responsible for shaping and influencing woman’s individualities and body image. Research indicates that women are negatively affected by constant exposure to models that fulfill the unrealistic media ideal of beauty. Alex Flinn of Beastly, states “Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.” Standards of feminine beauty are presented in all forms of media, barraging women with images that portray what is considered to be the "ideal body." Such standards of beauty are almost completely impossible for most women; a majority of the models displayed in the media are well below what is considered healthy body weight. Because the media surrounds women with such unrealistic models, women have changed the way they think.
Summary of “Man Bashing” In this excerpt from Warren Farrell’s book “Women Can’t Hear What Men Don’t Say, he focuses on a double standard men face in our society. This double standard is the toleration of abuse of men by women, while men abusing women is made front page news. Farrell points out that most of the time when a group of people get singled out, whether it be by race, religion, or gender, it is a criminal act, but when men are singled out as a certain stereotype, no one seems to mind. He goes on to talk about how it is always politically correct to refer to a person such as a mailman with an ambiguous tone, so you would say mail carrier, except when the person is bad or committing a crime, like gunman. Farrell mentions that men are called jerks almost one-hundred percent of the time, while the term is never used for women.
The slender, “beautiful” women are regarded as influential, successful, and erotic. This being said, it is very much so based on facts and reason, also known as logos, in the aspect that real life is often viewed this way. Throughout Elementary school up to High school, no one wanted to be best friends with “the fat kid”. As the world already knows, girls and women in general seem to stress over their physical appearance and have been especially concerned about weight for many years now. The emotional effect media has on a woman’s mindset, or ethos, could very well send her overboard into what is commonly known as an eating disorder.
The most popular “date-rape” drug is called “Rohypnol.” This drug is ten times stronger than valium and can not be detected in a drink. There is tremendous peer pressure for the male to have sex on a date. Some men feel that if they do not initiate sex, the woman will assume that they are either gay or that the man does not find her attractive. They also initiate sex with women to prove to their friends that they are manly. Many women lack self-esteem and will
Media Review: Clueless (1995) Introduction The movie starts with Cher, who is a high school student in Beverly Hills, trying to survive the ups and downs of adolescent life. At first she seems superficial, but really its just hiding her wit, charm, and intelligence which help her to deal with relationships, friends, family, school, and the all-important teenage social life. Then there is Dionne, who is Cher’s best friend, who is exactly like her and share the same interest. They are two of the most popular girls at their high school. When Cher can't get a teacher to give her a better grade, she and her Dionne match him up with another teacher to make him happier in attempt to maybe get him to be laxer on his expectations and giving them a better grade.
It is often heard of females complaining how they want to find a true gentleman. What they don't realize, is that gentlemen are not attracted to women, but ladies. Women get men, while ladies get the highly sought after gentlemen. In part, this is due to the fact that ladies automatically acquire the classier lives with gentlemen, simply because they tend to take better care of themselves than a typical everyday woman. Career wise, a lady often seeks out indoor jobs which they know they will enjoy and not feel
The character I like most in 10 Things I Hate About You is definitely Kat Stratford. I can really relate to her. She is a smart, strong-willed feminist with a sharp tongue. She has an independent mind and deep ethical beliefs. She does not care what the people in her school thinks of her as she describes them as idiots who has pathetic, empty, meaningless and consumer-driven lives.
Religious Studies Revision 1) Meaning of Stereotype The definition of a stereotype is any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual: “All blond women are dumb.” “Guys are messy and unclean.” “Men who like pink are effeminate.” 1B) Positive stereotype Positive stereotypes are good qualities that are assigned to groups of people based on various characteristics, including their race, nationality and sexual orientation among others. However, even though they are positive, they are still false or incorrect perceptions as they are normally based on minimal evidence. “All Blacks are great basketball players.” “Asians have
Sociocultural standards of feminine beauty are transmitted by almost all the popular media. Those media project an image that portrays what is considered as the ideal body. Most of the standards are unachievable for many women, but they do not seem to realize that a majority of the models displayed on television or in music videos are below a healthy body weight. The media send a message to women that in order to be beautiful, they must be unhealthy. For example, in music videos, most of the time girls that play a role in them are tall, white and thin.
Though both women were ordinary they had their differences; Mrs. Hale was outspoken and feminist and Mrs. Peters is a delicate woman with little expression of opinion. These two women—contrary to their initial impression—evolve as characters and hold significance through pure common female knowledge, discovering the truth about what happened on the night of John Wright’s death, and proving themselves to be no less worthy or capable of being the jury than the men. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are two dynamic characters; they evolve from generic housewives without a voice in the conviction of Mrs. Wright to being the only true jury for their peer. The men in this story don’t play much of a role but they are used to express the stereotype of women. When Mr. Hale says “Oh well women are used to worrying over trifles” he sums up what the male population thought of women.