Sexism Int He Media Today

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Sexism in the Media Today When people speak of sexism, everyone automatically assume it only happens in third world and developing countries. But the truth is, it exists everywhere. Sexism is one of the 5 major forms of discrimination. Even though discrimination again males exists, it is very uncommon. In fact, sexism towards women have been so strong, that there has been 3 huge feminism movements through out the last century. Logically, in the modern world sexism should have decreased, with all the human rights organizations and stuff. But it’s still alive and well. So why does it still exist? First of all, people aren't born sexist, people learn to be sexist when they are children. In the old days, the media didn’t have a lot of influence on children as much as their parents did. So most children got their sexist views from their parents. However, it is not the old days anymore. The media largely influences every child and teens views and judgment. So now, if children and teens are learning sexist views, most of them would be getting them from the media. Media includes everything from the music world, to what is on TV every night, to what models wear on the runway, to what the latest gossip is on the gossip magazines. Almost everything in the media defies women as an object rather then an equal to men- especially the music world. The lyrics of a lot of rap song are so sexist, they mention hurting, beating, slapping and even killing women. And those songs are still extremely popular, not to mention their music videos. Most pop and rap music videos are labeled sexy or hot. But the truth is they are extremely sexist and graphic. If people on TV and music videos do sexist things, teens follow and do the same. Advertiser should also concentrate on other possible and thoughtful ads instead of exploiting the teen, females and large number of common
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