There is definitely a good reason as to why this is happening, and a part of it is connected to society and its definition of what is acceptable and unacceptable. And another important factor is how women are portrayed in the music industry in music videos, the news, album artwork, posters etc. It’s rare that a woman isn’t objectified or made to be a “prop” for a man by being a passive recipient of their "gaze". In spite of this continuing in the music industry even today, there are several female artists who have taken a stand against sexism in the music industry. A British singer, Marina and the Diamonds had released a music video for her song ‘How to Be a Heartbreaker” in 2013, which featured male Danish underwear’s models dancing around naked in the shower.
The article “Raunch Culture” by Ariel Levy discusses how life in the twenty first century has become very raunchy and erotic. She talks about how easy it is to blame the males of our culture for objectifying women. However, it is the women who are volunteering to have these pornographic or racy photographs and videos taken of themselves. Even women athletes are posing for scantily clad pictures, and they are getting more attention for that than their specialized sporting events. This article discusses that women taking control of their sexuality and objectifying themselves are not, in fact, the same thing.
In my opinion, Americans tend to think that their appearance is everything and go to great measures to get their desired looks. I also believe that people in society are always trying too hard to make them self look like their ideal celebrity. I feel that men and women have different standards when it comes to appearance and how they view it. I also agree with Nancy Hellmich in her article, “Do Thin Models Warp Girls Body Image?” as she says that girls are becoming skinnier and skinnier as the years go by. I think as society tends to focus on their appearance more, it also becomes more dangerous.
Many of the ads today give an image that in order to be happy and satisfied in life you have to be sexual or look sexy to get ahead. These ads are giving the wrong impression to our very fragile and susceptible young women. I believe
They were eager for sexual experiences without having to commit to marriage believing that it takes away women’s independence. Many women were eager for sexual experiences but would keep affairs in secret from friends and family. Marriage was what legitimized a woman’s sexuality and they were to look sexually attractive and available to win husbands. As the years passed, women’s clothes started to look sexually appealing. These styles had grown popular and women who adopted these styles were called flappers.
Clearly the way to get beautiful women is to ignore them, perhaps mistreat them" (272). The ad Kilbounre is describing is similar to the picture in the Bebe ad, and she is trying to make women see just how degrading these images are. The woman in the Bebe ad is very desperately attempting to get the man's attention by leaning on him and focusing her attention on him, but he doesn't seem interested. The image is posed like that to show superiority and power that men supposedly have over women. This teaches women that they need to constantly dote on the man, whether he pays attention or not.
Surveys could be a good thing with the questionnaires and interviews if all the people were honest during the survey, or people could have been dishonest and didn’t want to reveal the truth maybe because they feel ashamed for masturbating at a young age or being sexually active before marriage. There are four different types of methods: case studies, survey, direct observation, and experimental method. There are advantages and disadvantages to each method. The advantages for Kinsey’s survey research method are people were more open to talk about sex and if Kinsey interviewed other ethnicities, he would have had different results. The disadvantages are that Kinsey only interviewed white, middle class and college
In the world today, we, the public, spend so much time admiring stars from Hollywood and many of us want to be like them. Yet, there is so much pressure placed on them and sometimes this becomes all too much for them to cope with and they end up taking away their own life. This is the unpleasant and tragic side of being famous as we are all made to believe that fame will make you happy. Marilyn Monroe a talented and beautiful iconic star but, her fame was the death of her. Before Marilyn’s death, she had accomplished a lot for women in the U.S.’s society.
“A feminist is most likely to be a lesbian. And lesbians are born out of an abusive childhood past”, this is what a ten year old would gather from a movie like Girlfriend. And when I make these sweeping statements, I don’t make the implication that men are responsible. Not solely, at least. The fairer sex, as they say, is the other hand that claps together to applaud the
Marilyn felt unloved as a child due to having an unstable childhood, she was sexually molested numerous times which turned her into having an addiction to sex. She enjoyed having all the attention on her once she realized she had all the fame. All the attention she was getting help boost her self-esteem. Self-esteem in psychology means to reflect on one’s own evaluation on his or her own worth. Marilyn began to recognize her faults and started to believe she could be better than what she was.